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Old traditional windmills at sunset, Campo de Criptana, Castilla La Mancha (New Castile), Spain, Europe
Old Turn Junction on the Birmingham Canal and The Malt House pub, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Europe
Native woman walking along Mani Wall and spinning prayer wheels, Kagbeni, Mustang District, Nepal, Asia
Project Howl of Freedom 1 of 10. There is an old Indian Proverb which says: "Land is People, Remembering is All" Etched upon Navajo Etta Abriso's timims a history of the native american people. Proud are worn hands is a history of the proud and worn lives of the Native American people. The people of the Southwest weave a rich mosaic of culture, tradition and ritual within the mountain boundaries of the desert. These pueblo indians, anglo ranchers, Mexican tradesman and artistic pioneers cling to their land and in turn, their individualism. However, in a homogenizing society that is rapidly expanding in numbers, technology and laws, these descendants of Spanish Conquistadors and Native Americans are slowly being robbed of their identities.
Ester Hodari, age 22 years old, cooks dinner using the traditional three-rock cook stove with a fire in the middle. These cookstoves use a lot of fuel, firewood, and produce a lot of smoke. Ester told us that cooking with this type of stove made her eyes turn red and she often had a chest cough. Her children, ages 5, 2 and 3 months are often with her when she is cooking. Her sister-in-law, Shadya Jumanne, age 11, helps her cook as well. Not long ago Esterâs 3 month-old developed a cough, It kept getting worse and so they took her by motorcycle to the hospital at night. Ester started really worrying about this. After this Ester and her husband agreed that they needed to buy a clean cookstove and started saving. The girl helping Ester cook in some of the images is her sister-in-law Shadya Jumanne, age 11. Ester met Solar Sister entrepreneur Fatma Mziray when she married her husband and moved to this village, Mforo near Moshi, Tanzania. Ester said that Fatma is like a mother to her in the village. When Fatma showed Ester the new wood stove she saw that is used less wood and produced less smoke.