SAVE OUR SPECIES / LACOSTE

To help fight for world's wildlife conservation, Lacoste partnered up with IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) and created a limited-edition “Save Our Species” collection of polo shirts.

In a simple but powerful gesture, Lacoste replaced it's iconic crocodile logo with a line of emblems featuring 10 of the most threatened species in the world. Each polo shirt, rendered in white, is produced in a limited number of copies corresponding to the remaining population size of the respective species in the wild.
Featured animals are:  Those animals consist of the Vaquita dolphin, Burmese roofed turtle, Northern sportive lemur, Javan rhino, Cao vit gibbon, Kakapo parrot, California condor, the Saola, Sumatran tiger, and the Anegada ground iguana.

// SOS ensures the long-term survival of threatened species, their habitat and the people who depends on them. SOS - Save Our Species channels funds from donors to existing frontline conservation actors working to protect from extinction some of the world's most threatened species of plants and animals. //

[Sources: NotCot; Lacoste; SaveOurSpecies; HighSnobiety]

HOUSE PROTOTYPE / LUIS ROLDAN VELASCO + ANGEL HEVIA ANTUNA

//This project aims to build a prototype house with minimal ecological footprint through the use of locally sourced natural materials and the drastic reduction in energy demand; energy efficiency is achieved by using natural thermal insulation throughout the external envelope and by developing strategies adapted to equatorial latitudes for solar energy capture through greenhouse effect.//

Located in Sangolqui, Ecuador, this house prototype has a layout of only 50 m². To provide more useful data for research, it has been designed to be dismantled so that it can be transported and tested in other climatic regions of Ecuador. After its useful life it will be possible to reuse or recycle it's parts.

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