#province de Charleroi

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Kevin, 35 ans, est décédé à Charleroi : « Il vivait dans la rue, se droguait et à la suite d’une injection, un virus s’est attaqué à ses organes »

https://www.sudinfo.be/id920297/article/2024-11-27/kevin-35-ans-est-decede-charleroi-il-vivait-dans-la-rue-se-droguait-et-la-suite

Source: sudinfo.be

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Marcel Mariën

Venusquez, 1974

Charleroi, Collection de la Province de Hainaut

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Man's Impact on the Environment . 20 December 2024 . Dinant Belgium

Dinant (French pronunciation: [dinɑ̃] ⓘ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Namur, Belgium. On the shores of river Meuse, in the Ardennes, it lies 90 kilometres (56 mi) south-east of Brussels, 30 kilometres (19 mi) south-east of Charleroi and 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of the city of Namur. Dinant is situated 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of the border with France.

The municipality consists of the following districts: Anseremme, Bouvignes-sur-Meuse, Dinant, Dréhance, Falmagne, Falmignoul, Foy-Notre-Dame, Furfooz, Lisogne, Sorinnes and Thynes.

Dinant is positioned in the Upper Meuse valley, at a point where the river cuts deeply into the western Condroz plateau. Sited in a steep-sided valley, between the rock face and the river, the original settlement had little space in which to grow away from the river, and it therefore expanded into a long, thin town, on a north–south axis, along the river shore. During the 19th century, the former Île des Batteurs (Drummers' Island) to the south was attached directly to the town when a branch of the Meuse was filled in.

Dinant has been enriched by the agricultural opportunities presented by the fertile land on the plateau that overlooks it. Within the town, brassware production is a traditional craft that has benefited from the presence of the broad and, at this point, easily navigable river which has facilitated easy delivery of the raw materials and ready distribution of the resulting products of the artisans' workshops. Another traditional source of wealth is provided by the limestone cliffs overlooking the town, which supported a high-end quarrying industry, producing black marble and bluestone, and whose distribution also benefited from the proximity of the relatively wide and deep navigable river.

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Belgique : des vandales ont dégradé une centaine de tombes dans un cimetière juif

Au moins 85 pierres tombales (certaines sources parlent de 89) ont été endommagées dans un cimetière juif situé à la périphérie de la ville de Charleroi, dans la province belge de Wallonie, au sud de Bruxelles. L’acte de vandalisme s’est produit mercredi dernier : des inconnus ont brisé des dalles de marbre et fait tomber des étoiles à six branches sur les pierres tombales de la section juive du…

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8 femmes pour un #Brassens

La chorale et l'atelier théâtre de @couleurssanté se sont associés pour monter un spectacle sur le poète de Sètes et les femmes, dans une mise en scène de @marcgooris, formateur de @HCTéducationpermanenteetjeunesse.  La première, c'est au Vecteur pour la fête des pères... ;-) Reportage lors du filage de ce spectacle inédit.  #Hainaut, #province, #social, #couleurs, #santé, #DGAS, #HCT, #culture, #éducation, #permanent, #théâtre, #chant, #chorale, #Brassens, #Charleroi, #vecteur, #senior

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Charleroi. Quai de Flandre.

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Mardi 26/03

L’artiste à la classe/ Barbara Massart-Nicolas Clément/ École communale, Peronnes village

Les bottes, extrait de la série Barbara dans les bois, technique mixte, 42x25x9cm, 2014

Collection de la Province de Hainaut-dépôt BPS 22, Charleroi

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Thanks to its own purification station, the Belgian supermarket group Colruyt hardly uses city water anymore

The company buildings of supermarket chain Colruyt Group[1] on the industrial zonings of Dassenveld, Wilgenveld, Elbeek and Hellebroek require a lot of water for their Halle-based[2] business activities for sanitary, drinking water and general operations. But since Colruyt started using a water purification station in the Dassenveld at the end of 2021, the company barely uses city water.

“Normally we would have consumed at least 8,000 m³ of mains water at our Dassenveld[3], Elbeek and Wilgenveld sites with this warm summer. That corresponds to the capacity of three Olympic swimming pools,” says project manager Peter Basteleus. “Thanks to a new water purification station, this has been reduced to about 10% of our water consumption. The other 90% of our water is treated wastewater and collected rainwater.”

“With the present production capacity, we can purify 11 m3 of drinking water per hour in this new purification station, good for about 90,000 m³ of waste water per year. We only need some city water to remineralise the water in order to reuse the recycled water as drinking water.”

Double water pipes

“In concrete terms, we have installed double water pipes both underground and above ground: waste water from the three sites in one direction and purified drinking water in the other direction,” says Peter Basteleus. “Our head office at Wilgenveld was the first to be connected to the water purification station, about 1.2 kilometers from the installation. This was followed by the Elbeek site with offices and warehouses, and our distribution centre Dassenveld. If all goes well, the Hellebroek site will also follow. The pipes are currently being installed.”

In addition to purifying waste water, Colruyt also invested in expanding the existing buffer basins so that a total of 9,500 m³ of rainwater can now be stored here. That water is purified with sand and UV filters to be used for cooling installations and sanitary facilities. What is special is that a water tunnel on the Dassenveld, that was originally intended for automated transport but was never used for this purpose, was converted into an extra water buffer.

Even better

To realize this special piece of water technology, Colruyt Group worked together with the technology company Waterleau[4].“The water quality is constantly monitored,” says engineer Hannah Vandewiele. “Colruyt really plays a pioneering role here. We expect this to boost support for water reuse among other companies and the general public as well.” With the water purification station on the Dassenveld Colruyt is becoming a seasoned ecologic player. The Fine Food Meat department also has its own water purification installation on the Colruyt site at industrial zoning Stroppen[5].

Source

Ingrid Depraetere: Dankzij eigen zuiveringsstation verbruikt Colruyt amper nog stadswater: “De kwaliteit is zo goed dat we het zelfs drinken”, in: Made in VLAAMS-BRABANT, 07-09-2022; https://www.made-in.be/vlaams-brabant/dankzij-eigen-zuiveringsstation-verbruikt-colruyt-amper-nog-stadswater-de-kwaliteit-is-zo-goed-dat-we-het-zelfs-drinken/

[1] Colruyt Group is a Belgian family-owned retail corporation that is managing the Colruyt supermarkets and other subsidiaries such as OKay, Bio-Planet, DATS 24, DreamLand, DreamBaby, and more. Founded in 1928 by Franz Colruyt, the group today is most significantly known for its eponymous discount supermarket chain, which is one of the major players in especially Belgium. Colruyt Group is headquartered in the city of Halle and has operations in Belgium, France and Luxembourg.

[2] Halle is a city and municipality of Belgium, in the district (arrondissement) Halle-Vilvoorde of the province Flemish Brabant. It is located on the Brussels-Charleroi Canal and on the Flemish side of the language border that separates Flanders and Wallonia. The city borders on the Pajottenland to the west. The official language of Halle is Dutch. The municipality Halle comprises the city of Halle proper and the towns of Buizingen and Lembeek.

[3] The industrial zones Dassenveld and Stroppen were developed in the late twentieth century by the intermunicipal partnership Haviland, a public organisation owned by the 35 municipalities of the district Halle-Vilvoorde as well as the province of Flemish Brabant. The industrial zones are home to several companies, not just Colruyt.

[4] Waterleau is a Belgian company expert in closing the water loop. From wastewater treatment to water recovery. From plant design to process automation. They unfold every resource from every water drop: pure water, energy and nutrients. The company is nowadays part of Group Machiels, a global operator in renewable energy, environmental services as well as residential and industrial real estate. They are 550 water experts operating in all continents.

[5] Cf. note 3

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Top Fun Things To Do In Charleroi, Belgium

A Belgian city in the Walloon province of Hainaut, Charleroi has often been overlooked as a popular tourist destination to visit in favor of its most favorite neighbor - Brussels.generally looked like the city of poor, unemployed with highest crime rates in the country, the city suffered a lot after its industries collapsed in Europe, but when it comes to having some fun, it will make you say “awesome”. Charleroi’s city center is pleasant and can be a perfect holiday destination for a budget traveler with an interest in beer & food, rich history, and fine arts. The home to Charleroi F.C., it has the second-busiest airport in Belgium, a world-renowned photography museum with industrial heritage as well as a rich comic strip history. Plus, the modern dance festival Charleroi Dance is a cherry on the top.

Here is a list of fun things you can enjoy in Charleroi. Let’s have a look:

Take a Tour To Aulne Abbey - Founded by Saint Landelinus as a Benedictine monastery, the view of Aulne Abbey is super amazing and what does make it different is its location between historical buildings. It can be a great place for your Instagram photography and an interesting fact is that it was burned down in the 18th century with its library of 40,000 books and 50,000 manuscripts.

Boating In River Sambre - Charleroi sits on both the banks of the beautiful river Sambre where you can take some superb shots of the water. Just get onto boats and enjoy the flawless views of the shining water with your family and children. Whether it is day or night, the beauty of the river is evergreen.

Skydiving at AIRSPACE - Good news for all the skydiving lovers!!! The Airspace indoor skydiving center is a great fun place to experience the highest indoor skydiving wind tunnel in Europe. It can also be a great place to polish your skydiving skills. So, just book Chauffeur Service Charleroi, get your adrenaline ready, invite your friends, laugh loud, and have fun!!!

Collection of 4 Museums - You should visit The Glass Museum that details a general history of glass-making across the globe while Musée de la Photography houses an extensive collection of photography from all periods. BPS22 is a fine art museum with an exhibition area of around 2,500 square meters including paintings & photographs while Musée des Beaux-Arts houses 3,000 items including paintings, sculptures, photographs, etc.    

Bowling At Circus Gosselies - Nothing can beat the fun of playing sports in another country. Circus Gosselies is an awesome casino for playing bowling. You can also enjoy drinks and of course, so much fun. It is affordable, you can bring your children along.

Become A Pilot At European Flight Simulator - A European flight simulator offers you a chance to fulfill your dream of being a pilot. Yes. Now you can experience what it feels like flying an airplane. Do not miss the opportunity and explore the interiors of Boeing 737.

These are some of the fun things you can do in Charleroi. Sounds interesting, isn’t it?? The city has unique features to be explored and Taxi Charleroi Airport is here to make your experience more memorable by providing luxurious airport transfer services.

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Une adolescente belge se coince le pied entre le métro et le quai : la victime transférée à l’hôpital - Le Soir

Source: lesoir.be

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Jane Graverol

Les Harmonies naturelles, 1956

Charleroi, Collection de la Province de Hainaut

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Latifa Echakhch : « Je m’intéresse surtout à l’évocation du performatif » ------- À Charleroi (Belgique), l’artiste franco-marocaine utilise tout le potentiel du BPS22 - @bps22_charleroi pour déployer son œuvre plurielle, nourrie d’indices autobiographiques. Entretien avec Bernard Marcelis à retrouver dans le mensuel The art Newspaper du mois de juin 2020, disponible @https://daily.artnewspaper.fr/mensuel ------- « Latifa Echakhch. The Sun and The Set », jusqu’au 16 août 2020, BPS22 – musée d’art de la Province de Hainaut, 22, boulevard Solvay, 6000 Charleroi, Belgique, bps22.be https://www.instagram.com/p/CBpsRgJowur/?igshid=8d6jvlutdjsr

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J’imagine une œuvre de l’artiste Olivier Sonck dans ma classe

Made in Belgium 

Gravure, aquatinte et eau forte sur papier, N°2/10

67,5 X 99,5 (encadrée)

2004

Collection de la Province de Hainaut-Dépôt BPS 22, Charleroi

Olivier Sonck est un artiste graveur et sérigraphe qui use des mots et du verbe. Dans son travail, le langage comme matière plastique détient un pouvoir aussi puissant que les images. Ses phrases, à jamais figées dans le métal, résonnent alors comme des slogans aux sens multiples. L’artiste se livre à une démonstration du leurre que constitue souvent une expression, une phrase lorsqu’on examine leur emploi sous l’angle phonétique. Il souligne de la sorte notre tendance à interpréter ce qui nous est dit, jusqu’à induire par malentendu, une part erronée de comportement en s’emparant de sonorités homonymes. 

Olivier Sonck aime se servir du langage et, plus précisément, de la lettre, de l’alphabet (qu’il pervertit), des mots de tous les jours qu’il perturbe, détourne pour révéler ce qu’ils ont de drôle, ou d’ironique et ainsi confirmer ce qu’ils peuvent avoir de subversif. 

Dans Made in Belgium, Olivier Sonck utilise la technique de l’eau forte et aquatinte. Ce procédé de la gravure s’effectue par une taille-douce en creux sur une plaque métallique obtenue à l’aide d’un mordant chimique (un acide). Il permet d’obtenir un rendu plus brut qui est en adéquation avec le sujet représenté sur l’image. 

 Ici, il s’agit d’une arme à feu militaire. L’artiste préfère représenter cet objet de manière symbolique sans insister sur les détails. En effet, la représentation des armes est suffisamment inscrite dans l’inconscient collectif que pour être reconnue facilement par son pictogramme. Cette image utilise le canevas de la publicité. L’arme est centrée sur la feuille, elle est facilement reconnaissable et se trouve accompagnée d’un slogan typographié et d’un symbole en référence à la suprématie du nouveau continent. En effet, « Superior ... » se réfère à une symbolique qui aurait pu être reprise chez une grande marque américaine dont l’effigie se retrouve placardée sur des vêtements par une population de masse. L’artiste dénonce ainsi le fait d’utiliser la population comme les premiers porteurs de l’image d’une grande marque et ce à notre insu. A la manière, de l’industrie textile mais avec des conséquences plus graves, l’industrie de l’armement se voit magnifiée aux Etats-Unis. C’est la raison pour laquelle, le plasticien reprend des références de cette culture (la langue, les images,..).Le commerce des armes de guerre est critiquable, néanmoins, la Belgique, avec l’industrie FN d’Herstal, se trouve bien positionnée parmi les exportateurs européens. Une controverse qui fait couler beaucoup de sang est ici dénoncée par Olivier Sonck. Le malaise ressenti face à l’œuvre est accentué par le rendu vaseux de l’image. L’artiste utilise des teintes de jaunes qui rappellent les terres d’un champ de bataille. 

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Enchantés en chantant...

Plutôt que de chanter seuls sous la douche, les seniors carolos de @couleurssanté se retrouvent tous les jeudis pour entonner et travailler maintes chansons dans la bonne humeur.  #hainaut, #province, #senior, #social, #DGAS, #santé, #couleur, #charleroi, #chant, #chorale, #musique,

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Le Droit Humain - History

The International Order of Mixed Freemasonry Le Droit Humain was founded in France in the late nineteenth century, during a period of strong feminist and women's suffrage campaigning. It was the first Co-Masonic Order, and also the first truly international Masonic Order. Today it has members from over 60 countries worldwide.

French Masonry had long attempted to include women, the Grand Orient de France having allowed Rites of Adoption as early as 1774, by which Lodges could "adopt" sisters, wives and daughters of Freemasons, imparting to them the mysteries of several degrees.

In 1879, following differences among members of the Supreme Council of France, twelve lodges withdrew from it and founded the Grande Loge Symbolique Ecossaise (GLSE). One of these Lodges, Les Libres Penseurs (The Free Thinkers) in Le Pecq, reserved in its charter the right to initiate women as Freemasons, proclaiming the essential equality of man and woman.

Maria Deraismes, co-founder of Co-Freemasonry, Le Droit Humain.

Georges Martin, co-founder of Co-Freemasonry, Le Droit Humain.

On January 14, 1882, Maria Deraismes, a well-known humanitarian, feminist author and lecturer, was initiated into Les Libres Penseurs, after of the lodge withdrew from its Grand Lodge . The Worshipful Master, Bro. Houbron, justified this act as having the highest interests of humanity at heart, and as being a perfectly logical application of the principle of "A Free Mason in a Free Lodge".

In 1890 the Lodge La Jérusalem Écossaise, also of the Grande Loge Symbolique Ecossaise, petitioned other Lodges for the establishment of a new order of Freemasonry that would accept both men and women. This time La Jérusalem Lodge did not propose to initiate women itself, but to create a new order working in parallel. The main proponent of this was Dr. Georges Martin, a French senator, advocate of equal rights for women, and also a member of Les Libres Penseurs.

On March 14, 1893, Deraismes, Martin and several other male Freemasons founded La Respectable Loge, Le Droit Humain, Maçonnerie Mixte (Worshipful Lodge, Human Rights, Co-Masonry) in Paris. They initiated, passed and raised sixteen prominent French women.

Shortly after, on April 4 of the same year, the first Grand Lodge of Co-Freemasonry was established, the Grande Loge Symbolique Écossaise Mixte de France (Grand Lodge of Mixed Scottish Rite Freemasonry of France), which would later become known as the International Order of Co-Freemasonry "Le Droit Humain". This was a radical departure from most other forms of Freemasonry, for not only did the new order not require belief in a Supreme Being (the Grand Orient de France had discarded this requirement in 1877)—it opened its doors to all of humanity who were "... just, upright and free, of mature age, sound judgment and strict morals."

As early as 1895 the Lodge Le Droit Humain (with no number) was travelling around—to Vernon, Blois, Rouen and Havre, in what were called selections—it gave conference and started to hold initiations in the presence, every time, of a large audience Lodge Nr.1 was thus created in Blois in 1895, but, permanently excluded in 1902, this lodge re-awoke only recently. Its Mother Lodge Le Droit Humain now took over the position of Lodge Nr.1 whilst splitting up again in Paris to form Lodge Nr.4. Three lodges were founded in the provinces:

Lodge Nr.1 in Lyon (1896) Lodge Nr.3 in Rouen (1896) and Lodge Nr.5 in Havre (1902)

The Eastern Federation

Annie Besant wearing 33° Masonic regalia.

Several prominent members of the Theosophical Society joined Co-Freemasonry, including Annie Besant, George Arundale, Charles W. Leadbeater and C. Jinarajadasa. Henceforth, wherever they took Theosophy, they also introduced Co-Freemasonry.

The Order of Universal Co-Freemasonry in Great Britain and the British Dependencies was founded by Annie Besant and officers of the Supreme Council of the French Maçonnerie Mixte (known today as The International Order of Freemasonry for Men and Women, Le Droit Humain) on September 26, 1902, with the consecration of Lodge Human Duty No. 6 in London. Besant remained head of the Order until her death in 1933. The English working, influenced by the Theosophy of its leading members, restored certain Masonic practices not required in the French working, notably that its members hold a belief in God or a Supreme Being. The permission received from France to reinstate this in the English workings is known as the "Annie Besant Concord", and in 1904 a new English ritual was printed, which firmly established this requirement as central to the work. The revised ritual was called the "Dharma Ritual", also known as the "Besant-Leadbeater" and more recently as the "Lauderdale" working. The Dharma Ritual also attempted to restore prominence to esoteric and mystical aspects that its Theosophically-minded authors felt were the heart of Freemasonry, so that it became foremostly a spiritual organisation; Co-Freemasonry of this Order was therefore sometimes called "Occult Freemasonry". Leadbeater served of the presiding officer of the Sydney Lodge #404 and various lodges and chapters of the York and Scottish Rites.

Origins of Le Droit Humian in the United States - The origins and development of Le Droit Humain in the USA cannot be separated from the life and activity of one of its primary founders, the Frenchman Louis Goaziou.

Born in Brittany, France in 1864, he emigrated to the USA in 1881 where he worked in the coal mines of Houtsdale, Pennsylvania. Three years later he married Marie Bourgeois, born in Namur in 1866. Goaziou wanted to improve the appalling working conditions of miners and set up, in 1866, the Association of United Miners, as well as two Associations for mutual help, whose aims he defended in a weekly French speaking magazine. Through this he attracted the attention of a professor of French at Columbia University in New York, Antoine Muzarelli, founding member of the New York Lodge La'Atlantidelaboring under the Grand Orient de France. It was Muzzarelli who contacted Le Droit Humain's then Grand Master and Co-Founder George Martin, offering to found Lodges in North American for Le Droit Humain. In this way, Muzzarelli became the founder of Co-Freemasonry in North America.

The humanitarian ideal of the new Masonic order struck him as absolutely compatible with the Socialist ideas of Louis Goaziou. Muzzarelli contacted Goaziou in 1903 with the idea of creating in Charleroi (Pennsylvania) either a Lodge under the Grand Orient. He did not inform Goaziou of the option to form the Lodge of under Le Droit Humain, into which their wives also could be admitted, until he arrived in Charleroi in October 1903 to institute the Lodge. The charter members decided they would found the Lodge under Le Droit Humain. The first three degrees were conferred on them by Antoine Muzarelli, and over two days, October 18 and 19, 1903, the first Co-masonic American lodge, Alpha No 301 was born in Charleroi, Pennsylvania. Louis Goaziou became the first Worshipful Master.

This French speaking Lodge continued until 1973. Six other Lodges were founded in 1904, three working in French, one in Slav, one in Italian and one in English (under the direction of John Goaziou, a brother of Louis). Soon Lodges were founded in Chicago, St. Louis and in California. The Rose-Croix degrees were given to Louis Goaziou by communication in November, 1904 (please note, Goaziou's Grand Lodge Eternal record in Larkspur, CO, indicates he received this degree from Muzzarelli September 1, 1905) and he became a member of Chapter Nr.1 in the valley of Paris. The first American Chapter (Nr.?) was formed in Charleroi with six charter members.

It was Muzzarelli who conferred upon Goaziou the Degrees of the Scottish Rite up to the 30th. Muzzarelli named Goaziou his deputy in early 1907. Unfortunately, the two men fell out over mutual charges of financial irregularity combined with personal dislike. The Order also was in disarray because too many Lodges had been founded too quickly. The new Order also experienced external pressures, including persecution by the existing Male-Only Orders in the US. In the fall of 1908, Muzzarelli was pressured to call what remained of the Lodges he founded, just less than half, to a convention in St. Louis, Missouri. Tragically, Muzzarelli, who in addition to pressures in the Order also had many personal problems, committed suicide October 15, 1908. Though Goaziou made it plain he would prefer the presidency go to another Co-Mason, it was Goaziou who took charge of the financial and administrative affairs of the lodges, and who was elected President at the convention in St. Louis.

The American Federation of Human Rights had received charter from the US Government in 1907 but it was at the 1908 convention that the American Federation was officially constituted. The 31st, 32nd and the 33rd degrees of the Scottish Rite were conferred on him on 21 November 1909, and he was designated by the Supreme Council as its Representative for the American Federation.

The same year Annie Besant was staying in the USA where she installed an English speaking lodge in Chicago and granted the degree of Installed Master to certain members- a degree which did not exist either in the Grand Orient or the Scottish Rite (a version of this degree exists in Muzzarelli's journal, apparently around 1905, so it's not universally agreed that Besant introduced this degree into the AFHR). A new trend began in American Co-masonry. Whilst some members of French and Italian origin, mainly recruited in the mining industry, had concentrated on social problems, other Masons entered the AFHR to try to bring the Order under Theosophic influence, seeing in the Ancient Mysteries the origins of masonry. So long as Goaziou was alive and Grand Commander of the Order, the AFHR followed a middle path between these two extremes

When the 1914-1918 war ended, operative work started by Louis Goaziou recommenced. Headquarters in Larkspur Colorado was established in 1916. Within a few years, the mortgage of the property was paid off. The administrative building in Larkspur was built between 1921–1924 in order to replace the first building, which had become too small. In 1922 the potash mines in Colorado went bankrupt and this led to about 100 Italian members of Le Droit Humain losing their jobs. Despite their real interest for the building of Larkspur, many of these miners felt they had no option but to leave Masonry.[18] In addition to these departures, an economic downturn have taken hold in North American. It was no longer possible, through lack of funds, to realize the initial project to construct, next door to the administrative offices at Larkspur, an orphanage and a home for the elderly. However Louis Goaziou's hard effort to achieve these goals were not successful. With the coming of the Great Depression, membership went into steep decline, which did not recover until after World War II, in the time of his successor, Edith Armour.

Other Federations and Jurisdictions... 

Africa - Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Togo and Tunisia.

Asia - Israel, Japan, Lebanon.

Australia - Brisbane, The Gold Coast, Sydney, Melbourne, Daylesford, Adelaide.

Europe - Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia (Slovak Republic), Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

Belgium - The Belgian Federation of Le Droit Humain (French: la Fédération Belge du Droit Humain; Dutch: Belgische Federatie van Le Droit Humain) is a Belgian cupola of masonic lodges which is accessible for men and women, and works in the 33 symbolic degrees of freemasonry. The first Belgian Lodge of Le Droit Humain was founded in 1912.[3][4]

Great Britain - The British Federation of the International Order of Co-Freemasonry Le Droit Humain was the first Federation to be established outside France, thus making the Order truly International. On 26 September 1902 Lodge Human Duty No. 6 was consecrated by the Grand Master, The V. Ills. S. Marie Martin 33°, assisted by Officers of the Supreme Council, including one of the Co-Founders of the Order, Georges Martin 33°. The first Master of the Lodge was Annie Besant, who would become the first Grand Commander of the British Federation.

The British Federation works the Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite from the 1st to the 33rd degree inclusive. In addition the Allied Degrees of Mark, Royal Ark Mariner, Excellent Master, Holy Royal Arch of Jerusalem, Knights Templar and Royal Order of Scotland are worked.

North America - Canada, Mexico, and United States of America.

Oceania - Australia.

South America - Argentina, Bolivia Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

Here is the History and founding of Le Droit Humain... the mixed gender freemason order that I have belonged to for over 9 years. So clandestine, so irregular... only because they admit women. In this era, the 21st century, is that even a reason anymore? And was it ever a real reason to exclude women? My order holds valid charters, older than many charters held by jurisdictions/lodges in the United States that call mine clandestine. Have these haters even looked up the history? probably not... but can you expect any less from someone that still thinks women don’t deserve enlightenment? no, you can’t. 

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Jeudi 04/04

L’artiste à la classe/ Bertran Gallant/ École communale, Ransart

The world’s a girl, série de 5 photos, photographie couleur, 13,5x18,2cm, 2000

Collection de la Province de Hainaut-dépôt BPS 22, Charleroi