Monthly Archives: December 2013

Starting this August, I was feeling apprehensive about this course.  I had heard from fellow classmates that it was pointless and a waste of time… I found them wrong.  While I did often feel like the time spent in the … Continue reading →

After taking this course and covering everything that we have in class about sustainability through weekly readings, quizzes, Jeopardy! Game, Design Slams, the L.O.L.A. shows and discussions, I am amazed as to how it all fit into one semester! Man, … Continue reading →

I can’t believe that everything that we covered about sustainability was covered in one semester. As I think back on the semester it seems like so long ago that we began the course, however it all flew by. I am … Continue reading →

After taking this course, I have learned more about sustainability than I knew there was to learn. Thanks to the class readings and discussions, LOLA shows, design slams, weekly blogs, and many other resources, I have learned how to apply … Continue reading →

At the beginning of this course, I honestly had no idea what sustainability OR sustainable design actually meant. I believed that sustainability was recycling and using “green” products, I had no idea what those ideas even truly meant and those … Continue reading →

I hope everybody got that Harry Potter reference. If you didn’t, a pensieve is a shallow, stone basin that holds particular memories that the witch or wizard has removed from their mind, so that they can revisit later on. It … Continue reading →

This was a wonderful course! I learned so much in ways I wasn’t even expecting. I was anticipating this course to be ‘telling’ course like most others, where students are told how sustainable design works, what it is, and what … Continue reading →

After spending 15 weeks learning about sustainability, I feel that I have learned the basic meaning and concepts of sustainability. Sustainability to me is being mindful of the environment around you. We should not only think about the now, but … Continue reading →