Monthly Archives: December 2014

When this class first began, the catchy slogan “reduce, reuse, recycle” came to mind. Although this slogan is a great reminder, it is elementary my dear Watson. This is what they teach children in school to simply help remind them … Continue reading →

I would define sustainability as the process of understanding the surrounding environment and being aware of the usage of products and things that pertain to the environment. Sustainable design can be defined as designing products with the environment in mind … Continue reading →

Sustainability isn’t just about recycling and “being green.” If you were to ask me four months ago, that’s how I would have responded. Being sustainable is so much more than that. I think of it more as living and making … Continue reading →

Defining sustainability is not an easy thing to do. There are so many different definitions; but to me, sustainability includes processes and systems utilized for the greater good of the human race, the environment, and the earth. Sustainable design is … Continue reading →

I now understand sustainability as something more than just minimizing our impact on the environment. Before taking this class, I viewed sustainability as external and only involved the items/materials we use and how it affects the environment. I learned that … Continue reading →

Oh how fast this semester has gone. To think about how much I’ve learned about sustainability and how naive I was at the beginning baffles me now. Every class was an epiphany for me, which was exciting because I thought … Continue reading →

Throughout the semester, I have definitely learned that sustainability encompasses many different types of concepts as well as challenges. It is essentially all of the processes and ways that go into us humans living within our means here on Earth … Continue reading →

This semester, to say the least, was challenging. Some of the readings were hard to understand, some of the concepts were difficult to comprehend, and some of the activities were confusing. Although there were some hardships along the way I … Continue reading →

Definition is an incredibly hard concept for me to wrap my head around. I am a person who believes things can not truly be defined with words, it takes feelings and colors and many other things to completely define something. … Continue reading →

       I came into Sustainability not knowing what is was going to be about; just knowing it was a required course. I knew about recycling, but I was not sure how we could learn about that for an … Continue reading →