Monthly Archives: December 2016

Final Post

With the end of this course coming to a close, I can honestly say that I have enjoyed this course and learned a lot about design and how I can personally integrate sustainability into my work as a designer. Prior to … Continue reading

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Last words

I have really learned a lot from this journey. I have better examined my own everyday actions, in both my job and school and also in my personal habits and choices. I have learned that for myself what matters the … Continue reading

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Final blog

Sustainability to me is a whole new level of understanding. I have learned so much in the past 16 weeks about sustainability that I never knew before. I think that I have really changed my life around ever since that … Continue reading

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The Journey is Never Over.

When I first took this course, I think I cared more about the number of days until graduation than I did about actually learning anything. This time around, after each reading we were assigned, I finished with the feeling that … Continue reading

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Final Blog

Sustainability is not just a trend that will pass, it is a way of life that will come to pervade every aspect of human life in the years to come. It is the method by which humans will be able … Continue reading

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Final Blog

When describing the difference between sustainability and sustainable design, I think about it as a lifestyle vs a design that helps support being sustainability. To me sustainability is more of a way of being and is more of an umbrella … Continue reading

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Final Blog

Sustainability to me is defined as using your resources efficiently and effectively without wasting over time. Sustainable design is similar in the fact that you shouldn’t waste and only use what you need. With design, you also have to look … Continue reading

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Final Blog

As I previously stated in my last blog, at the beginning of this course I defined sustainability as designing in a way to not harm the future. I still agree with that but I am now open to so many … Continue reading

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Final Blog

Prior to the start of this course when I heard the word sustainability I would have defined it as meeting the needs of the current generation without compromising the ability of the future generations to thrive. Resources we have today … Continue reading

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Final Blog

My definition of sustainability has defiantly changed and expanded since the start of this class. I came in not knowing really even the textbook definition of sustainability. The only thing I somewhat even knew about sustainability is that it has … Continue reading

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