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At the beginning of the semester I honestly didn’t think much into what sustainability is I knew reduce reuse and recycle but that was about the exigent of it and I really didn’t even do that in my day to … Continue reading →

This week we talked a lot about empathic design , which is basically designing with the end user in mind. One of the main topics was designing for the elderly in order  to help accommodate them a lot better. The … Continue reading →

This past week we had the opportunity to get out and explore nature as an outdoor activity. We had  about 5 activities but my favorite one was activity 3. it involved using your senses other than sight to be able … Continue reading →

This past week we got to talk more about biomimicry and dive a little deeper into the things that you can do through it. We also had our first round of the LOLA show which was actually pretty interesting to … Continue reading →

Last week’s reading about the in-store greenery was actually very eye opening for me. I never thought about how store could use greenery as a way to effect peoples attitude and behaviors while shopping. To me this makes a lot … Continue reading →

Last week we explored and learned about the waste=food concept and the two metabolisms inside of it which are biological metabolism and technological metabolism. The biological metabolism uses natural processes and the technological revolves around technological processes. The class also … Continue reading →

This past week’s lectures and ted talks revolved around biomimicry and what it has to do with sustainability. We watched a ted talk by Janine Benyus who discussed how we should learn for nature and treat it like our teachers. … Continue reading →

Past weeks lectures Last week’s lectures and reading were all pretty eye opening for me because we talked about more aspects of waste that I hadn’t thought of before like the waste from dying clothing and especially the clothing we … Continue reading →

Lectures These first couple of lectures we have been learning about what sustainability actually is. I’ve always heard the word but I never thought about it other than recycling my water bottle when I’m on campus however I guess I … Continue reading →