Author Archives: Kira Petersons

While answering the 3 questions provided in regards to my learnings throughout this semester, I’m truly grasping how far I’ve come because of this class and can see how much I’ve grown in my future goals.  Starting with question #1: … Continue reading →

Here we are embarking on week 11 of sustainability!  A week of focusing on design activism!  In Tom Brown’s article regarding the topic, I found the New Delhi drip irrigation system intriguing.  If they can master this system, it could … Continue reading →

I was not in class either day this last week so I cannot speak about lectures or LOLA presentations, but I was however in sunny Los Angeles exploring California for the first time and would like to use my blog … Continue reading →

In week 9 of sustainability we dived even deeper into the topic of empathic design – everything from new designs to benefit elderly grocery shoppers to analyzing items that mean the most to us and even examining our daily lives … Continue reading →

Last week, we wrapped up biomimicry and jumped right into the new topic of empathic design.  During the final biomimicry lecture we learned about Devens and their 7 areas of focus on sustainability and Sustainable Stillwater showing what you can … Continue reading →

This week in sustainability we had the opportunity to take a field trip yet again and explore the world of sustainability away from the note-taking and the lectures.  This week we were taken to OSU’s recycling center and got to … Continue reading →

In sustainability on Tuesday we took some time to walk around the Stillwater botanical gardens and reflect on some of our findings.  We wandered around the gardens for quite some time, taking the time to slowly gather our requirements (identify … Continue reading →

I’m not really sure what it means to compare and contrast your thoughts… but I’ll certainly try!  The two lectures this week really focused on the idea of zero waste.  More specifically, mimicking the way nature repurposes waste to the … Continue reading →

This week in Sustainability one of the main things I want to talk about in this blog post because it stuck out to me the most, was the activity on meditation.   In class, we closed our eyes and sat completely … Continue reading →