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Author Archives: sustainiskey
A New Outlook on Life
When first starting this course I felt like I was pretty knowledgeable about sustainability. I thought this class was going to be geared more towards an answer, what we should do and how to incorporate LEED design. But instead this … Continue reading
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Just Know it and Roll with it!
We did a lot of different things in class this week. One thing that I found important from our reading about materials maze, is that natural materials are not always better than synthetic. I think the important thing we should … Continue reading
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Waste does not exist!!
This week our second LOLA show involved examples of biomimicry. My favorite was the Sharklet technologies example. I found it very interesting that the man that came up with the idea was finding it for a different purpose but in … Continue reading
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Humans.. Shame On Us
This week in class new aspects of sustainability were presented to us. We read “Closing the Loops” which explained how we should run a business like a redwood forest. We also looked at an article discussing life cycle energies and … Continue reading
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We Can Do It!
“Design is the act of deliberately moving from an existing situation to a preferred one by professional designers or others applying design knowingly or unknowingly.” -Fuad Luke This week was about Design Activism and Social Entrepreneurship. The reading Design, … Continue reading
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Enough is Enough
This week’s reading was about needs. There was a quote from Wendel Berry stating that “You never know what is enough, until you know what is more than enough.” This sentence struck me again during the LOLA show when group … Continue reading
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“Ugh! I ate all my food and I forgot to take a picture of it!”
This week was about design probes in relation to empathic design. Filling out the design probes package was a little fun but it was hard to constantly remember to document my day. I knew before getting my food that I … Continue reading
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Million Dollar Ideas
Do you ever try to think of a million dollar idea? This weeks class made me remember all the times in the past I thought of something that would be useful and thought if I could just create it I … Continue reading
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Leo DiCaprio Always Gets My Attention!
Leonardo always gets my attention when he is on screen but this time it was for a different reason. A major wake up call happened to me this week while watching The Eleventh Hour. I like to think i know … Continue reading
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Waiting on the World to Change
“Now we see everything that’s going wrong With the world and those who lead it We just feel like we don’t have the means To rise above and beat it” -John Mayer This sustainability class has already been more interesting … Continue reading
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