RSS FeedGreen is in. Sustainable Design Is In
Have you ever wondered what will happen when the world runs out of resources? I mean, there are so many people in this world and we continue to use more and more "stuff" that wont come back once we use it all up. People discuss the word "sustainable design" and the word "green". Can "greenness" resuscitate the world?
Planet resuscitation begins with sustainable design with can be discussed in easy-to-understand terms. During the production of the means that basically allow our world to function, people manipulate resources. These resources can be placed into one of two categories: renewable meaning that they are able to redevelop, or non-renewable, meaning that they cant. Non-renewable resources, such as petroleum or natural gas, are totally gone once we use them up, whereas renewable resources, such as trees, will grow back (although we may cut them faster than they can grow, but thats another story for another day!). When we design the tools to run our world, sustaining resources, or maintaining them, should be our goal; hence "sustainable design".
One of the easiest ways to sustain resources in our own lives is the old "reduce, reuse, recycle" routine. Reduce your consumption of products made using non-renewable resources. Use the things you already have over and over; dont throw away things like waterbottles and then go out and buy new ones! Recycle anything in your home that you can. Allow recycling to be a mission and get the whole family involved, including kids and teens. Kids love to sort and keep any refunds you may get back, while teens look for any excuse to drive-even to the transfer station!
Everything mentioned above should be used not only on a local level, but on a global level. If on a global level, countries spent more time reducing the amount of non-renewable resources they used, reusing what they already have, and recycling on a national level, the amount of resources available versus the amount of resources used would begin to fall into equilibrium. Having balance is extremely important.
So, I guess the moral of this story is to use non-renewable resources in moderation. One person cannot complete this task alone, however, you can promote maintaining resource on a local level in order for it to work its way up to a national and global level.