reflect on the environment

Over the course of last week, I took in a vast amount of information. Each article touched on something different, however; it is all the same in the big picture. I thought up and down cycling were very interesting because they both reuse a material and make it into something new to the consumer. Although they are both different schemes because one has less of a life as opposed to one being more valuable than it ever was in its original state. I think these are both very important to what I learned because either way you toss it, it’s pushing to make our planet more sustainable. Learning about either of these cycles can greatly help enhance our way of living no matter who we are, it is all relevant.

I think Pinterest shows many step-by-step activities in reusing “someone’s old junk and making it our treasurer,” as I learned about in Hannah Keffer’s blog this week. She made a great point that it can be as simple and as fun as that, to become eco friendly. After this week’s reading I thought to myself how I could start applying what I have been learning. I take my lunch every day to work and I usually pack it in a paper sack, in which I through away everyday. Being home over this past weekend, I decided I didn’t care anymore I was going to get a lunchbox. I never thought I would see the day where I busted out another of those out. This is just one step I have taken into preserving our planet. I soon noticed today, that mine wasn’t the only lunch box in the refrigerator. Others in the office had started the trend and they don’t even know it.

Coming to the conclusion that this subject has hardly been touched one in my life; there are numerous things I would like to know more about. For one, which I am fairly familiar with from this weeks research, but I’d still like to know more about, is  LEED. I think it makes a great contribution to the design world and could further help us in the future to becoming a fully sustainable planet. Also, I’d like to further research what kinds of things can be recycled such as soles of shoes, tires, televisions and things of the sort. I know many of these things end up in landfills, but for those that care about our environment maybe they can start serving a new purpose. I would like to take what I have learned and apply it to my life because every little bit counts. I encourage you to make one small change this week, and see if others start to notice and catch on.