You heard of sustainable design?

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Do you ever ponder the occurrence of the planet’s resources expiring? There are tons of people on earth and we all continue to use up resources that are not able to be regenerated. Maybe you’ve heard the term “sustainable design”, or maybe you’ve heard people throw around the term, “green”. Will going green really save our planet?
Saving the planet starts with sustainable design, which is actually a pretty simple term. When people design the tools that run our world, they use 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 can’t. 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 that’s another story for another day!). In the design of the tools that keep the world running, preserving resources should be our goal, which means we need to design our tools in such a way that will sustain them.
One of the easiest ways to sustain resources in our own lives is the old “reduce, reuse, recycle” routine. Lessen your consumption of products made using non-renewable resources. Reuse things that you already have (for example, don’t go out and buy more bottled water-get a water-filter and keep refilling!). Recycle whenever possible in your home. 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. We need to focus on reducing our consumption of non-renewable resources on a national level, reusing what we already have, as well as recycling on a national level which will cause a balance between resources we have available and resources we use. Having balance is extremely important.
I suppose the significance of all of this lies in the fact that the world must use non-renewable resource temperately. You can’t swoop in and save the world alone, but without designs aimed at sustaining resources on an individual level, we will never get to it on a national or global scale.

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<h1>You heard of sustainable design?</h1> <p> Do you ever ponder the occurrence of the planet�s resources expiring? There are tons of people on earth and we all continue to use up resources that are not able to be regenerated. Maybe you�ve heard the term �sustainable design�, or maybe you�ve heard people throw around the term, �green�. Will going green really save our planet? <br />Saving the planet starts with sustainable design, which is actually a pretty simple term. When people design the tools that run our world, they use 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 can�t. 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 that�s another story for another day!). In the design of the tools that keep the world running, preserving resources should be our goal, which means we need to design our tools in such a way that will sustain them. <br />One of the easiest ways to sustain resources in our own lives is the old �reduce, reuse, recycle� routine. Lessen your consumption of products made using non-renewable resources. Reuse things that you already have (for example, don�t go out and buy more bottled water-get a water-filter and keep refilling!). Recycle whenever possible in your home. 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! <br />Everything mentioned above should be used not only on a local level, but on a global level. We need to focus on reducing our consumption of non-renewable resources on a national level, reusing what we already have, as well as recycling on a national level which will cause a balance between resources we have available and resources we use. Having balance is extremely important. <br /> I suppose the significance of all of this lies in the fact that the world must use non-renewable resource temperately. You can�t swoop in and save the world alone, but without designs aimed at sustaining resources on an individual level, we will never get to it on a national or global scale. <br /> <h2>About the Author</h2> For the real stuff on <a href="http://Aia.org" Title="Architect, green design building">green architecture</a>, visit Aia.org. </p>

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