sustainability

“sustainability ” means to sustain using resources without destruction of environment. We have used various resources for our lives in comfort, however, it’s reality that as our lives hes been getting more comfortable , we have been destroying environment. For example, we heve deforested to built our houses, in addition, we use a lot of electricity. We need to think about more environment and what we need minimum.

My name is Jay Shafer and since 1997 I have been living in a house smaller than some people’s bathrooms. I call the first of my little hand built houses Tumbleweed (top left). My decision to inhabit just 100 square feet arose from some concerns I had about the impact a larger house would have on the environment, and because I do not want to maintain a lot of unused or unusable space. My houses have met all of my domestic needs without demanding much in return. The simple, slower lifestyle my homes have afforded is a luxury for which I am continually grateful.

Here is more information about tiny home.

There are some ways which we can reduce useless resources. One is “Tiny Home”. The information above is for “Tiny Home”. The reason why the tiny home is the way which we can reduce resources is that we don’t need a lot of trees and electricity by comparison with a big home. If we live in a small house, we need to use electricity only for small spaces. For example, we need to warm up and cool down only small spaces. In fact, we don’t use every rooms.

Here is more information about “Earthship”.

The other is “Earthship”. It is a house which is used natural sources, such as sunbeams. You can see big windows on the picture above. The reason why the big windows were put in the house is that we can use natural light from the sun. We can reduce some problems by using solar system, such as global warming.

Proponents of modern prefab are always lamenting 1) the strop that manufacturers throw when you ask for a house without old-school traditional charm, and 2) the problem of getting the house from factory to site. Converting standard 20- or 40-foot shipping containers into housing gets round both snags: the containers are already fabricated, and the infrastructure for transporting them (duh—stick ’em on the back of a truck or on a boat, or even a train) already exists. Pretty cheap, too, and pretty green considering the huge surplus of empty containers cluttering up US ports. And there’s way more to it than just cutting a door and a window into a box and calling it a house. In the extended post, we look at some of ways architects are using containers, and what the future might hold.

Here is more information about “Prefab”.

The other is “Prefab”. It is a sectional house. The house isn’t used trees uselessly because some parts are already made at a factory and built the field. It doesn’t waste resources.

A lot of sources are used in our lives more than we really need. Our lives have been more convenient, but we need to live with nature, therefore, We need to use these ideas more, and our environment will be much better.

NYC

I went to NYC last December with my friends. This is my first visit in NYC. I took a bus there. It took about 14 hours from Toledo to NYC. I was so tired. I will never take a bus from Toledo to NY! We rent an apartment, so the cost was cheaper. I stayed there for 5 days. I could enjoy Christmas in NYC! First, I went to a hair salon in SOHO to change my hair color because I had wanted to change my hair color for a long time. I’m Asian. My hair is different from American’s, so I was thinking to go to a hair salon where Japanese worked. My friend recommended me the hair salon. Two Japanese worked there. My hair got really nice! Maybe i will go there again.

NYC at night was different from in the daytime, but even if midnight, The number of people was the same as in the daytime. NYC is always busy…. We saw an ice skating show which many girls danced. After that, we went to a Japanese restraunt to have dinner. I forgot the name of the town where the restaurant was. A lot of Japanese restaurant were there. We saw two policemen who were on horses on the way to home.

We went to the Doll’s museum where a lot of famouse people’s dolls(musicians, presidents, athletes,etc…). The dools looked very
natural!! We took a lot of pictures with the dools there.

Of couse we went to the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State, but we couldn’t be near the Statue of Liberty because the ship to go there was already finished(;_;), and we couldn’t go up the Empire State because the weather was so bad….so I couldn’t take the pictures. Maybe next time!!