Final Commitment
I’m committing to finding a place in this sustainable system. My career choices are just so damn contradicting. I love to write about everything that needs a personality. To come up with the ideas that power it, give it a new image, and give it a future. This can be anything powerful, it just has to move people and move myself to mean anything to me. On the other hand I love simple, natural things as well, and can’t understand why they aren’t represented in a way that makes more people feel personally connected with them. I suppose all this rambling really gets down to why things that sustain and redevelop the environment can’t be seen as a personality rather than a forced cause. I spent so much time not seeking out knowledge of sustainability because I have such an interest in objects that are seen as destructive to the environment. Why can’t they be combined?
I’m committing to combining these 2, because now it feels just weird to see them as separate. Both areas are so important to creating powerful ideas that move people that aren’t convinced of our current situation.
After discussing Denmark and its more than different lifestyle, it was apparent that the group of people we need to be talking to are those in the American culture that bend their lives around the assembled nostalgia of our excessive lifestyle. Why wouldn’t they, when there is nothing in their faces that convinces them of the dire situation, and there is no common practice that makes it a reality? There needs to be an element of everyday life for everyone that constantly reminds what life has really become. I’m committing to living this way myself, no matter where it is.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
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Commitment 8 | Celebrity influence
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This commitment is devoted to understanding the funding that happens from online conversation publicity. Where does the money come from? Where does the money go? Why are certain pop-culture icons involved, and what do they personally contribute that makes them poster children of this ‘sustainable design’ revolution? They celebrities that people respect are focusing their efforts on sustainable issues. Now how can that be taken further, and maximized to create a real ‘image’ around this idea.
This commitment is devoted to understanding the funding that happens from online conversation publicity. Where does the money come from? Where does the money go? Why are certain pop-culture icons involved, and what do they personally contribute that makes them poster children of this ‘sustainable design’ revolution? They celebrities that people respect are focusing their efforts on sustainable issues. Now how can that be taken further, and maximized to create a real ‘image’ around this idea.
Commitment 7 | Cultural Change-Over
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My commitment must CHANGE! The reason being is that there are many other people far more talented at the art of gardening than I, and I’d really prefer to hone in on my skills of convincing people about the social and cultural benefits of changing to sustainable ways. My specialty is Advertising and everything from the brands to the conversation techniques that surround it. I should be committing to the time to create a cultural ‘sexiness’ that surrounds the idea of sustainability. Right now it’s a cute, trendy thing to do. Perhaps it’s my job to market this lifestyle to the people that lean towards professional, sexy, and social advertising. It could be very powerful.
My commitment must CHANGE! The reason being is that there are many other people far more talented at the art of gardening than I, and I’d really prefer to hone in on my skills of convincing people about the social and cultural benefits of changing to sustainable ways. My specialty is Advertising and everything from the brands to the conversation techniques that surround it. I should be committing to the time to create a cultural ‘sexiness’ that surrounds the idea of sustainability. Right now it’s a cute, trendy thing to do. Perhaps it’s my job to market this lifestyle to the people that lean towards professional, sexy, and social advertising. It could be very powerful.
Commitment 6 | The Ecosystem Experiments
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The terrarium is the only way for me to really commit to observing what happens to a natural environment when exposed to common growing products. It’s everything from rocks, dirt, moss, and the purified water that goes into caring for the mini-ecosystem. Now that I’ve made this time commitment, I see many dilemmas in the building of a whole new ecosystem. It’s not even a matter of implementing the technology, it’s the cost of the technology, and then finding other alternatives to pest control. IT would appear that my commitment has created fruit flies. Therefore I must commit to finding the origin of everything that is happening in the terrarium.
The terrarium is the only way for me to really commit to observing what happens to a natural environment when exposed to common growing products. It’s everything from rocks, dirt, moss, and the purified water that goes into caring for the mini-ecosystem. Now that I’ve made this time commitment, I see many dilemmas in the building of a whole new ecosystem. It’s not even a matter of implementing the technology, it’s the cost of the technology, and then finding other alternatives to pest control. IT would appear that my commitment has created fruit flies. Therefore I must commit to finding the origin of everything that is happening in the terrarium.
Commitment 5 | The Energy Experiments
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My involvement with experimentation is taking a huge role in my commitment to understand the way technology can control an environment. This week I’ve gone over my experiments in solar power and water purification to apply them to yet again a much larger-scaled situation. My commitment is about theorizing ways to transform the electrical power that can be generated by solar energy, into heat power that purifies large amounts of water. I already know that heat can be made from electricity. People use It all the time with common appliances like electrical stoves. Now it’s a matter of making the time commitment to testing its efficiency.
My involvement with experimentation is taking a huge role in my commitment to understand the way technology can control an environment. This week I’ve gone over my experiments in solar power and water purification to apply them to yet again a much larger-scaled situation. My commitment is about theorizing ways to transform the electrical power that can be generated by solar energy, into heat power that purifies large amounts of water. I already know that heat can be made from electricity. People use It all the time with common appliances like electrical stoves. Now it’s a matter of making the time commitment to testing its efficiency.
Commitment 4 | Understanding
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Africa’s plan to commit to a sustainable lifestyle is more than amazing, but it’s really been about technology for many of the continent’s problems. The nation failed to keep up with the world, and in exchange the continent suffered much less pollution, and consumes less of many resources. My commitment is first here, in understanding how technology has the ability to pick up an entire ecosystem. Not to mention that my understandings of population and disease in this part of the world will be opened to info that I’m sure I don’t know.
Africa’s plan to commit to a sustainable lifestyle is more than amazing, but it’s really been about technology for many of the continent’s problems. The nation failed to keep up with the world, and in exchange the continent suffered much less pollution, and consumes less of many resources. My commitment is first here, in understanding how technology has the ability to pick up an entire ecosystem. Not to mention that my understandings of population and disease in this part of the world will be opened to info that I’m sure I don’t know.
Commitment 3 | Technology
Commitment 3 |
My commitment to technology is fairly apparent at this point, so now my efforts need to be focus on finding the right technology vendor. I’ve discussed the possibilities with Google, and can now see more opportunities with the organizations that surround Free Rice. There is even more possibility with social networking. Right now, the Aesthetics of Sustainability blog can only go so far, but a game like ‘Seed Feed’ has the possibility to better connect on other social networks already developed. My commitment is to research this, and make it work.
My commitment to technology is fairly apparent at this point, so now my efforts need to be focus on finding the right technology vendor. I’ve discussed the possibilities with Google, and can now see more opportunities with the organizations that surround Free Rice. There is even more possibility with social networking. Right now, the Aesthetics of Sustainability blog can only go so far, but a game like ‘Seed Feed’ has the possibility to better connect on other social networks already developed. My commitment is to research this, and make it work.
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