Today’s contemporary architecture has a lot of focus on “organic architecture that tries to blend with the environment around it by being more curvy and sometimes incorporating plants into the structural design” as arthistoryarchive.com says. This type of architecture is focused around on bringing the outside in by using lots and lots of windows which was also a defining factor of the gothic cathedrals of the medieval era. The only main difference between the two is that the windows used in contemporary are to make everything seem very natural and in touch with nature while the windows in cathedral were seen a way of bringing in divine
Andy Goldsworthy is an environmental artist who is mainly concerned with the natural world. His artworks can be analyzed through the Postmodern Frame; he uses natural and found materials such as leaves, sticks, rocks and spit to form his sculptures and challenges the notion of the art object as permanent and valuable. He also documents his works through photography, a non-traditional art medium, due to their transitory nature. He intends to amuse the audience and question their use of the environment. One of his artworks, "Midsummer Snowballs" (2000), consists of thirteen oversize snowball sculptures formed out of concealed pieces of natural materials, including river pebbles, ears of barley and feathers.
It makes the readers notice the simple and unknown urban wildlife that can be found essentially everywhere in the city, and the wildlife is living with humans. Crow Planet makes us notice that we are part of nature and live with nature. The book is an essential book, especially for those of us living with humanity and all forms of life in urban places. Haupt's wisdom and passion gracefully carries the readers through the text. Her vision for the integrity of a holistic life is inspiring and I undoubtedly will return to this book time and again.
Sustainability is based on a simple principle that everything we need for our survival and well-being depends on our natural environment. Sustainability is important to ensure the possession of water, materials, and resources to protect human health and our environment. Sustainable agriculture is the production of food that protects the environment, public health, human communities, and animal welfare. The farmers of Old Hawaii had a vision and knowledge of ecological/sustainable agriculture and from the moment people first landed in the Hawaiian islands until the 1930’s Hawaii was completely food self-sufficient. Today, our food and agriculture system is not sustainable, and can be greatly improved with the help of the whole community.
In her article “Meet the Radical homemakers.”, Hayes argues that going back and learning the basic fundamentals of homemaking skills, shows solutions to many environmental problems. Hayes compares the living a self sufficient lifestyle and living on career. She points the self sufficient lifestyle costs less, and produces less impact to the environment. She also adds that the self sufficient lifestyle gives an opportunity to support local economy by shopping locally. She interviewed twenty households across the United States.
McKendree University Going Eco-Friendly or Not And How To Approach Going Green This paper will cover McKendree University going green and the approach going green. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) are standards that certify buildings, indoor air quality, and the use of natural lighting. The Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) is an international organization that limits the use of buildings throughout construction and demolition. The main focus of this discussion will be construction because of the new buildings McKendree is providing within the next few years. The main issues will cover the background of schools going eco-friendly, and the changes the campus has made over the years to help the environment,
Currently there are no signs that genetically engineered bacterial resistance to these deceases will be introduced in a commercial setting in the near future even though the clear results from laboratory and field studies show that genetically engineered strategies for virus resistance work effectively (Collinge, Lund & Thordal-Christiensen 2008). Genetically engineered trees for unfavorable or difficult geographic locations would be a help to the Canadian forestry industry as the Canadian climate is in many places far from ideal, albeit such a large geographic area. Examples of preliminary success to tolerate adverse conditions include poplars engineered with an enzyme from mammals for detoxification of trichloroethylene, and eucalyptus hybrids genetically designed to withstand and tolerate the cold (Whetten & Kellison
Prickly Pear Salon strives to educate and help you as a valued client discover the health of your body the way nature intended: with services designed using only the purest of natural and organic products. Their motto is: “From the earth, to our hands, to your soul – come grow with the Prickly Pear Salon!” Prickly Pear Salon’s unique, toxin-free environment stands alone in the Lemmon and surrounding areas by providing an alternative for those with chemical sensitivities or those making the conscious decision to use natural, organic hair care products and services. At present, the company does not have an online presence, other than a Facebook page. The previous sections of this report (Task 1 and 2) recommended the company develop an online business expansion strategy, and provided a comprehensive analysis and detailed discussion of the components of that strategy. This section contains information regarding the specifications for the new website, including a structural site map and a design mock-up of the site’s integral pages.
(Neuman,2005)The environmental aspects of urban consolidation is quite different with in developing the form of urban sprawl. In high density areas, there is only a few natural vegetations,which include trees and grasslands and etc, are found within the buildings, roads, and parking areas. So it makes harder for the inner suburb to have a cleaner environment without planting large amount of vegetations.To sum up, it has both problems and benefits by developing the urban consolidation but the advantages of consolidation is more convincing , making th consolidation form as a more sustainable and livable plan
Noah Carpenter & Scott Burma Ms. Smith English III AP – 1st 22 April 2015 The Horizontal World The interior of the United States has long been considered generic. The land is flat, the roads are straight, and trees are rare. This lack of diversity creates an undeniable sense of isolation. Debra Marquart’s 2006 memoir on the area, The Horizontal World, draws upon this perception of the region. Marquart discusses the characteristics of the upper Midwest in order to illustrate it as a sterile region.