Class 3

Class 3

Population has an effect on our consumption

Poor product design is the problem

Kyoto protocol 1997 one of the first world discussion about global climate change

No perfect GREEN solution, but we need to weigh through the shades of GREEN to make the best decision.

Buckminster Fuller- goal to use all aluminum for shell of house, Touched on sustainability with-out focus.  Full recyclable material. 

Operating manual for space ship earth.

If anything is not aluminum the aluminum is not longer as recyclable

Bucky Ball

Easter Island

Eben Bayer- Are mushrooms the new plastic?

Deconstruction as appose to demolition.  Retaining wall, interlocking

Material detail construction.

Ikea

Understand conventional process and life cycles of material making and demise.

1. Material Resourcing- Consider the availability of the material resource

2. Material Harvesting- Consider how the material resource is being extracted or harvested

3. Manufacturing Process- Consider the availability of the material resource

4. Material, Energy, and Transport- Consider how far the material traveling from the manufacturer?

5. Material in Use- Consider the maintenance and life span of the material.

6. Material Disposal- Consider how the material contaminates the earth once landfilled.

Eric Corey Freed, organicARCHITECT

Power Point- showing life cycles- system you which to study, material assembly, worst offender?