Thursday, January 8, 2009
Sustainable Practices and Thinking Ecologically
There are two main reasons why people look at sustainable practices: for environmental issues and then for what could be called social justice. When sustainability or green products are discussed it always goes straight to ecological topics such as the ozone layer and depleting raw material supplies. Do you think that maybe you personally think of using sustainability because of energy and land fields or because of the social justice factor?
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I personally was a firm believer in sustainablity for just the notion of the enviornmental and energy efficentcy, but as the issues of social justice have become more apparant to me i have a strong stand for that as well. I think that a lot of people are just like me when it comes to this decision as well because the misinformation we are getting on how the products we use are being made. There is a certain cold shoulder to calling the saving of a life that is on a shipwrecker burning down iron, sustainable. This misreprestation is what makes others miss the true meaning of sustainable. There has to be an equal balance of social justice and environmental justice in any project, factory, or any alike. My stance is clearly in favor for the word sustaiable to vastly represent every issue that encompasses the problems that happen with products everywhere.
I agree with you, Lindsey, that there should be an equal balance of social justice and environmental preservation with every project. I think that, at our stage in architectural education and development, we are very ignorant of the process it takes for most of the common materials used to come into being. Only, does social justice deal with just how the materials are made or does it come down to the other issues that are addressed by organizations such as Habitat for Humanity or Architecture for Humanity?
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