Sustainability!
So on last tuesday, Febuary 12th 2013, we had a class about sustainability. My assignment was then to write my own understanding of the concept.. So here goes:
"Sustainability" comes from the Latin word: "sustinere" (to hold). There is a lot of different meaninngs to the word, bu the most famous is "to maintain", "support" or "endure".
To me sustainability is how we, as human beings, can provide a long-term maintenance of well being. It can be environmental, economic or social dimensions.
Sustainability is very much about how we are going to provide for ourselves, using our ecosystem. The problem is that if we are running out of oil some day, we will be screwed. Therefore it is important that we can think more intuative. We need to figure out how to make the most and the best out of the ressources that we have.
Some solutions that I have thought of could be:
Green technologies & Renewable energy.
For an example; My dad used to work for a firm call: Modern By Products. They are working with used oil from frying machines. They are simply collecting the oil from different companies and turning the oil in to some sort of energy. So to say: he worked for a company, fighting for our global sustainability!
Another thing is that Tesla a car company is all in for eco-friendly cars! They have made a few series of cars driving on electricity and it is awesome!
Check out their website:
And here is a promotion video too:
They are very expensive but worth it if you want to think about our environment.
Think about it and go GREEN!
Peace out..
Simone.
Inventión of green technologies is very important. Looking at are way of life is also important. I hope the Tesla will be cheeper some day.
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