Visiting Architect

Last class we had a visit from Patrick Farley, an architect from Watershed Architects. Having him come to class really gave me a lot of insight on how we can live differently to benefit the future of our natural world. Through his architecture firm, he is able to practice different methods of reducing the amount of natural resources stripped away from the earth and in result, conserves energy in so many aspects. I feel things like this are important to learn about, seeing that he informed me of other ways I hadn't even heard of before whether as easy as recycling. Other methods were things such as not using PVC in any building supplies for structures he builds, along with planting grass on the roofs of their homes, to give back habitat that was destroyed while building, even using alternative power such as solar or even having a water collection system so the building doesn't rely on potable water from pipes the whole time. I find things like this really make a different in the environments we live in, and the world around us, by being able to create our own energy, theres no need to destroy the landscape that surrounds us in order to gather natural resources.

This is important because natural resources such as oil, coal, and other materials are irreplaceable, and the more we destroy terrain, not only is this lessening the supply, its also ruining the earth around us, in result is also doing things like polluting the water supply. All of these things result is a more polluted environments which obviously never leads to positive results.

The next step is finding ways to convince others to live within these parameters, so that the generations to come will have a place to live. Not saying the earth will be gone by then, but theres only so much pollution and destruction the earth and take before there is no more, it is up to us to start, so in the end there is something worth saving. Even if its small things, whether recycling, using less water in the shower, turning off the light when you're not using it. All of these things can make an impact, these small add up and do save a lot more energy than we originally acknowledge. So what now? Find ways to make a difference within your household, your community, by doing these seemingly pointless tasks, we can change the world one community at a time and eventually convert these places into a less polluted, happier environment.