So second day of the semester and first day of 599-006 Material Sustainability. Here starts my journey into the unknown. Well....it's not entirely true, but my knowledge of what's sustainable and what isn't is truly not vast. So I begin my journey very excited and pondering what is to come......Here I GO!!!!
Questions begin to emerge into my head as the class progresses. I find myself wondering.....what gets thrown away....what is the cost to recycle versus land filling....soy resin (????).....and so much more......
The terminology is new to me and will take some getting use to but I will conquer!!!
With the class discussions that erupted today I thought.....Man the different levels of what is green in the 'market' world is very similar to the standards perceived on the organic realm of things.....So in other words what us attracts us consumers to say 'green products' is actually green itself. Like the mini plastic water bottles they have been passing around campus display a green leaf, which to us signifies good.....but it that really the case...?! I'm hoping that through research and investigations I will be able to finally come to conclusions about such dilemmas.
The whole idea behind sustainability is something that I can put into a simple mathematical sentence, which is GREEN = $$$$$$$..................We want to be good. We want to be healthy. We want to save 'the blue marble'. But our wallets are stopping us. How can companies and others expect us to go green when they charge us an arm and a leg to do so? Granted, I could survive minus a limb or two, but I shouldn't have to make that decision willingly.
It's amazing to even think of what the definitions of renewable and non-renewable resources are. It's like one way you're digging yourself a deeper hole, while on the other side you're rising up and standing on your own pedestal.
Then there is the word disposable.....I never gave much thought to it, but those are hurting our world the most because we use the item once and then throw it out. And these items range from gloves to cameras to cups to basically anything your heart desires. It's obsurd the amount of items that we don't even think of, but use once and then throw out!
In protest I call out to companies near and far to proclaim that they will try to lengthen the life span of the products they create and distribute.....!!!
A great start - very good that you actually included the link and researched further on the Dasani plastic bottle. This is how the research journey begins - and eventually you will find that topic that you truly wish to understand and further investigate.
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