Response to Week 4

• Initially this is another set of readings having to do with keeping our environmental surroundings in mind when designing.
• Dating back to historical periods such as the Industrial revolution is reflecting on how the production line went from slow and doing everything individually.. to more advanced mass production
• Mass production is then looked at from a negative viewpoint. Whether it brought more postitive attributes rather than negative outlooks..
• Mass production and the production line brought a lot of money to the economy when Henry Ford was in charge, the employee wages were increasing as well. Many people had more jobs available to them.
• The equipment being used and the technology being used was not being considered as to how it is affecting the environment and nature negatively.
• Many of the equipment is dangerous, releases harmful chemicals, employees lives can be at risk.
• So economically it was bringing a lot of positive outcome. But ecologically speaking no one was realizing these viewpoints.
• The idea of waste and use of materials going to waste that could benefit the earth
• when you think of a wasteland, you see everyday materials in them. things that are second nature to us like toilet paper, plastic bottles, cans etc etc..lets not forget food. but all that the earth can use as nutrients and recycle.
• the term "from cradle to grave" is used to represent this idea of making new expensive materials only to see them back in the wasteland to go to waste and not be reused in any way.
• the economy is spending all this money on making new expensive materials and products for the public when the things they are making cant be recycled and benefited back to our ecological system its almost like saying you're wasting money.
• This idea of changing mother nature
• As discussed, back in the west mother nature was looked as a potential harm and that it could be dangerous and have its downsides
• This idea is totally erroneous now, nature is highly respected now and valued a lot more.
• Back then, nature's own resources were being used a lot more to create products like ore,timber,grain coal..etc etc
• Another main idea of another reading was to use Nature's way of working to apply to design issues
• Really interesting to become aware of the study of biomicricy- was completely new to me
• I believe studying the way nature finds a way to not use harsh and toxic dangerous is really amazing because in the end they create survival techniques.
• thought the glue idea was so interesting!
• "People think all we need to fix our predicament is a free source of energy, but I think we need to change our behaviors. More energy would just help us deplete the earth's lifeblood faster"
• Talks about new approaches design is taking to use earth's own resources to confront design issues.
• All in all, Materialism is being asked to take in mind to profit mother nature. Design is not so much taking into consideration of our ecology. It is doing the opposite. Using harmful materials, wasting materials that take so much to make. Mother nature has a lot to offer, so why isn't the design world being aware of this!