Thursday, March 13, 2008
Project Reflection
My final product for this exhibition was a documentuary about this intersession's experiences on Catilina Island, and about Sustainability. I also had to write about the 2020 plan of Catilina Island. I'm proud of this work because we all worked hard on it, and becuase we all had fun doing so. To make this movie, we had to interview some Catalina locals, and some of our teachers and students at HTMMA. We then had to draw a storyboard of our documentuary, then convert all the photo's, film, and audio together to form our vedio. It's better to be organized when makeing a film, because then you can get right to work and not waste time. I learned that during the process of the movie. I also learned more about the 2020 plan of Catalina Island. A challenge I had was that all of our group members wouldnt agree on something, or maybe one person would be the boss and the rest wouldn't agree on that one person's opionion. My definition of sustainability is taking care of our earth, to reduce reuse, and receycle, and to sustain what we have on earth and not take anything forgranted. Being and enviormental steward for me means to teach other about our earth and at any time available make things better.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Termite Answers
1. What is biomimicry?
Biomicry is like coppying nature. Like how we learned how to make a plane from looking at a bird.
2. Why are termites a great subject for biomimicry research?
Sciencetist's are trying to find a way how to biomimic termite's because termite's can break stuff down really well and turn it into something usefull.
3. What is an enzyme? What is a catalyst?
-Enzyme is what termites use to break down the food or whatever they are eating.
And catalyst is something that speeds things up.
4. What is cellulosic material?
- Catalyst is something that we don't use in a plant, like how we eat the strawberry but not the green leaf on top of it.
5. Why would cellulosic ethanol be more sustainable and efficient than biofuels using corn or sugar cane?
- Biofuels are normally in the form of chemicals, or alchol, whitch is not a good thing but Cellulosic Ethonal is made from normal ressorces.
Biomicry is like coppying nature. Like how we learned how to make a plane from looking at a bird.
2. Why are termites a great subject for biomimicry research?
Sciencetist's are trying to find a way how to biomimic termite's because termite's can break stuff down really well and turn it into something usefull.
3. What is an enzyme? What is a catalyst?
-Enzyme is what termites use to break down the food or whatever they are eating.
And catalyst is something that speeds things up.
4. What is cellulosic material?
- Catalyst is something that we don't use in a plant, like how we eat the strawberry but not the green leaf on top of it.
5. Why would cellulosic ethanol be more sustainable and efficient than biofuels using corn or sugar cane?
- Biofuels are normally in the form of chemicals, or alchol, whitch is not a good thing but Cellulosic Ethonal is made from normal ressorces.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Concepts Learned
My definition for SUSTAINABILTY is trying to make things more energy efficient, for example instead of leaving the lights on in the classroom or your home or somewhere, you could turn them off to save energy.
FREEGANS are people who chose to reuse other people's stuff that they don't want anymore instead of buying new stuff. An example of a freegan would be someone who would look through the trash for a new pair of shoes or some new pants or something they need.
STEWARDSHIP is being responsible for other people who might not be responsible. An example would be throwing someone's trash away when they would just leave it there.
BIOMIMICRY: A conscious strategy by designers to observe and learn principles of design from nature. An example would be a scienctist.
An ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT is what humans do to the earth that leaves something behind. For example when we cut down tree's and forests we leave behind the Co2 when we burn the forest.
The OVERSHOT is when data takes a dramatic move increseingly, for example the chart for the temperature of the earth incresed alot.
What does this equation mean?
area x bioproduction = SUPPLY---------- That shows what the world's doing for our Supply
population x consumption per person x footprint intesisty = ecological footprint-------------That shows what we do for demand
What is the Significance of the year 1987?
- that is the first year we started demanding more from the earth
What happened on October 6, 2007?
Is when we used up all the resorces of the earth
FREEGANS are people who chose to reuse other people's stuff that they don't want anymore instead of buying new stuff. An example of a freegan would be someone who would look through the trash for a new pair of shoes or some new pants or something they need.
STEWARDSHIP is being responsible for other people who might not be responsible. An example would be throwing someone's trash away when they would just leave it there.
BIOMIMICRY: A conscious strategy by designers to observe and learn principles of design from nature. An example would be a scienctist.
An ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT is what humans do to the earth that leaves something behind. For example when we cut down tree's and forests we leave behind the Co2 when we burn the forest.
The OVERSHOT is when data takes a dramatic move increseingly, for example the chart for the temperature of the earth incresed alot.
What does this equation mean?
area x bioproduction = SUPPLY---------- That shows what the world's doing for our Supply
population x consumption per person x footprint intesisty = ecological footprint-------------That shows what we do for demand
What is the Significance of the year 1987?
- that is the first year we started demanding more from the earth
What happened on October 6, 2007?
Is when we used up all the resorces of the earth
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