Inspired by nature

Introduction

 Everyone should think of the things they would like to do and reflect on the world around them and find out one thing they would do to make a difference. We are just transient and the physical world we see such as the forest implies the geology which has been going on for a long time. The landscape is one that we have transformed. The transformation has been informed by human activities such as mining and industry. It is not that I am against them but I work with them and we all need them, but I am also for sustainability. It is a slow progression ( Burtynsky, 2005).

1. Progression

While have lived in all the ages, the Stone Age, Iron Age and corporate age, they are still alive at work today but we become totally disconnected from them.  Our collective appetite for our lifestyle and what we are doing to the landscape is something that is a very sobering moment to contemplate on. The photographs should be able to engage the audiences. It should get them, not aiming to be rejected by the image but to be challenged and also make them realize that though they want a good life there are consequences to it ( Burtynsky, 2005).

• The recycling work tries to point to work of redemption after what we had been doing to the landscape, as a practice of human activity that is sustainable.
• A hundred and thirty million people Bangladesh living in area the size of Wisconsin with pollution intense and working conditions were horrible.

1. Transformation

 China truly is a question of sustainability as seen in construction of 3 dams.  The transformation of the land due to the movement of the people from the dam site shows a need for power and the people are willing to go through this to get that power. Investors are going into China weekly for hydroelectric power, with coal being one of the largest problems ( Burtynsky, 2005).

• Shanghai shows that China is changing than it would have 5 years ago as communities that have been living in construction areas are being broken up and being spread across urban areas. A city in size of Shanghai is literally a forest of skyscrapers and is breathtaking in terms of the speed with which it is transforming. The real need for materials and a lot of the recycled materials are collected and taken to China by ships.
• Solution

The whole notion of photographing is out of concern for the scale of what we call progress. As much as there are great things around, things that are just about to break that can solve many problems and hope they were spread around the world and we will start to have positive effect. It’s not something that is just affecting our world (Burtynsky, 2005).

• We should start collecting our foot print and dimpling down and there is a growing foot print that is happening in Asia at a rapid rate and we cannot equalize. So ultimately, we have to be very concerned about the way their revolution is going to be connected to our revolution. It is through communication that sustainability is not unreal idea. The environment movement has failed because it has used apocalyptic tone too much and hasn’t sold the positive aspect of being environmentally concerned (Burtynsky, 2005).
• com blog’s conversation is about how to change the world in better way looking at technology, new energy saving device and how to strategize the movement towards sustainability (Burtynsky, 2005).
• One way is to put the photography works in the service of promoting the website and the images can be placed to any kind of media (Burtynsky, 2005).
• Here is a need to have a dialogue about sustainability. We try to motivate kids in the age of reason- 7-8 years – to understand what sustainability is and they have a vested interest. One of the ways of doing it is to create prices for kids and to have price targets. One could be for the best sustainable idea in a school project, the others for hospital project or community projects for sustainability. We will be motivating a certain group to push it from the bottom into the households. This gives possession of the world to the person(Burtynsky, 2005).

• Epiphany -    a sudden perception into the reality or meaning of something (  they wanted more and they can thank nature for such a view)
• Nanotechnology –  a branch of technology dealing with tolerance and dimensions of below 100 nanometers more so molecules and atoms (the military has exclusive access to nanotechnology)
• Transient –  not lasting (all earthly creatures are transient)
• Villa – a detached house in a residential area - they built a riverside villa for one week
• Circuit-breaker -  a device that automatically stops electric circuit current flow – (if a circuit breaker is not included; the switch should be thrown by hand when beginning to charge).
• Armatures -  part of electric device including a major winding currying current and where induction of electronic force is done.(voltage is dependent on speed of the armature)
• E-waste - electrical or electronic devices that have been discarded and their parts (e-waste raises concerns considering its component toxicity.
• Suburban – an area on the edge of big city or town where the people working in such places live (they moved from suburbs to inner-town area)
• Dynamite- a device that is highly explosive consisting of nitroglycerin with other absorbent substance. (His work involved disposing of military dynamite left behind)
• Fortified - increased in effectiveness due to ingredients addition. (a heavily fortified wall).

The video utilized the cause and effects, comparing and contrasting of the transformation of landscape.  It also makes generalization of the various revolutions in informed by the need for sustainability and provides evidence for such in form of a conversation in a blog. The structure also exemplified a topic on China in details.  These are also seen in offering options for attaining sustainability.

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