Sustainable design concepts are here to stay

Have you ever wondered what will happen when the world runs out of resources? I mean, there are so many people in this world and we continue to use more and more “stuff” that won’t come back once we use it all up. People discuss the word “sustainable design” and the word “green”. Will going green really save our planet?
Saving the planet starts with sustainable design, which is actually a pretty simple term. When people design the tools that run our world, they use resources. These resources can be placed into one of two categories: renewable meaning that they are able to redevelop, or non-renewable, meaning that they can’t. Non-renewable resources, such as petroleum or natural gas, are totally gone once we use them up, whereas renewable resources, such as trees, will grow back (although we may cut them faster than they can grow, but that’s another story for another day!). In the design of the tools that keep the world running, preserving resources should be our goal, which means we need to design our tools in such a way that will sustain them.
One of the easiest ways to sustain resources in our own lives is the old “reduce, reuse, recycle” routine. Lessen your consumption of products made using non-renewable resources. Reuse things that you already have (for example, don’t go out and buy more bottled water-get a water-filter and keep refilling!). Recycle anything in your home that you can. Make recycling a family project and get kids and teens involved. The younger children would love to keep five cent refunds, and teens will love the responsibility of driving to the transfer station!
Everything mentioned above should be used not only on a local level, but on a global level. We need to focus on reducing our consumption of non-renewable resources on a national level, reusing what we already have, as well as recycling on a national level which will cause a balance between resources we have available and resources we use. Equilibrium is key.
I suppose the significance of all of this lies in the fact that the world must use non-renewable resource temperately. One person cannot complete this task alone, however, you can promote maintaining resource on a local level in order for it to work its way up to a national and global level.

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