Sustainable Designs

Yesterday we had to give a presentation on a green topic. we had 3 hours to do research. I chose the topic of sustainable housing. The Idea of sustainable housing is to design and build a building that has little to no impact on the environment. It should also require no non-renewable resources (example: Use loofahs instead of lumber) . A sustainable house should be self-sufficient in energy, water, waste, and food production.


It order for a house to be considered green it should have a way to get freshwater (i.e. rain water system), have a system that recycles waste (i.e. composting toilet, grey water system, etc) and have a form of alternative re-newable energy (ex: solar panels, wind energy)

An easy way to start on the road to a green house is to start your own garden. It doesn't have to be big, even a small one will lessen the carbon footprint you make everyday.

Photo's, Owl's and Cookies. oh, my!

Went around Temple campus taking pictures of various buildings with my group today . We used those pictures to create a Google Map. While taking pictures we decided to visit the Environmental Engineering group (one of the other intern groups) at the College of Engineering. They were kind enough to tell us what what they were doing. They determined how much energy was inside different foods by burning the food. They also told us how many calories were inside one ounce of Doritos. Let's just say I'm no longer a fan of Doritos. Check out our google map at http://phillygreen.blogspot.com/

P.S. I highly recommend the cookie truck located on Mongomery st. between 11th and 12th

Welcome to my world!

Hey everybody! This my first time blogging so be gentle with me. I'm going to blog about my life. Sorry if you were expecting something more exciting. Currently it's summer so there's not much going on. I'm currently interning at Temple University in their ITSRG program. Basically what I'm going to be doing is raising awareness of green projects going on in and around Philadelphia through blogs and twitter. Currently not many followers on twitter but we'll see... Check us out at www.twitter.com/UniversityGreen