“This video accompanies one of our April [2011] feature stories about Transforming Sustainable Energy in Afghanistan. It really makes you think about how living, literally off the grid for so long can be turned into an opportunity to bypass the step we are all trying to make now (in transforming our wasteful daily ways) and go straight to sustainable living and using renewable energy sources. Kudos to the team for putting this together!
There’s more where this came from.”
Creating a Local Food System in Abandoned Buildings
“The Plant is a project combining adaptive industrial reuse and aquaponics to create Chicago’s first vertical farm.”
The plan is to use abandoned buildings to create a local food system in Chicago… moving the food production to where the food is consumed in the city.
Innovated techniques are being tested to create less waste. “The whole project is about closing waste loops. So that nothing that leaves this facility, but food.”
I started this blog as a place to watch and showcase the contributions of those looking for ways to continue and push what Design can be in today’s society. I see that Design has great potential to positively impact our world, and a large part of this move forward requires us to examine our ideas and roles from every angle.
Throughout my observations, I plan to especially keep an eye out for students who are looking to participate in this conversation. I hope this can be a forum that is not only devoted to capturing and disseminating the work that is breaking traditional boundaries of disciplines, problem solving, and design thinking, but to also be a place where current works and ideas can be discussed, critiqued and developed.
Check out my other design blog where my friend, Brandy, and I post things we are working on and things we like. 
