Working Towards a Sustainable Future
Environment
The word sustainable, according to google, means able to be maintained at a certain rate or growth.
Research shows that every year approximately 8 millions pieces of plastic enter the ocean every single day, which equates to 2,920,000,000 pieces every year.
coal and gas are likely to run out around 2088 and oil around 2075, sooner if we increase production consumption.
Opportunities
By creating a product, using biodegradable or recycled material, it can help reduce this number and would benefit our environment.
I can also decide to not just look at the materials but look about the way they are getting made. Make sure that in the process of making, as little excess material as possible would be wasted.
making the product sustainable towards the client.
A current issue in our world today is energy consumption and resources, so I would design to be more relevant to daily lives and the future as it looks like it will carry on to be a major problem. I would look at renewable energy for this e.g. ways to incorporate energy such as wind, solar, tidal
Problems
I will have to do a lot of research in order to make something that is sustainable for the future and not only our world today.
The final outcome of the product must still look aesthetic and appealing, considering all the components that would go into it.
Solar energy is the most abundant, renewable energy source in the world.
Solar energy can only be used in the day when there is sunlight.
Renewable energy
Biomass
Wind
Tidal
Solar
Wave
Geothermal
Hydroelectric
Expensive. Limited resivours. Droughts. Damming of Water
Limited location. Not a viable power source for everyone.
Expensive. Limited location.
Expensive.
Expensive. Technology immaturites.
Storage is expensive. Associated with pollution.Uses alot of space.
Potential emmisions. Surface instabillity.