MylesAbbateseniorproject

Directions: As we enter our investigation on solid waste pollution several dramatic environmental events and problems like the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, E-waste and Love Canal will rise into focus. Issues like those beg the question - with 7 billion and more on the planet, then how do we address our waste issues? Can we end waste? McDonough believes that the solution lies within how we design our stuff. Listen to the TED talk with William McDonough on Cradle to Cradle design, and THEN answer the questions ON YOUR BLOG. We will have open discussion in class. William McDonough states: “ The fundamental issue is that, for me, design is the first signal of human intentions. ”   Do you share McDonough’s viewpoint? Explain and use an example of a design that supports your position. Yes I share the same viewpoint as McDonough because there are chemicals in our everyday products that we don’t even realize. In a rubber duck there are chemicals that can cause canc...

In class Alan assigned us into three different groups and a certain location around the campus to looks for PBDE's. It was a pretty cool to go and look for products that may have a flame retardant tag on them. I was assigned to look for the tags in my room and in the Meeting House. In this search I had to move and rearrange a lot of things in the process.                                                Label from chair in the Meeting House Where (what kind of room) did you find most of the flame retardant products? Throughout my search of trying to find flame retardant products at Proctor, I couldn't find any with tags or saying they are flame retardant. It was pretty frustrating finding no products with the tag on it because I was really looking forward to finding a product with the specific flame retardant tag on it. As I looked in the Meeting House I en...