Week 14

This week we examined just how much pressure humans are putting on the environment. We are pushing the natural portions of our states out and installing energy sucking pods or communities. The sprawling that is occurring can be seen on a ride down any highway in New Jersey there are massive amounts of communities being built everyday.

I was looking around the Internet and found the New Jersey Energy Star homes. These homes use all of the proper mechanisms to conserve energy rather than us it up. It houses energy saving appliances, lighting, improved windows and insulation to cut down on heat costs and a lower energy output. These are the types of start up companies that are going to be making the money in the near future. Their solutions however costly they may be now will pay off in the long run. We can only use the planet for so long before we need to allow it some breathing room. There are really no other planets out there for us to use.

The sprawl we have all created is massive. We are moving into the homes of mountain lions and deer and pushing them into the arms of hunters. We are creating more and more and giving less and less. I think I wrote early on the blog about planting a million trees for every number of houses we build. We need to use less of our natural resources and more of our intelligence to create for the long term.