So, I suppose we should have made a test run at getting our schedules in order before being all State of the Blog on readers, but we're ambitious-- and pretty stinkin' excited to get into the blog groove! We probably should have waited until after we submitted seven energy action plans for review and submitted our final project reports and billing for our Energy Advisers to Valley Cities (Tom Jordan, if you're reading this--it is coming!). C'est la vie!
Here's what happened: I bungled the auto-scheduling for Money Monday, got Tuesday's post on green lawn care up just before midnight on Tuesday (it counts), missed Wellness Wednesday, and now Believe it or Not is going to come out on Friday. Humph. Progress is slow, but I'm in it for the long haul. I hope you are too.
Thank goodness Dee was on top of the situation and had her Friday post in early so we can at least claim 4 out of five posts!
As I’m going through my email looking for inspiration for a
blog post, I came across information about a new student competition. What
excited me about this particular competition is that it challenges young people
to think outside the box. It is a multidiscipline competition that seeks to
“transform or even replace the current models of urban management, life and
development”. Students from disciplines like Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape
Architecture, Engineering, Horticulture, and Urban Planning are invited to addresses
issues of overcrowding, food supply, renewable resources, climate and social
changes; while coping with global economic cycles. This could be a game changer
for the vast majority of the earth’s population.
Many Americans have no idea how it feels to live in a
developing country where the infrastructure and housing needs are astronomical.
Where drinkable tap water and a functional waste management system are only
stories they have heard of but never seen. While
doing my Graduate research I was able to spend a considerable amount of time in
Nepal. Kathmandu Valley is one of the most beautiful places on earth; however,
it has seen such an invasive amount of population growth that the area cannot
sustain its population of 2.51 million.
With a population increase of 60.93% over the past 10 years bringing the
density to 4408/sq km (one km is equivalent to 0.621371190 miles), that would
make it roughly 6083/sq mile, can you imagine?
Now you can understand why I’m
so up in arms excited about this competition.
According to the competition website the deadline for
submissions is December 21, 2012. That doesn’t give a whole lot of time, so
students get busy! Oh, and the prize is 150 days in Italy with a daily stipend,
the ability to work with some of the most influential architects, planners,
engineers and designers on the planet; all working to bring your design into
fruition, and as an added bonus, your ideas also get published. That would be
enough to motivate me, talk about instant recognition on a global scale.
Okay, so enough of me preaching to the choir, if you’re a
student or a prior student that graduated since 01/01/11 or know a student
within these disciplines, please forward the link and help them change lives
for so many people while jump-starting their careers.
-Dee
