Spanish

Hey guys!
Did you know that the Spanish word for sustain is sostener or aguantar? I was on http://www.dictionary.com/ and I clicked on translate. I looked up sustainability but it couldn't find it so I put in sustain and it said that the Spanish for it is sostener. I found that really interesting and I thought it would relate to our sustainability study and we are also learning Spanish at the moment so I thought it would fit in with out studies

my abodo

hi everybody! i did this thing this afternoon where i built my own eco house! it is really cool and i put mine at the bottom of my blog so you can see it.
here is the website:
www.myabodo.com

Notes about architecture

On Wednesday the 3rd of June a man called Kris Wilson came to talk to us about sustainable architecture. He said that he builds houses, kindergartens and restaurants. he said its about living, interacting, maths, science art, building, and creativity. He said he had to do things like make sure they would be weather and tornado proof and they had to be free standing. It involved lots of timber and wood and sometimes steel to hold things together. He said that small is good because if its a small home it uses less resources. The houses that he designs have to have high insulation and sometimes solar panels to heat the water for the insulation.

Here are some pictures of the houses he has designs:

notes about worms

On Tuesday the 2nd of June two men called Clement and Jo and a women Lauren came from the organisation SIFE to talk to us about sustainibility and worm farming. They talked about social sustainibility, economical sustainibility and enviromental sustainibility. They also told us how long it takes for things to break down.
Paper: 2.5 months
Milk carton: 5 years
Cigarette: 10 years
Tin can: 100 years
Beer can: 200-500 years

they talked to us about comsuming and not to buy products that don't have sustainable packaging so that mounds of rubbish don't end up in the rubbish bin.

My job on the island continues...

Hi guys!


Here is some more information on my job at the Matai island:


Field:

you have to clean out the field everday once day.

Equipment to clean out the field:

• wheelbarrow


• broom


• hose


• shovel


• pitchfork

pousonous plants

• deadly nightshede


• foxglove


• bracken


• ragwort


• hemlock


• thorn apple


• yew


• buttercup


• acalea


• puple milk vetch


• water draftwort


• crab apples


• flax


• hellebore


• horse radish


• horse tail


• lupin


• milkweed


• monkhood


• st johns wort


• rhodendron


• oak and acorns

Limestone imformation

Hi guys!
I found some information about limestone and I thought it would be of some use in our Matai islands project since our items to work with are uranium and limestone.
Here it is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limestone

1st blog

hi everyone!
before i made this blog i had another blog wich is my school blog and i still have that one

here it is:
www.jjdragonrider.blogspot.com

Sustainibility in room 18

In class we have been talking about sustainability sustainibility means to maintain balance of a certain process or state in any system (wikipedia).