Going to a place like this was a great learning experience, i think that this people who work and volunteer here are great and there should be more people like them in the world who care about our environment.
It's really great that people actually take time out of their day to educate others about green technology.
I could relate this trip to yesterdays topic about steel mills...in a way i could see a comparison...yesterday we talked about how when the steel mills where in the city, they created a lot of pollution and made a lot of places toxic...today we went to visit a place that is trying to make Chicago an environmental friendly city...I think that the Mayor is aware of how much damage the city has caused to the environments in its past and part of the reason why he now is trying to help improve green technology in Chicago is because he wants to make sure that the city improves and in a way can make up for some of its past.
Overall, i was very impressed by the things you can actually do to save energy and save water...i saw soo many different types of flooring people can use in their homes...i saw so many things that you can use in your home and are very environmental friendly...even a toilet that doesn't use as much water as a regular toilet would.
I was so amazed by that little house built by the university students from Urbana Champaign...from the outside, the little house does not look very appealing..in fact i thought it would look very ugly...i was so surprised when we walked inside and i saw how nice it actually was.
Something that i took from today's trip is that people should learn how to be more responsible because in the end the only one who will be affected if we don't take care of our planet is us.
(picture of the little "cabin" built by U of I students)Another thing i found very impressive was the solar panels located on top of the building...i found them very cool..if everyone had this solar panels in their homes the world would save so much energy.
The last thing was the big containers used to store rain water...i think that this is a very neat idea because like we were told...rainwater flows into the sewers every time it rains and as a result..most of the time the sewers end up backing up and water that has not yet been treated ends up flowing into the lake or the river....by using this big containers to store rain water, you can give this water a good use and for example, water your plants with it.
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