Sustainability

I had a talk with a friend today during lunch about sustainability. We both agreed that sustainability is like the solution to the corruptions that the earth is going through. Climate change! The earth is dying!! And yet not many people realize how important sustainability is. 


So what is sustainability? Sustainability is the long-term maintenance of well being, which has environmental, economic, and social dimensions, and encompasses the concept of stewardship, the responsible management of resource use.


Before I came to Melbourne, I never ever thought about this sustainability because in Malaysia sustainability is not a big thing yet. When I was here, I learned a lot about sustainability - sustainable design, sustainable features, green design etc. And a lot of buildings here are very sustainable. I'm so amazed to see all these buildings and made me think why Malaysia doesn't have these kind of buildings. Is it because of the weather? Is it because people are not aware about sustainability?


As a future architect, I really feel like is my duty and responsibility to incorporate sustainability in my design. I would like to bring the knowledge that I have learned here back to Malaysia. By doing a sustainable design type of buildings means require no non-renewable resources, impact the environment minimally and relate people with the natural environment. 


Sustainable Design FTW!