독해와 작문 천재 안병규 5과 본문 Designs for a Better World

Unit 5 Environment

 

Designs for a Better World 

When you throw your old things away, do you ever think of where they go? 

 

Do they just disappear? No, they break down or biodegrade. 

 

Look at the timeline on the left. It shows how long some common objects take to break down.

 

 

 

The environment is facing big problems because of the things we throw away, but there is a solution. 

 

It is called sustainable design.

 

 The idea behind sustainable design is simple: design a product which does not hurt the environment. 

 

It can mean a car which emits no, or very little, CO2 into the air. 

 

It can also mean products made of biodegradable material. 

 

Such products do not harm the environment when they are thrown away. 

 

Below are two examples that show how this idea works.

 

 

 

Shoes That Bloom 

Imagine planting your old shoes and seeing a flower garden come up. 

 

That is exactly what happens with biodegradable shoes. 

 

These sensible shoes are made of materials such as oats, cotton, and special plastic, which break down easily. 

 

To make the shoes more fun and attractive, the tongues of the shoes also have seeds in them! 

 

When the shoes are put into the ground, a variety of flowers bloom. 

 

But do not worry. You can still wear the shoes in rain and snow. 

 

They can get wet but will not biodegrade unless you plant them.

 

 

Birdseed Plates 

Disposable plastic plates cause serious environmental problems because they can take about 100 years to break down. 

 

Little have we done about them until now. The answer is to make plates from something else. 

 

Why not edible ingredients, like birdseed and potatoes? 

 

That is precisely the idea behind birdseed plates. 

 

They are designed to be eaten by animals. 

 

When you are done with your meal, just throw the plate into a tree or bush. 

 

When the plate hits something hard, it breaks into smaller pieces which animals like to pick up and eat. 

 

If people in the past had been as eco-friendly as the designers of these products, they would not have caused the crisis the world is facing today. 

 

Sustainable design clearly shows that we can keep the crisis from getting worse. 

 

It only takes creativity and willingness to protect the environment and hand over a cleaner planet to future generations.

 

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