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7.49 Sustainable thinking for enhanced senses

7.49.USA-13 Adirondack New York – Lake House Highlights Relevant to Sustainable Design:

Engage all of your senses.

Before our daughter, Carter, was born, my wife, Cynthia, and I were fortunate to get invited along with our son, Calvin, to stay with friends at their family retreat on a lake in the Adirondack Mountains. The combination of indoor and outdoor living was completely refreshing along with all of the sports and activities. Calvin also had a blast with the other kids catching frogs, hiking, and canoeing. We engaged all five senses in new ways. Sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell are often taken for granted in our daily digital-centric lives. Seeking out new ways to amplify our senses creates a springboard for also sharing experiences and reinforcing memory. The simple connection with nature void of digital screen time overload is most likely a simple stepping-stone for children as well as adults to move toward sustainable thinking.

Author and illustrator: Charlie Szoradi is an architect, inventor, and the CEO of Independence LED Lighting. He writes about many other topics related to sustainable thinking through his extensive travels around the world.

If you have found this posting online, it is an excerpt from Mr. Szoradi’s book Learn from Looking that served as the inspiring seed content for this drawing share resource. For additional drawings and insights on sustainable thinking, we hope that you enjoy exploring LearnfromLooking.com. You can search via general terms such as sustainability as well as narrower terms such as sustainable thinking.

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