In modernised world many societies
are built in an urban area to bring more people in from regional areas.
People are offered living space, room for a car and storage to store the stuff
that is unwanted on a daily basis. In many urban units storage is offered along
with the car space. A question comes to my mind when thinking about sustainable
cities and sustainable living that why do we need so many car space and so much
of a storage space? Why don’t we offer shared car, shared equipment’s similar to shared laundry for example vacuum cleaner or gardening equipment’s
in case of strata townhouses. So much of a money, time and waste can be saved
through creating shared co-housing communities. This will not only help people
with financial burden but will also be able to bring them together and make
connection with their neighbours while sharing equipment’s and get to know each
other compare to current set up where hardly anyone knows who is living next door.
So much of a car space is wasted at the
basement of the strata units or townhouses and living areas are much smaller than
before. Can we not change the way we have been building houses? Can we not
change the behaviour of people by offering such shared settings? Can we not
reduce our waste through following simple stuff and stop using unnecessary scares resources just to boom economy?
Illustration by Kelsey King June 4, 2014 — Editor’s note: The following is excerpted from What Has Nature Ever Done For Us? How Money Really Does Grow on Trees (2013) by Tony Juniper. In the book the author explores the economic value of nature, pointing to examples of natural services that are (or were) provided for free by nature, and which are being removed at our cost. Juniper argues that in light of this realization we should stop treating natural systems in a destructive manner. Published here with permission from Synergetic Press. One bright clear morning in April 1993 I was aboard a British Airways 747 that was preparing to land at New Delhi Airport in India. As the aircraft started its final descent from about 1,000 meters, I noticed vultures. Their broad wings, with flight feathers spread out like a span of long fingers, had taken them to the height of the plane. From this vantage point their incredibly sharp vision would enable them to scan t...
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