"You can't know who you are until you know where you are." - Wendell Berry. Sense of place is understanding the environment around you, your comfort zone, where you feel most at home. Take a walking trip around your neighborhood. Observe special environmental features, green design, sustainable aspects, species, wildlife etc. Include photos or video clips. What sustainable or ecological features do you notice? Use pictures and/or drawings of your walk. Draw or write about an area where you have a feeling of Sense of Place.
Today I took a walk around my neighborhood and took some pictures. My neighborhood has three beautiful lakes and two canals that are behind numerous houses, including mine. The neighborhoods sprinklers used recycled water drawn from the canals around the neighborhood. There is a house down the street being rebuilt because the house was found to have Chinese drywall. I was able to catch the contractor and he was talking with a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) AP, they said they are trying to build the house greener for the people living in it. However, for the most part, majority of the homes built in my neighborhood are not green designed. Everyone on my street has their recycle bins filled with papers, plastic, and cans. All of the street lights in my neighborhood have been changed to LED lamps, which have a lower voltage and use less energy, for a longer life time. The entire neighborhood has natural gas for the houses stoves, grills, water, and dryers. Natural gas saves a lot of energy for the houses.
There are many animals and amazing plants in my neighborhood. The palm trees, maintained grass, and lakes, give the neighborhood a Florida feel. Numerous palms, ficus, hibiscus, lilies, and many more flowers are so bountiful around the neighborhood. The animals are all unique and different. There are frogs, lizards, snakes, squirrels, alligators, pheasant, iguanas, various birds, such as the Blue Heron and Peacock, and the homeowners dogs and cats.
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