I found the trip to the Brooklyn Navy Yard as a very interesting experience. what I found really interesting was the fact that most of their buildings were not new structures built from scrap but instead they used old building and just remodeled them to fit modern styles. The entrance building of our trip was what caught my attention the most the fact that they built a new building over a very old building to preserved it, that was not something that you see every day so it was really interesting

I found our trip to the Brooklyn Navy Yard to be very interesting and informative. We looked at and learned about several different ways to to clean up and preserve our environment. From using animals, such as clams, as filters, keeping roof-top gardens, or even building portable apartments in separate locations and later transferring them to their desired location in order to cause less disruption and mess in busy neighborhoods.

The extensive green roof system requires low maintenance and is able to run on very little water. It is also able to withstand harsh environments. The plants used are called seedum plants and they are particularly popular in green room systems.

Building 92 was listed as a historical monument. Although they have modernized one half with a glass exterior, this side  has preserved its original architect.

This part of the yard provided a nice view of the NYC skylines. The round black balls have hundreds of oysters under them. The oysters are used to filter the water that comes out of the sewage system.

Reading for Wed. March 2:

McClintock_Why-Farm-the-City

Question for discussion: What are the reasons McClintock believes we should farm the city?

Brooklyn Waterfront Research Center at City tech

http://brooklynwaterfront.org/

My overall experience at  the Brooklyn Navy Yard was one of the most interesting ones that I ever had as a New York resident for many years. The Brooklyn Navy Yard gives all of us a great lesson on how efficient and creative people can be when they are put together in a closed-knit community. Because for me the Navy Yard is a small community with a lot of organization that can achieve all its financial and environmental goals in the best possible way with less damaging effects on our ecosystem. The tour also taught me how important it is that if all of New York implements the systems for energy production they can change this city for the better and why not be an example for the whole nation and even the whole world. The term sustainability is being used a lot nowadays but if you visit the navy yard you will come to understand what it means and how better our lives can be if the whole city got together and put the navy yards methods to practice. I think this visit was a memorable one and very educational for a person who wants to explore other methods for finding other energy efficient production methods.

Please see posted links to readings for 2/24; Read articles, bring to class and be prepared for discussion.