RE-store

RE-store Habitat for Hummanity is a warehouse that builds affordable homes at a low cost for those in needs. They also collect used materialsand reconstruct them and uses it to build a home. RE-store has inspired me to recycle more. Instead of throwing away reusable things, why not just give it to someone who can make something out of it especially if they are going to help someone for a good cause. My experiences at RE-store were great. I helped organized materials so it would be eaiser dto find them. Also i painted some things so that they can you use for their homes and other products. My thoughts about RE-store is that they are a great organization. They are a non-profit organization so they use the money and the skills they come with to work. i realized that i should stop being selfish and give to those who can really use it instead of just wanting something just to have it. RE-store is a great place. I would love to go back and help out more on some things that they need help on. I would also recommend this organization to others.

www.habitat.org/how/who.aspx

my trip to CCI

One thing the SCA level two group this year were green buildings. We went to go see this building called CCI and took a tour. CCI purchased the building in 1993 and renovated an 80 year old building that is located on the Southside of Pittsburgh. The building is LEED certified and currently is at the gold level. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. When we first got to the building they took us to this room and the lights were out and I first thought, "Why in the world are the lights out?"
One of my fellow crew members asked and Indigo (the lady giving us the tour) said we use day lighting and when asked she said that is when we use the light from the day to light our building so we save money on our electricity.the she told us about the heating and cooling of the building. They have a vent at the top of the building because the heat rises and only makes one spot in the room warm and takes longer for the whole room to get warm so having the vent at the top mean the heat would have to fall and warming the room much faster and the don't need to turn their heat up as high to get warm. another way that they save money is turning the heat off during the weekends since no one is in the building there is no reason to keep the heat on. they recycle everything they use and they don't heat their stair way because they barely use them. I think the thing that i took away from this trip was that your freezer uses more energy when empty then it does full so you can also save money by keeping it full or putting boxes in your freezer

Street Free Write

The busy street of Smithfield.
As the days goes on this street is more crowded.
During a red light it is like a swarm of birds attacking a piece of bread,
but when the lights turn green they run away.
People making the wrong turn BEEP, the driver begins yelling "its not your turn!!!"
As I walk across the street I trip on the bumpy road that's ahead of me.
The wind blows heavily telling me "just keep moving on" and I step on the onto the smooth path.
I reach the other side of the street and the day starts all over again.
Peaceful, then crazy and noisy, and then everything gets sleepy and calm.
The cycle starts all over again.

daylighting

DAYLIGHTING, dreaming of making the world better, better enough to make this world seem perfect which we THINK it will never be!

DAYLIGHTING, i use gods good light to brighting up the most darken days, as this light hits me it put the biggest SMILE on my face!!

DAYLIGHTING, not only do i use it to brighing up a room or save energy so mom isn't always yelling at me but also my SOUL guider to heal my spirit!!!

DAYLIGHTING, is my way to let me be free till 6 when its time to go and hide till my protecter comes to PROTECT me once AGAIN!!!!

NATURE...

NATURE,

To me it's not just a place...

it's a state of mind.

The reason we're all sitting here.

When I hear it I feel it.

The cold dew covered grass under my feet,

the sun peering through the leafy trees,

energizing my skin.

The birds chirping,

bees working away,

little animals that live in the only place they call home.

To me...

NATURE is not a word or place,

but it's home,

it's the way we think.

my creative writing Will Allen

using this picture to the left we had to write about it using on of the six choices : 1 imagine you are the character using poetry or short storyexplain who you are and what you are doing. 2 write a letter to the person in the picture and talk about the scene he is in. 3 write a advice colum. 4 imagine you are awarding that person for their accomplishments. 5 write as if you are the person in the picture's son or daughter. 6 give one of the characters a tough past.

Well of course i choose to do number 5. It went a little like this (tell me your thoughts or comments) :

Dad what i remember is how your strong arms held me and protected me from all the danger and harm. You were there when I needed you, you came when I called , and disciplined me when didnt feel like I should of been. Dad what I really remember is you hugs and how warm they were ,but most of all I dont know how
I could of remember when I never met you in the first place.

Feb. 28th