Gaurav


 * Homework assignment - Notes from client meeting --- Very good. All the main points are there. 91% **


 * ====What – Home for 2 people in late 50s.====
 * ====Budget - $120K====
 * ====Design principle – Maharishi sthapatya veda====
 * ====Size – Small around 900 sqft====
 * ====1 storey====
 * ====Energy efficient, sustainable, off the grid====
 * ====Look – home should blend with the landscape.====
 * ====Walls – thick. R-value around 42 for walls and ceiling====
 * ====House is in the east end of the property --- **North East**====
 * ====House should be having porches around it.====
 * ====Will be using neighbor’s drive way and extend further till the house; 14 ft wide road====
 * ====Main entrance – preferably east double door====
 * ====Storage/milking extension – 10X30. West side of the house====
 * ====Gazebo – near the lake; path to the lake should not get muddy====
 * ====Heat source – In flow water tubes====
 * ====Garden – south of the farm (high side) 60X60====
 * ====Purpose of farm – to produce just enough vegetables; would like to sell====
 * ====Nice to have space for green house experiment====

** Homework assignment Tuesday Aug 23nd Leopold field trip notes ** ** Very good. 92% ** 1 Write in your wiki journal 3 main points (25 to 50 words each) the most interesting points from the day’s field trip and be ready to discuss them in class. Few things that I liked about the field trip to Burlington, Iowa arei) I learnt about the life of Leopold and how he grew up. His passion for the subject of land ethics and balance in ecology.ii) I liked the lunch by the side of river with everyone looking at the river. It felt like being in harmony with the nature. iii) I liked Leopold's house that we went to in the end of the trip. The design and architecture of the house were appealing. The house was overlooking Mississippi river and the view was amazing from there. I also liked the little picnic spot that they have made little down the open area.   2 Write down a pattern you saw today on our field trip to Burlington and analyze how you felt about it  A pattern that I saw today was that there was sand on the trail which indicated erosion from upper part of the trail that we were walking. I think erosion was natural there and it can be stopped by planting prairies.

** Homework assignment Monday Aug 22nd Leopold Reading Good though a bit brief. 89% ** ** 1. **Read Aldo Leopold Sand County Almanac ‘Marsh Elegy’ pp 99 – 101. List on your wiki journal 3 points why you think Aldo Leopold is a good writer and be ready to discuss them in class. 3 pointsi) The detail in his explanations.ii) Content of the literature is so rich which shows his great observance skill iii) The philosophical nature of his writing in the last paragraph.

** 2. **Read Aldo Leopold Sand County Almanac ‘Think Like a Mountain’ pp 133. Summarize in one main point (20 to 50 words) in your wiki journal what you understand Leopold to mean by “Think like a mountain” and be ready to discuss it in class.

By "Think like a mountain" Leopold means that a mountain has been present all along and because of the time that it has been there, it understands the howl of a wolf objectively. Experience makes us more objective in our approach.

Below you can see a couple of pics of phi phi islands. One interesting fact is that it was used as a location for the 2000 film // [|The Beach] //.