Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Føtex adventure & Unusual Sustainability

Wednesday, September 15th, my friend Julia and I went to a store called Føtex to get some grocery shopping done. It gets pretty monotonous to shop at Netto (the grocery store near my place) every week with my food stipend so it was a much needed little trip.

AND IT WAS SO MUCH BIGGER THAN A NETTO. Is it wrong to be so excited to grocery shop at a different store? Anyways, two of the many things I found amusing were the roll-able shopping baskets, and how the escalators were ramps (no steps)!

The next day, Thursday was my Sustainable by Design class. Every week, we visit a sustainable piece of architecture. And this particular Thursday we visited an especially interesting house. Some might call it weird and creepy but I found it to be SO strange that I kind of liked it.



There was a room used to store the creepiest puppets for a theater...


A fountain that circulated rainwater...




The floor was created from timber blocks...


And there was a legitimate composting toilet.


Not to mention the owner of the house was from this super sustainable, "natural-living" village. She gave off sort of a hippy/town vibe. She even died her hair red from natural dyes that her village had. She was so sweet and treated us all to tea and coffee after the tour.

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