Building for Social Responsibility

In 1977, Jimmy Carter pleaded with the people of America to see beyond the energy crisis of then and now. He asked us to be aware about attaching ourselves to possessions, or measuring our worth upon how much we own or the grandeur of our economic stature. Can you imagine the world we’d see reflected back to us if we unselfishly heeded his words and embraced the scary and unknown?

Gone are the days when it’s socially acceptable to live in energy consuming gluttony. During the last 30 years, we’ve really taken our consumption of oil and coal burning for gasoline and electricity, respectively, to levels Jimmy Carter wanted to prevent by tapping into alternative sources of energy.

We find ourselves at the tittering point, where the political, economic, and environmental realities of our addiction to destructive energy sources have officially reached their peak of harming earth. The political decisions we’ve watched our government make are in large part due to the availability of oil. Our financial structure is completely intertwined with the cost and accessibility of oil. The quality of our day to day lives is greatly affected by the cost of gasoline and how much our overhead eats into our monthly financial bottom line.

In 1977, we weren’t ready for change. In 2010, change is demanding our collective participation, whether we‘re ready or not.

A lot of people might contend that changing our consciousness and routines towards more efficient, environmentally friendly sources of energy is easier now because of huge strides in technological advances. In truth though, using the sun’s energy through practices like passive solar is as old as civilization itself. However, the application of passive solar is more efficiently applied now with the help of design software like C.A.D. (computer aided design).

Anastasio Design utilizes AutoCAD to develop passive solar designs and blueprints for your new home, remodel, or addition. In this age of social responsibility for using the green energy alternatives available to us, passive solar is an obvious choice. Passive solar beautifies your home, increases its resale value, keeps your interior warm in the winter and cool in the summer, and makes a huge impact in decreasing your monthly heating and air conditioning utility bills.

Just as oil and coal burning became huge economic industries, alternative sources of energy are quickly on the rise as viable ways to produce jobs, save the planet from our destructive dependencies, and increase the quality of our lives in the most natural ways possible.

Anastasio Design is proud to be a part of the green-living transformation process. Contact us today to learn more about how you can utilize passive solar design for your new home, remodel, or addition and join the mounting numbers of people who have taken action towards healing the planet we share. After all, it’s our individual responsibilities to heal the world by making simple decisions to harness the energy sources available to us that don’t harm our environment. Jimmy Carter knew that in 1979. It’s just taken us a while to finally realize exactly what he meant now that we can see it, smell it, and feel the financial affects personally.

Building for social responsibility is an amazing declaration to yourself, your neighbors, the government, and the planet. Anastasio Design is here to help you learn more about the tools you can apply to build for social responsibility and create marvelous works of art of your home to boot.

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