Lab Journal (UN Trip)

We had a field trip to the United Nations headquarter to listen to speeches given by speakers such as Joel Towers, who is a Dutch Ambassador and here to give speeches on Sustainable Dutch Designs. Some of the characteristics of Dutch Design are that they are minimalistic, innovative and experimental. Personally, I’m not a big fan of Dutch Design as it doesn’t always look that aesthetically pleasing to me. On the other hand, the most memorable talk to me was the one given by an Indian girl who used dance moves to embody the status of global warming. I never thought that you could use our own body to translate climatic phenomenon before seeing her dance. I really liked this innovative idea because if we think closely, our body is very closely linked to nature. We drink and eat from resources provided by nature and we will eventually biodegrade like other objects after we pass away and become a part of this land that provides nutritions and other resources to other animals and humans.