A Letter For Mr Ken Yeang

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Dear Mr. Yeang, 
My name is Rhea Estacio and I am a freshman in college. Ever since I was a little kid I dreamt of buildings that were sustainable and eco-friendly because I believed that everything in the world could be used and renewed. In 2nd grade, I remember my teacher was teaching my class about renewable energy and recycling, composting, and trash. I thought to myself, “ this seems so perfect. The earth is giving humanity the ingredients to survive.”, Unfortunately, humans have taken the earth for granted. We tampered with our clean water, killed forests and made some animals go extinct, burned fossil fuels and created greenhouse gasses that assisted in climate change.  Luckily, you, have understood that we shouldn’t fight with nature, but build and live with it.The way you utilize the earth to create buildings that are sustainable but also modern is really inspiring to me. I believe that this is the future. If you don’t mind, I was wondering if I could interview you. I’m really interested to learn more about your experience as an eco architect. My questions are : 
  1. What inspired you to do ecological design 
  2. How did the public react to your first sustainable design? Did they like it? Did they think it was absurd? 
  3. Is it more expensive to design sustainable buildings or is it worth it in the long run? 
  4. What is the hardest thing about designing sustainable buildings? What do you have to keep in mind? 
I thank you for the opportunity to inspire many people like myself who love the earth and want to do right by it. 
Sincerely, 
Rhea M. Estacio

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  1. Sabrina KoonDecember 13, 2019 at 7:55 PM

    I think how well you were able to connect your research on your dream mentor back into your letter to him. It was really interesting in general to read the information you had gather on Ken Yeang and got me a bit interested in his ideas as well. It's really cool how you want to look into ecological building designs and such. Would be pretty cool if you did something in this field in the future! Great work!

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