My Profile

My name is Ahmed Nasser, I was born in 1980. I got married in 2002 and nowadays I got two lovely daughters, Al Yazeya and Al Hanoof. I am living with my whole family in a big villa which is located in an area called ALMuroor in Abu Dhabi. I have got four brothers and three sisters and I am the second one. I am working in a government company who are responsible for the health of the food consumers. I have a good position at work and the salary is good enough for me but if there is more I will be happy. Regarding my study, I am studying at the Higher College of Technology, the major is food inspection. I already got the diploma in 2005 but now I am completing my Higher Diploma without stopping until I got the Bachelor. I think it’s too difficult for a man like me to work, study, run his own business and to have a time to sit with his family. Now let me tell you about my hobbies, camping is my best hobby, I like doing it when I have holiday for more than five days or if I am in a long vacation. Usually I take the whole family with me to give them a break from the city environment. I also like buggies because it let you feel amazing while driving on the sand dunes.

• American Cool Cities.

1.Charlotte North CarolinaThe government has changed the fuel of cars to a hybrid gas.

2.Washington DCHas changed their buses to natural gas which is less than the diesel fuel to improve air pollution and cut global warming pollution.

3.St Paul Minnesota.Providing electricity by using a renewable resource as its primary fuel.

4.Houston – Texas.The government has started to reduce emissions by using hybrid vehicles. By the year 2010 they will have no petrol cars. A hybrid vehicles are produce about 43 tones of carbon less than the average of other cars.

5.Seattle.They have replaced old vehicles with a “ clean and Green fleet and have sett strict rules about CO2 emission. They have already reduced green house gases by 60 percent.

6.Fort Collins.Fort Collins uses renewable energy wind to reduce global warming and has reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 472,000 tons.

7.Waverly Lowa.Waverly Lowa municipality has used wind energy to reduce the emission of CO2 in the city. This method who helps provide local economic development.

8.Twin falls-Idaho.
They reduce energy costs and cut pollution by increasing the energy efficiency of its 11 schools. This include the lightning, ventilation and air condition systems by this the city saved $3.5 million in energy savings.

Saadiyat Island.

It’s a wonderful to change the climate and to develop our country. In fact, it will help to increase our economic by attracting tourists to visit our city and they can also buy private land for investment, so I think these developments aren’t for local people to solve their problem. It’s only for business and how to get money and also to share the world with their problem which is global warming and how to avoid that.

Describing a Cool City

Human’s life began to change by time to time which helps them to have easy life or in the other word it give to them a health and happiness. In fact the world is crossing to another way, our earth has benefited from this industrial revolution, but it has a pollution which helps to destroy our planet by causing global warming. All human activities are producing CO2 which is the main source to make an climate change.

Our earth will be in the danger zone while if we doing something to change or to decline the percentage of carbon footprint If we don't solve these problems which we made it by our hands. In addition, there were some people who try to let people aware about this situation. By the year, they have taken up challenge and created a new technique to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide by building a Cool City where everything is eco-friendly to our environment.

Cool city will help to decrease the percent of CO2. Because of their building are build from green and all types of equipment or life stuff is green, which is friendly for the earth. Moreover, there will be three types of transportation there friendly to our planet for instant solar ships, light rail transit and hybrid cars. Over all, it will help to reduce the amount of electricity, waste and water. In other words, it helps to save our money and energy.

All in all, these cities are the best solution to save our earth and to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide and it also will affects for all who have carbon footprint on this earth which will raise the pollution in the future and cause the global warming.

One Planet Living

Visit http://www.oneplanetliving.org/

If everyone lived like an average North American we would need five planets.If everyone lived like an average European we would need three planets.If everyone lived like an average Emirati we would need eleven planets.Our global footprint grew by 150% between 1961 and 2003. It is now 25% above the planet's biological capacity to support life on earth.The WWF has developed an initiative called One Planet Living. It has ten guiding principles.Masdar is going to be developed using these principles.

Explain the ten guiding principles using your own words.

1- Zero Carbon: create things which are reducing or not produce CO2.

2- Zero Waste: all types of waste can be recycling and reusable.

3- Sustainable transport: Changing all kind of cars and vehicles which increase the amount of the CO2

4- Local and Sustainable Materials: less import of any type of materials from outside.

5- Local and Sustainable Food: trying to get their food from their land without importing from others countries to avoid any pollution which happens during transporting.

6- Sustainable water: The freshwater supply must be easy to find and safe to use it for all purposes

7- Natural Habitats and Wildlife: Trying to protect the environment and preserve the wildlife animals so they will protect the natural environment and will not destroy it.

8- Culture and Heritage: Because of globalization the local identity will be loss anyone who isn’t saves his cultures and history of his people or his land he will not have a clear future.

9- Equity and Fair-trade: all type of people should have the same chances of life facilities .

10- Health and Happiness: when there is increasing of income for the human they will be more healthy and happy.
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Which principles do you think will be difficult for Masdar City to maintain?

1- Local and Sustainable Materials.

2- Equity and Fair-trade.

What are the three goals of the One Planet Living programme?

1- Build the One Planet Living Communities world-wide network.

2- Establish One Planet Living Center in each One Planet Living community as a focus for education.

3- Promote guiding for the One Planet Living.

Masdar is one of the Emerging One Planet communities, where are the others?
Sibaya in South Africa
OPL London

Johann Haris' opinion

(We will save the planet only if we are forced to)

Mr. Johann Hari is one of the militant and fighter who destroyed our planet without thinking about other living things. Moreover, Hari fights to let people reduce the contaminant amount of the environment pollution. For instance, he blame most of the governments did nothing regarding saving the planet. Hari want to see strong rules and laws in those countries and other. However he has been developed many solutions which will help to protect our environment from all type of pollution, by produce and approve some eco-friend material and equipments which will not affect our environment and forcing other people to change their lifestyles.
To conclude, I agree with him and I think that is the best way to save our planet when Mr. Hari said that the government must put a strong rules.