About me

My name is Mohammad. I am 23 years old. I was born in Abu Dhabi. I am a student at HCT. My major is Food Science. At the same time I am a worker at ADFCA so I have experience in my major. I have many interests. The main one is to take photos of nature, my friends, my family and also the funny situations because I like to keep happy memories for the future. Many things in nature attract me like sunsets, sunrises the beach, trees and desert. Also I am interested in the traditional things in my country like old buildings and culture. Another favorite is to collect the Currency of different countries. On the other hand every person has dreams in life. Really I like to study life, there are many factors which make it lovely for example the funny things that happen in the class, learning more in each day, and especially the interaction study and enthusiasm between my friends in the class. The best thing I like to do yearly is traveling because in my department is there is a lot of pressure. My dream is become professional in my major. Also I want to complete a master in it. The other dream is the dream of all Arabian people to stop wars between countries.

About me

My name is Mohammad. I am 23 years old. I was born in Abu Dhabi. I am a student at HCT. My major is Food Science. At the same time I am a worker at ADFCA so I have experience in my major. I have many interests. The main one is to take photos of nature, my friends, my family and also the funny situations because I like to keep happy memories for the future. Many things in nature attract me like sunsets, sunrises the beach, trees and desert. Also I am interested in the traditional things in my country like old buildings and culture. Another favorite is to collect the Currency of different countries. On the other hand every person has dreams in life. Really I like to study life, there are many factors which make it lovely for example the funny things that happen in the class, learning more in each day, and especially the interaction study and enthusiasm between my friends in the class. The best thing I like to do yearly is traveling because in my department is there is a lot of pressure. My dream is become professional in my major. Also I want to complete a master in it. The other dream is the dream of all Arabian people to stop wars between countries.

Cool City – Towards sustainable urban development and architecture

When the industrial revolution was start late in 18^th and early 19^th centuries, the world has made major changes in all life aspects. This revolution helped a lots of countries to make remarkable achievements especially in economics, but along with this event heaps of problems appeared on the surface. One of the problems that we are facing is earth and environmental issues. Raise in population, traffic delays, increase in energy consumption and increase of carbon dioxide are the main causes of the environmental issues.

SDCJ had suggest a project called the Cool City as one of the solutions. This project is environment friendly. It’s the ideal model city architecture for sustainable urban development for the GCC in particular. This project is use different friendly type of transportations such as solar ships, light rail transit and hybrid cars. This city is divided into four main zones. Starting from the middle called Business and public zone which surrounded by the residential zone. The third part is culture and sports zone and finally the resort zone. Some of the techniques that the city is using are trees and buildings that help to reduce the heat and generate cool air inside.

As we can’t replace our earth with another planet; cool city sounds a great project to solve and make earth almost 50% worth living in.

Summary of Johann Hari: We will save the planet only if we are forced to

I had read Johann Hari article’s and it was about in general people will save the planet when they forced to do. He gave a lot of methods and things that will help us to protect it and decrease of pollution.

Now I will outline the ways which were mentioned in this article and also say details how to be used.

The mostly important that he said was people have to be much friendly with our planet and to ban the factors which effect it. So he displayed some how to be solves these effecting factors. For instance, the climate is heating from many thing especially carbon offsets and he suggested buy things that which friendly for environment and could be recycle which using for shopping basket it to decrease the heat. Another point he worth mentioning, is the climate stability because the people has caused by revolution civil, damaged a huge of agriculture places.

Yet another important thing he had mention that people have freedom to buy what ever do they want so that will help to increase the warm of our planet. For example, lightbulds most people keep it working all time so the atmosphere be warm.

In conclusion, I want to say that I enjoyed in this article and agree with his opinion also with his advises for all people because we need to protect our planet of global warming issue.

Cool Cities by TDIC

• Which development do you think is the coolest (most interesting)?

Saadiyat Island.

• Write two blog posts about the planned developments by TDIC. How green do you think these developments will be?

Build healthy cities and resorts that are scope to protecting of the environment from pollution which causes from people activity.

• What is your opinion of these developments?

In my opinion this is a huge step for this company to share the global with their problem for solution. In another ward they protect our planet by reduce the amount of carbon footprint.

• Will they make Abu Dhabi a 'cool city' or do you think they will cause problems?

For sure Abu Dhabi will be as a cool city in the future. Of course if there development is crossing with new strategy which is help to save the air from the pollution.

One Planet Living and Masdar City

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 11 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.

• Explain the ten guiding principles using your own words.

1. Zero Carbon: Start to use renewable power that not produce CO2.
2. Zero Waste: Using the material the can be recycle, compositing and also that could be re-use.
3. Sustainable Transport: Using the hybrid for all type of vehicles and also the people should decline number of traveling.
4. Local and Sustainable material: Being using of local materials will help the pollution environment be increase.
5. Local and Sustainable food: They should to start to have their food from their earth.
6. Sustainable Water: It must found and have many sources of natural water to supply for the city.
7. Natural Habitats and Wildlife: Being to save the wildlife and natural life of environment from changing of our lifestyle.
8. Culture and Heritage: Because of globalization the local identity will be loss so they should be save their history culture.
9. Equity and fair-trade: The people who living in the city, they should be have income high level to live inside the city.
10. Health and Happiness: when there is increasing of income for the human they will be more healthy and happy.
    

• Which principles do you think will be difficult for Masdar City to maintain?
  

- Local and Sustainable food.

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

1- Build a world-wide network of One Planet Living Communities and other exemplary projects to demonstrate One Planet Living in action.
2- Establish One Planet Living Centres in each One Planet Living community as a focus for education.
3- Promote the imperative for One Planet Living and its guiding principles to catalyse change with governments, business and individuals.

• Masdar is one of the Emerging One Planet communities, where are the others?

Japan, USA, France and Australia.

• Where are the Officially Endorsed One Planet Communities?

Only Japan.

American Cool Cities

Charlotte North Carolina

The government has changed the fuel of cars to a hybrid gas.

Washington DC

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

St Paul Minnesota

Providing electricity by using a renewable resource as its primary fuel.

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.

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.

Fort Collins

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

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.

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.