Masdar City

A new lifestyle and a way to save the planet from global warming. Masdar city is a project that Abu Dhabi is planning to build in the next few years. In this article I will write about if people like me can live there or not.

I think that everybody want to live in a carbon-free and a zero-waste city. If I was asked to live there I certainly will because we are now in a situation that requires us that we do anything to help in reducing global warming. I would like to live there because it will be a well-known project when it will finish and I will be glad to live in a place that people see it as a place that is helping the environment. I think that I would like it also because I am concerned about global warming and I always try to find ways to help reducing it. Another reason is that my children will be born in the city and they will be living in a clean environment and they will learn how to live in a consuming way.

In conclusion, I am waiting for the project to be done to be Abu Dhabi a cool city and to make the whole world know about it.

One planet living

Zero Carbon:

Our atmosphere is changing because human uses products that emit huge amounts of CO2. Zero carbon means carbon-free.

Zero Waste:

Unwanted products usually generate disposal problems and it will dissipate the countries costly resources.

Sustainable Transport:

Various kinds of transportation contribute in different types of pollutions like air, noise pollutions and also overcrowding.

Local and sustainable materials:

Constructions and industrial resources increases environmental and community issues.

Local and sustainable food:

Food that is produced by industrial agriculture has many problems like diseases and also for the environment.


Sustainable water:

It is difficult to supply freshwater in these days for all the people. That is because of pollution.

Natural Habitats and Wildlife:

Natural resources are used wastefully and that cause in having more animals and plants endanger.

Culture and Heritage:

Globalization caused in losing the country traditions and identity.

Equity and fair trade:

Some people in industrial countries live in poverty while the some in developing countries cannot have there basic needs.

Health and Happiness:

If people are healthy and wealthy, we will all be satisfied.

Cool Cities in USA

1. Iowa: First municipal wind turbine.
2. Klamath Falls: geothermal heating system keeps the sidewalks clear and dry.
3. Seattle: reduce its own pollution by 60% by constructing green buildings and operating alternative fuel vehicles.
4. Houston Texas: By 2010 all vehicles will become hybrid.
5. Salt Lake City: save 32000 a year on its energy cost by installing 861 light emitting diode (LED) traffic signals.
6. Washington DC: replace 414 of its pollution diesel buses with cleaner burning, compressed natural gas buses.
7. Colombia Missouri: working to produce 10% of their electricity with clean energy like wind and solar power by 2015.
8. Twin falls Idaho- School increased their efficiency of energy which caused to reduce the cost by $3.2 million.
9 ST. Paul has built a biomass fired pouer plant for heating building.

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What should be done in Abu Dhabi to make people more aware of the situation?

People in Abu Dhabi could be more aware of this horrific phenomenon that is threatening the whole world by many things. It's all in the government hand. For example, they should put new laws that forbid any product that emits huge amounts of carbon. Another thing that the government can do is to make the media increase the numbers of advertisements and also put a lot of posters on the popular streets in Abu Dhabi.

Why is it called An Inconvenient Truth?

The movie is called An Inconvenient truth because people don’t want to believe that an individual's actions could effect the environment that bad. Not only the people but also governments, they think that they will lose a lot of money if they started working on cool cities and projects that will help the environment. I think that they are aware that they can change the world by doing these simple projects but they are afraid of the consequences.

My Carbon Footprint

Did you ever thought about what is the definition of carbon footprints? In simple words, it is the measure of the global amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases emitted per person. I did the test of the individual footprint and my score was 3.33 which are bad.

There are many problems regarding this issue and the reason why my score was bad. First of all, it is in our culture that we eat meat, fish and chicken almost two times a day, which is a lot. This demand in meats will increase the pollution in the UAE because meat comes from other countries and pollution will come from transportation whether it from ships or planes. Another problem that I usually do which assists in pollution is that I don’t switch off the electricity after using it. For example, when I finish using my room I don’t switch off the lights and the bathrooms too. Finally and most important is smoking. I smoke a lot and this is definitely harmful for the environment and health.

There are many solutions that can stop or prevent global warming that I can do. One of the solutions is to reduce the amount of meat that we eat at home. Another solution is to save the electricity and not to keep it on when it is not in use. A final solution is to quit smoking. It will help a lot and I think that the government should do something to end this problem.

In conclusion, there are many problems that effect on the environment but we must work on its solutions to live in a better world and better atmosphere.