Conclusion - “We’ll save the planet only if we’re forced to” – My Opinion

In the world there are many varied causes which covert the world to what we see nowadays. The environment is suffered during these years from cutting trees; pollute the sea by human garbage and the air pollution from the transportation. Now and after all theses years the human start to work to solve this problems.

This issue called global warming. Many countries but their first step in many projects to decrease the rate of pollution by depends of the natural energy, such as solar power, wind and water. For example of these countries are Japan and the UAE which work hard to apply some projecting to cut down the pollution and stop the increasable of the global warming effects to the plant. but way now?

As you can see, this is the natural of the human problem, solve the problem after it get worst. People all over the world have to know that they must do something's and stand against the global warming before the world destroys. As the Arab say (The time is like the sword if you didn't cut it, it will cut you).

Cool Cities (SDCJ)

The world is getting terrible year by year. If this problem get increases that mean we must have three plants to counties the life. The major cause for this problems is the increase of the dioxide in many countries which caused by the building, transportation and the other things. This issues named by Industrial revolution.

Towards sustainable urban development and Architecture this is logo of the cool city (SDCJ) of Japan. They found the solution for this problem. Cool Cities Network is the project which will safe and solve the world errors by depends of the natural power. There are tow type of it, residential type and urban type. It's also include many section, such as bossiness and public zone, residential zone, cultural and sport zone and resort zone. The important things is that it will afford comfortable space for walking, transportations terminal complex, monorail station, Light rail transit station, water transportation and hybrid car parking areas…etc. That is what the Japan look forward to.

In conclusion, this is one of the solutions that will less the rate of pollution but there is also many and other one. In my opinion this project is a dream and hard to apply in some counties. I hope in the future this project spread in the world to stop the disasters and the dieses.

Why I would like to live in Masdar city?

Masdar city is the first project in the world that UAE run to do next five years. It is the first city zero carbon zero waste (natural city). This project is a dream that every body looks forward it. My plan is to live in the Masdar in the future. Now I am going to explain way?

First do you think once that you live in city without dieses? This city includes natural stuff, such as electronic car and machine work without petrol and gas. Another thing is the system of life which depends of natural power solar energy. In addition of the reason is the fresh air and beautiful natural view which attract people to live in it.

As you can see, Masdar is an amazing city with his entire wonderful feature. In my opinion all cities all over the world should be start of new life and follow Masdar city.

Abu Dhabi - A cool city?

Abu Dhabi is one of the growing cities in the world. It is now go through to join the other famous cities development by the global important event, Masdar City and the Cultural District. Now I am going to explain the importation of these projects.

Masdar City is the world's first zero-carbon, zero-waste, car-free city. It's located by Abu Dhabi International Airport about 6.5 kilometer district. Masdar CEO Dr. Sultan Al Jaber announced a total development budget for the city of US$ 22billion. The city will save in a quarter of the century about US$2 billion. It's also will improve benefits of technologies, for example photovoltaic cells and concentrated solar power.


The Cultural District is one of the important projects in Abu Dhabi. It's going to be located in the Saadiyat Island. Its will be the area of high class museums, such as the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi contemporary art museum, the Louvre Abu Dhabi universal museum, a performing arts centre, a maritime museum, the Sheikh Zayed National Museum and a Biennale Park with 19 pavilions. It's will be created by the famous architectural experts for example Zaha Hadid (Performing Arts Centre) and Tadao Ando (Maritime Museum).

In conclusion, Abu Dhabi is a development city .It look forward to have another income for the country by those projects. It's also giving an example for the world to understand how all future cities should be built.

Cool Cities in the USA

Iowa: First municipal wind turbine.

Klamath Falls: Geothermal heating system keeps the sidewalks clear and dry.

Seattle: Reduce it is own pollution by 60% by constructing green buildings and operating alternative fuel vehicles.

Houston Texas: by 2010 all vehicle will become hybrid.

Salt Lake City: save $32000 a year on its energy cost by installing 861 light emitting diode (LED) traffic signals.

Washington D.C: Replace 414 of it is polluting diesel buses with cleaner burning, compressed natural gas buses.

Colombia Missouri: Working to produce 10% of their electricity with clean energy like wind and solar power by 2015.

Twin falls Idaho: School increased their efficiency of energy which caused to reduce the cost by $3.2 million.

ST .Paul: has built a biomass fired power plant for heating buildings.

Scottsdale: require that all new city buildings and renovation projects meet LEED GOLD standards for energy efficiency and sustainability – one of the highest LEED ratings.

One Planet Living

One Planet Living

Zero carbon: change of climate because the increase of CO2 in the atmosphere causes by human.

Zero waste: human rubbish and the factories garbage equal pollution.

Sustainable transport: the pollution causes by transportation for example car plane... etc, also the crowded noisy.

Local and sustainable materials: the industry sources, such as recycling and manufacturing materials which due to environmental problems.

Local and sustainable food: the food factories need transportations that mean pollution.

Sustainable water: the produce of water faced problems because of pollution.

Natural habitats and wildlife: loss of biodiversity because of human development in the natural area.

Culture and heritage: lose of the cultural and heritage all over the world due to lose local identity and knowledge.

Equity and fair-trade: usually poorest people live in the industrial region while the people in development area are rich.

Health and happiness: the increase of life standard made people healthier because of the improved medical care.

My Carbon Footprint.

A carbon footprint is one of the most effects that causes by human on the earth. It is one way to measured people impact on the climate by their daily activities. The two major components of this problem are transportation and electricity. On my own life I spend about 2.66 %carbons every day, its look like no thing but imagine if the all worlds have the same rate what will happen?

In my daily life there are some problems that increase my footprint. One of these problems is that every day I eat lots of processed foods and meat which need a long time to cook and more energy. Another thing is the uses of the car for along time. I go to the college and return to home five days a week also my weekend journey all these moving causes air pollution. Playing game on the computer and Watching TV for along time consume a lot of energy. My house is a large house with many bedrooms and a lawn, that's equal lot of energy. What is the solution?

Although there are several problems for my footprint, there are also some solutions. One of these solution is turn off lights, appliances, and electronics after using. Another thing is travel on foot, by bicycle, or on public transportation instead of using car is decrease the number of vehicle that mean less of pollution. In addition eat fewer foods, less meat, more organically grown and more locally grown food also a solution. Yet another thing is the recycle materials take less energy instead of raw materials. That’s all shrinking my footprints to safety and natural life.

As you can see, carbon footprint is an important issue which must take it seriously in our life. The increase and decrease in these problems is a human responsibility that means we must look forward to future less of carbon.

Critical Thinking

Inerview

Critical Thinking

Power Point

Why the movie was called "An Inconvenient Truth"

The real cause of Global warming and pollution is a human. Inconvenience truth is a name came from the people ignoring. The world didn't admit that they are the main reason of this problems and still careless for it.

What Abu Dhabi should do to make people aware of Global Warming

In UAE they don't know the effect of the global warming. Although it's a growing and development country but it must take this problem seriously. People in Abu Dhabi must learn from other mistake and understand the huge problems clearly to resistance it by:

- Run a campaign to make people aware the dangerous of this issue.

Organize T.V program and interview the government responsible.-

- Reach these problems to the people by newspaper and magazine.

Introduction Cool Cities

In this semester, in the 174 course we are doing a project called Cool Cities. In this project we will research and discuss many ideas related to this topic such as critical thinking, an inconvenient truth, Carbon Emissions and Carbon Footprint, One Planet Living & Cool Cities, Abu Dhabi Development, Abu Dhabi - A Cool City: Masdar and Who Should Take Action? These projects will help us to improve our knowledge and skills and develop to a high level of thinking. Critical thinking is an amazing idea. It is one of the human abilities that people ignore it and don't know how to use it. The problems of the world which are shown in the an inconvenient truth, the movie that discusses the changes in the earth presented by Al Gore the president of America eight years ago. Carbon Emissions and Carbon Footprint is an old problem which develops year by year. Scientists nowadays are work hard to search for solutions to solve those problems and prevent it. One Planet Living & Cool Cities, Abu Dhabi Development, Abu Dhabi - A Cool City: Masdar. This project explains how Abu Dhabi working hard to be one of the famous cities in the world and how the cities should be build in the future to less en the pollution. The changes of the climate and the problems which face the plant are discussed by Johann Hari in Who Should Take Action?

An Inconvenient Truth

In the world there are many changes that the human can't feel. For example ozone bore, sea pollution and continent moving etc. In An Inconvenient Truth movie Mr. Al Gore voice "the president of America eight years ago" discusses those changes and refers to the world issue which is called "Global Warming"

Al Gore indicates that the earth is confronting dangerous mutations because of the Global warming. One of those dangers the melting of the glaciers around the world which 40% of people on earth gets their drinking water from it. Another thing is that the consequences of the ocean temperature rising which cause stronger tornadoes. Also the collapse of building and roads built on permafrost. In addition, those changes in ecological niches and the growing population which get higher year by year.

In conclusion, the warming is an important issue which has positive and negative effect, so the world must give some responsibilities. In my opinion those problems can't be solved until the people all over the world appreciate this mystery puzzle.

My Reaction

It is an interesting movie it is discuss the problems around the Earth explains an enormous change in the earth. Mr. Al Gore the actor of the film discusses some unexpected problems of the world which cause changes every year in the earth because of people ignoring. After watching the movie I learned many different things and I understand what the global warming means and what happened around me. This movie sends massage to the world to make them attention the Earth problems and attracting them to found a solutions to survive.

Lebanon

Lebanon is one of the famous Arab countries .In the bible it's called (The land of milk and honey). Beirut is the capital and its nickname is (The Paris of the east).The famous singer is half Lebanese is Shakira. Lebanon is surrounding many countries such as Syria, Egypt, Jordon, Turkey and Cyprus.


From 1943 to 1948, Christians held the balance of power and Lebanese Muslims had little say in the running of the country. In 1975, thinking boiled over. Members of a radical Christian group, the Phalange attacked and killed a bus full of Palestinians in downtown Beirut. Revenge killings followed and violence began to spiral out of control. The result of the tensions is a complete breakdown in trust between followers of the two religions. In 1982 Israeli army invaded the city with the aim of removing the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO). The peace deal reached in 1989.Between 150,000 to 2000,000 people died during the civil war. Another 300,000 were wondered, nearly a quarter of the population left the country, and for years Beirut's economy was paralyzed. There is some current problems in the country that some people born in Beirut are not Lebanese and don’t have the Lebanese citizen rights.

Lebanon now trying to relapse the place level that lost it across the last years. There are signs of social and economic recovery in Beirut. For example the clock tower has been returned to its rightful place, the tourism is revived, building are restored and the people coming back to Beirut. In the future these signs will turn Lebanon to his previous place.

Conflict Diamonds

Conflict Diamonds Power Piont

Diamonds

Diamonds are the most precious stones in the world. Have you ever thought of how they get from the earth to onto yours finger? I will now describe important locations along the trade rout these most valuable of rocks pass.


The name of the biggest diamond mining company in the world is (DE Beers Consolidated).They do they mine most of their diamonds in South Africa. In addition the percentage of the world's rough diamonds trade do they control is 80%. In the early 20th century the company used to restrict the amount of diamonds on the market to keep the price of diamonds high. Antwerp is the city which has been a diamond center for years. There are 1500 polishers and cutters are left in this city. About 80% of the world rough diamonds pass though it. Indian people are associated with diamond trade .There is also 90% of the world's rough diamonds are cut and polished in India and the workers get paid about 40ents for each cut and polished gem. The rough diamonds come from special place such as Belgium and Tel Aviv. The city which has a growing reputation as a diamond hub is Dubai. 50 years zero tax holiday what the special governments incentive (deal) is attracting diamond traders to the city. Nearly 1billion bound is the business worth. Usually black pop stars buy a lot of diamonds.


In conclusions, diamonds is one of the important fortunes in the world. We must manage it with positive way avoidance of the problems which causes enemy countries and homeless families.

Rui Costa

My Profile

Name: Muhanad Abdulla Al Shehhi

ID: H00049313
Section: CYM


My name is Muhanad Abdulla Al Shehhi. I was born in RAK in 1988. Now I am 19 years old. I am going to turn 20 on the 16th of June. I moved to Au Dhabi in September in 1995. Now I live in Shahamah with my family, my parents, two brothers, three sisters and the housemaid. My favorite hobby is football, videogames and riding horses .












In my life as a child I was a crazy boy, because I thought that I am the smartest one in the world and all my ideas were intelligent. I opened machines such as TV, recorders and electronic games…etc and took their spare parts like wire, magnets and batteries….etc to do some stupid experiments, for examples cars, spaceship and satellites. One day, I tried to do some experiments to my bike. The bike had two tires and I want to make it with four tires. I broke my bike and started the work. The first time I failed and my father was very angry because the bike was destroyed. Although my friends were jeering but I didn’t give up and I worked for one week until I did it. My friends were amazed and the next day they came to me to do the same for their bike. When I was a teenager I always thought about the spaceships and planets but my idea was destroyed when my teachers at school told me that it was an impossible and hard job and there is no major for it at the UAE Universities. This was my first time I felt weak and I couldn't do any thing.






In my all life I traveled one time when I was a teenager to KSA for Al Omra with my school teachers and my friends for a week. It was a wonderful week. We prayed in Al Harm and we visited many history places like Ahd Mountain, zam zam spring and the old Souqu…etc. But our journey was ended with horrible problems when all groups of Omara got food poisoning from the hotel food. But thank God nobody died. They took us to the hospital and almost of us felt better. On the last day of trip we bought gifts for our families and we returned to the country with a quite bad feeing.



In my free time I love to play videogames for five or six hours. If I had the chance I would love to join a university to design videogames but those universities are not available in our country because less people think to study it and there is no job available for this major in the UAE. The thinking in the UAE that these are games for children but this is a wrong idea because it is clearly to see what happen to Japan and how they are be one of the important countries on the world. My favorite film is Rocky and my favorite actors are Vin Diesel, Sylvester Stallone and Will Smith. My belief is that the sports are important for all young or old and I didn’t know what will happen if the people stops doing sports, it will be a boring life, and it will cause many problems in the future.



In the second of November in 2004 the UAE lost the man who helps people everywhere, friend of the world and the UAE father he is sheik Zayed Bin Sultan. My life was change a 360 degree. I don’t know what happed and why but this is life people die and babies are born. At first I was upset but after a few days I understood what happed and I continued my life to work in his massage for the world and to keep the UAE improving year by year.



About my future, I want to be an engineer to be clear a civil engineer, because I want to improve our Emirates building to be more technological and to compete with other countries projects. If I could change anything in the UAE I would like to build a train station around the country to make the transport easy and faster, also to make streets less crowded and to eradicate the accidents from the streets. I hope my life change in the future for the best to become an important factor in the society.