Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Introduction on Cool Cities



Introduction on Cool Cities


Countries want to industrialize. It has become the goal of most of the world's countries. It is no wonder. We identify countries in the world as developed or developing. Now a days the earth and environment is facing a big international crisis and its called a “global warming”. It is caused by human activities like industries, building, traveling and all these and more help to increase the temperature of the earth. So the countries are trying to build cool cities which will be eco-friendly cities. I think it is a good step to avoid this crisis and have a good life in the future.
Cool cities are described as pollution free.
People can make their surrounding a beautiful place to live. They can make it a very clean and beautiful city. I think people do not like to live in a city which is congested with traffic.
Cool cities are about creating hot jobs. It's about attracting and encouraging people – especially young people – to live, work and shop in the cool cities. By Building cool city young knowledge workers and other creative class members will come.
Following steps should be taken into consideration on how to build cool cities.
Plant a tree

If you have the means to plant a tree, start digging. Trees absorb carbon dioxide and give off oxygen. They are an integral part of the natural atmospheric exchange cycle here on earth, but there are too few of them to fully counter the increases in carbon dioxide caused by automobile traffic, manufacturing and other human activities. A single tree will absorb approximately one ton of carbon dioxide during its lifetime.
Drive less and drive smart

Less driving means fewer emissions. Besides saving gasoline, walking and biking are great forms of exercise.
When you do drive, make sure your car is running efficiently. For example, keeping your tires properly inflated can improve your gas mileage by more than 3 percent. Every gallon of gas you save not only helps your budget; it also keeps 20 pounds of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.
Make use of public transport as it will help in reducing the pollution. Government should make public transport more accessible so that people can conveniently travel.