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Top 10 most polluted cities in the world

sanela — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 14:29:24 +0000

Pollution is a big problem in many cities around the world. It has been a serious threat to environmentalist in all developed countries. Efforts are being made to overcome the growing pollution in the world but for some cities it’s too much, and those are the ones where it hits the hardest. So if you’re a neat freak avoid these ten cities.

1. Baghdad – Iraq

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Masdar – the city of the future

sanela — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 13:10:14 +0000

During the 2007 in the desert near the city of Abu Dhabi (capital of UAE) began the building of the world’s first environmentally friendly city – Masdar. The city will take up 6 square kilometers and around it a wall will be built to protect the city from wind. Masdar will entirely be powered by solar power and other types batteries that get their energy from naturally sustainable resources. This city will be something completely different and never seen before with its futuristic design, special and its artificial microclimate this will be the most comfortable place on Earth.

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Green architecture

sanela — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:08:34 +0000

Green building (also known as green construction or sustainable building) is the practice of creating structures and using processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building’s life-cycle: from siting to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and deconstruction. This practice expands and complements the classical building design concerns of economy, utility, durability, and comfort.

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So this is what a global warming looks like

sanela — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:16:21 +0000

Have a look at these images below and you’ll find out how global warming looks like. It seems a bit contradict, but it’s true. Global warming might actually manifest by temperature going down, because of icebergs melting down and cold water getting into oceans, the temperature of water will get down and temperature of hot water streams such as Golf stream will get down, which will further effect global climate. It actually makes sense, but it’s still ironic!

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Living with pollution

sanela — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:49:31 +0000

China is one of the most polluted countries in the world today, and that is nothing new. But still, maybe you should have a look at these images below and see how bad it actually is. Here are some deeply moving and disturbing images of deviated children and their parents. I don’t know if anything could be done for them. I can only imagine what is their life like and through how many problems they are going every day. And yet seeing this and knowing that we are slowly destroying ourselves nothing is concretely being done for the environment. By the time that we finally wake up it might be too late. While looking at these images, I feel that even now it is too late and we’ve reached the point where there’s no turning back.

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E-waste in Guiyu

sanela — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:50:38 +0000

Electronic waste, e-waste, e-scrap, or Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) describes loosely discarded, surplus, obsolete, broken, electrical or electronic devices. The processing of electronic waste in developing countries causes serious health and pollution problems because electronic equipment contains some very serious contaminants such as lead, cadmium, beryllium and brominated flame retardants. Even in developed countries recycling and disposal of e-waste involves significant risk for examples to workers and communities and great care must be taken to avoid unsafe exposure in recycling operations and leaching of materials such as heavy metals from landfills and incinerator ashes.

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