Published by Shmuel Ben on March 12th, 2008 in
Green Video.
Below are some of the best Green videos of the week, collected by the Ecolive.TV community.
How Far We’ve Come - END ALL CRUELTY
This video is dedicated AnimalLib, and to all the other animal activists on youtube who lost their accounts and their videos for raising awareness against animal cruelty. Help us to protect the animals.
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Published by Simon Leufstedt on February 21st, 2008 in
Green Architecture.
The United Arab Emirates, home for around 5 million people, wants to build the world’s first zero-carbon city called Masdar City.
In Masdar City cars will be banned. A light rail system will serve the residents inside the city as well as taking them to nearby cities. Waste water will be reused, all garbage will be recycled and organic food will be locally grown.
The water will be provided through a solar-powered desalination plant. Even though the developers of Masdar City haven’t said any exact percentage they plan to power most of the city by solar power.
Masdar City, which will stretch out 3.5 miles and will have a wall built around the city. The wall is there to diminish the heat carried in from southerly desert winds, but also the noise from the airplanes at the nearby Abu Dhabi International airport.
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