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|BRAZIL| Eco-friendly cities in the world |
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by Luiz Bispo | 26-08-2015 05:46
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There are many kinds of conditions to live in each city and each country. Some cities are proud of their beautiful landscapes or delicious food could be the attract points. Local products also will be the important factor that draws people to live in. How about eco-friendly cities? How could resident's life look like?
Are you curious about the cities, which commit to environmental protection to help the earth? The Economist Intelligence Unit researched greenest cities in the world by scoring the marks in CO2 emissions, transportation options, water and waste management etc.
Let me introduce the top-ranked cities in the world, of them one of Brazil's city is also selected.
First of all, Vancouver, British Columbia! This city plans to reduce CO2 emissions by 33%by 2020 and focuses on promoting green energy. Residents in Vancouver are able to enjoy a large path of bike around town easily and can feel as part of nature due to a towering mountain.
Secondly, Curitiba, Brazil! Curitiba city is the only one to have over average scores on South American Siemens Index. Since starting to develop the world-leading recycle programs in 1980s, they plans to build metro system and additional 300km in Bike paths. The market around city offer residents local organic products.
Thirdly, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Copenhagen, Denmark is ranked as Europe's greenest city. More than 50% of residents use the bicycle paths so that has recorded at very low CO2 emissions rate. They spent a lot of money to build the green path, which have beautiful scenery such as parks, playgrounds and benches. Furthermore, people living in this city enjoy recycling and composting.
Fourth, San Francisco, California
This city has long history of environmental awareness as refer to their founding of the Sierra Club environmental group in the 19th Century. San Francisco has one of the highest recycling rate 77% in the world. This city requires people have to separate recyclable and compostable materials.
Lastly, Cape Town, South Africa
This city has put an effort to conserve energy and use renewable resources. The country's first commercial wind farm started to generate energy in 2008 and plan to have 10% of its energy from renewable resources by 2020. In addition to that, people prefer to use more bike paths and farmers market and grow their own vegetable from solar energy system.
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14 Comments
Dinesh, thanks for your very kind words. I will keep it for sure. =)
Posted 28-08-2015 12:34
Thanks for your information Luiz. We are living in different parts of the world. Some cities are polluted and some are in the process of pollution. Unfortunately,If I enlist the most polluted cities of world , I think Kathmandu will be in higher rank.
Pictures that you have posted are very beautiful. There are very hard work to make such beauty .Keep sharing information like this ..
Posted 27-08-2015 21:00
Sandhya, thanks for the comment. I will keep doing it. =)
Posted 27-08-2015 12:01
Rahul, I am happy you liked it! Thanks for the comment! =D
Posted 27-08-2015 12:00
Arushi you are totally righ. Mesmerising! Thanks for the comment! =D
Posted 27-08-2015 11:59
Christy, that is true. Long time without contact. It is great that you are back! =). I live in São Paulo which is south-east. Curitiba is in South, but close in somehow. =D
Posted 27-08-2015 11:25
Rohan, I am also very proud of Curitiba city. I wish that in a close future more cities in Brazil will be like that. Thanks for the comment! =)
Posted 27-08-2015 11:23
Harmanjot, indeed those cities are eco friendly and a great example for other cities. =) Thanks for the comment.
Posted 27-08-2015 11:21
thanks for the informative report luiz..keep sharing :)
Posted 27-08-2015 00:28
Intersting report. Thanks for the share mate. and Congrats for Curitiba City :D
Posted 26-08-2015 21:51
Congrats for Brazil at 2nd place, Truely deserving. Glad to know about these environmentally conscious cities. Thanks for sharing about these cities , their eco friendly practices , their ranks and their beautiful pics. These cities look so mesmerising .
Posted 26-08-2015 17:40
Hi Luiz! Long time no see :) Thank you soooooooo much for introducing awesome eco-friendly cities. It's impressive that Latin American countries are thriving winning the top 2 positions. Great to know that :D Congratulations for Brazil's good grade(which is your region, right?)
Posted 26-08-2015 17:37
Well reported with excellent pics Luiz. Very happy to know that Curitiba city of your country Brazil is one of the Top Eco-friendly cities in the world.
In UAE also we encourage all Eco-friendly activities as much as possible.
Thanks & all the best.
Posted 26-08-2015 12:48
Thanks for sharing a wonderful report with beautiful pictures. Glad to know that so many countries are becoming eco friendly by adopting such practices.Such green initiatives will help our environment indeed.
Posted 26-08-2015 11:34