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Remember guys! In its Seventh year now. The Car free day in Dubai shall be observed on 21-Feb-16. Dubai Municipality encourages the members of public to leave their car home & use public transport to go to their work place. Organized under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Crown Prince of Dubai, the Director General [DG] of the Dubai Municipality His Excellency Eng. Hussain Nasser Lootah reaffirmed the intentions of the City of Dubai to be the Number 1 environmentally friendly city in the world. This goal will be achieved by adopting innovative sustainable solutions to the environmental challenges facing Dubai, particularly air pollution and global warming impacts caused by the increasing emissions from cars. The implementation of real and effective community participation from various sectors is essential for the success of this initiative. This initiative was kicked off in 2010 by the current DG. The crown prince of Dubai supported this initiative in 2015 & it gathered momentum. The first time it was supported by 2 companies & last it the participation swelled to 300. This time 1,000 companies are targeted for this event. This will reduce a great amount of carbon footprint. A novel way named Cycle for a Shake was adopted to encourage & support this event. Stationary bikes were hooked up to blenders at Kite Beach on Sunday with onlookers invited to pedal their way to creating a free treat. It was launched on 07-Feb & will go on till 21st. It is open from 3pm to 8pm on weekdays and on weekends, 8am to 11am then 3pm to 8pm. I encourage all UAE readers to Cycle for a shake & also join the Car free day on 21-Feb-16
Carbon Saving Calculator
There are many ways for calculating the emission of Carbon Dioxide (CO2), the following formula helps you get a rough estimation of your daily CO2 emission released by Light vehicles.
Note: The total Fuel Consumption in Litres per 1 km: •Small car 0.05 litres per Km •Mid-size car 0.08 litres per Km •Minivan 0.12 litres per Km •Offroader 0.14 litres per Km |
 
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All the best for the astounding success of this initiative of DM.
Posted 17-02-2016 18:46
Thank you to all my dear friends for putting your kind comments.
We must think green & act sustainably each day of the year, but must support such events in order to promote awareness & involve more people in this drive.
Posted 17-02-2016 14:06
I wish all the best and huge success for Cycle for a shake and car free day event. Attracting public to utilize public transportation can help reduce tons of carbon emissions. I am so glad that influential personality like crown prince of Dubai supported the initiative last year.
Thank you for sharing dear Raunak :)
Posted 17-02-2016 00:51
Great example for other countries to step ahead to protect nature.
Well done DUBAI and thanks for reporting.
Posted 16-02-2016 23:48
Thanks Raunak for the report :) , Dubai is characterized by the continuous measures to preserve the environment
Posted 16-02-2016 23:42
Yeah, I would definitely join and support this. Events like these promote the use of public transport for environment protection. Thanks for posting.
Posted 16-02-2016 05:17
In Algeria we have too car free days in each town in the countrt. We use the roads for sports activities and games for children. Thank you for updating us :)☺☺😊😊
Posted 16-02-2016 04:55
Really great event in Dubai :) it's so good that Prince of Dubai supported it..hope every countries initiate such events to support clean n green earth. Thanks for supporting and sharing it Raunak :)
Posted 16-02-2016 00:07
great!
not only awareness will create among people it will surely bring oneness within people by the way all are in public transportation . Respect earth, make the world pollution free.
Green world!! thanks for your report..
Hope same here in Nepal also..
respect the work DUBAI.
Posted 15-02-2016 23:02
These events generate awareness regarding pollution and encourages the citizens to adopt a greener life style. Although life may seem difficult at first for these very citizens, soon this event will be celebrated in the long run when people get used to it. I really hope this becomes implemented in Bangladesh as well.
Posted 15-02-2016 21:50