“We’ll save the planet only if we’re forced to”

Sadly I believe its true people these days are so lazy. With the jump in technology in the last century it looks like people are starting to believe that they are controlling every thing. For that it looks like they believe if a global warming crisis ever occurred they will have no problem dealing with it and I just believe that's stupid. I believe that people should know somehow that even with all the technology in the world we are so weak against the earths revenge the strongest prove for that is Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina hit the united stats and yet with all the technology they have they could not stand against the hurricane. So how will we stand? not against one hurricane or two how will we stand against the earths payback?!!.

Why I would not like to live in Masdar city.

Will the answer of this is simple really so I will make it short and clear. Masdar city is one of many cities that will be build in AD so why should I choose to live in it over the other ones like asadeyat and al-lolo?. Al-lolo city will offer some nice malls, nice views, entertaining locations and also a touch of our tradition in all of these. For asadeyat it will be the city that when people enter it the first thing they will say is wow with its spectacular views and unbelievable building structures also it will contain some big and world wide known museums.

All of that takes us back to the main point again what does Masdar city offer to its buyers or renters that surpasses all what will asadeyat and al-lolo provide. I know its cool to have a green city with zero carbon footprint but really why would people wish to move around walking or by bicycle. I know that some readers may say its for the goal of one step farther to save the earth. That's fantastic but really a lot of studies concluded that people who live in places that they are uncomfortable with but still for some great goal will never fit in. The pleasure of accomplishing something is great but the pleasure of being home is greater(wow smooooooth). For that if Masdar city wishes to be a success (and I hope so) people who are supervising on it should try to improve the entertaining and the traditional sections in it.

My Carbon Footprint

First before I start speaking about my carbon footprint I will explain the meaning of it.A carbon footprint is a measure of the impact human activities have on the environment in terms of the amount of greenhouse gases produced. So from that its pretty clear the our actions affect the environment around us one way or another. For that I believe every one should held responsible for his actions.

About my footprint will a scored around 2.20 planets which means that I'm living as if I had 2.20 planets to live in. I was really surprised by the results I thought in the beginning of it that I will score around 1.5 I never imagined that I will go over the 2. For that I decided that I have to do something to lower my footprint score. But after a while (and really I'm speaking the truth here I really hate lies) I realized that I will do nothing I'm a hopeless guy in the green stuff. So I decided to be clear in it and say I sadly did nothing and I don't think I will do anything .

Why the movie was called "An Inconvenient Truth"

The movie was called An Inconvenient Truth because global warming isn’t going to come it’s already here but still there are people who keep saying that there is no such thing as global warming!! “How inconvenient is that!!”.

My reaction to “An Inconvenient Truth”

Will how should I start? First before any thing I have to admit that the movie was an interesting one its rare these days to be able to watch a whole documentary movie without falling asleep and wake up the next day saying “few what was that all about?!!”. What I liked in the movie is that it made me feel the need to do something. I won’t deny that I knew global warming long long ago before I’ve seen the movie but I never knew that it’s going too fast except from the movie. Over all I liked the movie but still the only thing I didn’t like in it was the flash backs. I didn’t like that he kept showing some videos about his self when he was campaigning for the seat. It was like he was sending this underground massage “if I was there every thing would be better” and I’m not saying that he is a liar or something. The only thing I meant is what is done is done your doing a great job telling and warning people about global warming “and we thank you for that!” but just forget about the seat and move with your life.

Summary of “An Inconvenient Truth”

An Inconvenient Truth is a documentary film that Al Gore speaks in it about global warming and how that will affect us. In the movie Al Gore used some scientists clear and correct statistics to back up his words. The resources that he used were fantastic all these pictures and that funny animated movie all of it helped him to send the massage for every one. He even said that with all these evidence there’s no more time for skeptical people. If we want to save the world we have to act from now to ensure a better future for our selves and for sure for our sons in the future.

What Abu Dhabi should do to make people aware of Global Warming?

In the previous years Abu Dhabi developed rapidly with more resources, more assets, more expertise and more future plans and goals. For that it’s reasonable for people to miss a thing or two about global warming. And to ensure that this subject will be well discussed in the future and more people will be aware of it I made some ideas and points about what should AD do to make people more aware of global warming and I will list these points below:-

1- Abu Dhabi should at least declare one day in the year as a green day where there will be activities and prizes for the greenest family.

2- Global Warming should be a main topic in the magazines and news papers.

3- Abu Dhabi should sponsor some advertisements in the TV about global warming.

4- Abu Dhabi should also sponsor some researches that searches for alternative clean power resources or at least how to decrease our carbon emissions.

5- Producing green products should be encouraged.

6- Make a peaceful campaign that directly speaks with the people in the streets explaining to them Global Warming and what are we up to prevent it.

7- Establish a new chain of busses that are cleaner and bigger but with fewer emissions so that people use them more often.

8- Run a law that prevent people from owning more than a limited amount of cars.

These are some ideas and solutions that I made up that hopefully would make a deference.

My "Cool Cities" project

Global warming is a very huge world wide problem that will affect all of us. But surprisingly there are some of us out there when you even just ask them what is global warming the only answers from them are like this “huh please stop this mumbojumbo scientist stuff” or “eh? Nerd alert” or even “dude what are you talking about”. So for you people who are gifted with this magnificent gift of ignorance and a developed thicker skull that stands between your brain and the rest of the world this is for you. What is global warming you ask? Global warming is the increase of the average temperature of the near-surface air and oceans since the mid-twentieth century and expected to keep in increasing in the future if every thing stays the same. That leads us to the next point which is what should we do to escape this big dark fried up future. One of these solutions and the one that I will speak deeply about in the next paragraph is cool cities, what’s the meaning of it, is it an easy goal, is it worth it and some of the future planes for cool cities in the United Arab Emirates.

Critical thinking

I made this power point that shows some of the important facts about critical thinking and how to become a critical thinker see it below;

http://www.scribd.com/doc/2606210/Critical-Thinking?ga_first_uploads=1&ga_uploads=1&secret_password=280tx17lhve00ncrju5u

Some of Lebanon's history

LEBANON

Lebanon is one of the oldest countries in the world and also one of its famous ones. Beirut the capital of Lebanon or as its called Paris of the east is one of the most beautiful cities in the world with its beautiful view at the sea and its wonderful high class restaurants. Lebanon is also known as the mother of some famous people like Shakira which is half Lebanese and Keanu Revees who was born in it. Lebanon is surrounded by some well known countries like Turkey, Syria and Jordan.

In the past there used to be a lot of problems between Muslims and Christians and the main reason for that was because the Christians held the balance of power and the Muslims had little say in the running of their country. In the end the problem was solved by balancing the power between the two. But still they had to unite to face a bigger danger which is Israel that invaded Lebanon with their target to remove the Palestinian Liberation Organization but in the end a peace deal was reached in 1989. Even with the peace deal reached a lot of lives were the cost. In Lebanon’s history the humanity lost between 150.000-200.000 person, 300.000 were wounded and almost a quarter of the population left the country.

But still Lebanon now is way deferent than before you can now see the happiness in the peoples eyes I wont say that all the problems were solved but I can assure you people that Muslims and Christians are now living along easier and more understandable for their own believes and the others believes.