Cristina

Larisa

Itziar

ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY CITY

HOUSING• Open space and natural features:• Improve aesthetics and recreation.• Jacksonville has 103,000 acres of green space,

including plenty of parks and activity centers.

HOUSING• Seattle has 75 miles of trails.• Grassroots initiatives : start a farmer´s

market or local community, plant an habitat garden to accommodate local wildlife and unite communities and create a carshare or organized carpool to conserve gas.

• Urban farming: dirt beds can be put almost anywhere, foodprint makes up 21% of our carbon footprint.

HEALTH• We can encourage recycling and buy long -

lasting quality products. They can re-use, for example, the gowns.

WATER AND SANITATION• Green roofs : build more dirt beds for

greenery, they look good and reduce both pollution and temperature.

TRANSPORT• Add / improve public transportation: • 2011: 10,4 billion public transportation trips,• 2,3% increase from 2010, second highest ridership

since 1957.• Ridership in towns under 100.000 people rose more

5,4%.• Buses using alternative fuels fewer than 1 in 10 in 2000

to nearly 1 in 3 in 2009.

TRANSPORT• Public transit saves: 4,2 billion gallons of gas

per year and 20 Ibs , of CO2 emissions per person per day.

• Convert from heating oil to natural gas: gas burns cleaner than oil ej. NYC plants to eliminate each use of heating oil by 2030.

• Convert to electric vehicles reduce footprint, battery performance rivals gasoline, electric cars may use 40-60% less petrolium than gas vehicles.