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OCTOBER 1 2007
Inparticipationwith thestatewidebuild-
ing project Build It Green,
Santa Rosa,
California
, is aiming tomake allmunicipal
buildingseco-friendly.Thegoal istohaveall
new structures greater than 10,000 square
feetmeet or exceed the LEED-certification
requirements.
In 2005,
Seattle
mayor Greg Nickel
launched (as well as was the first to sign)
theU.S.Mayors Climate ProtectionAgree-
ment,whichadvances theKyotoProtocol, a
pact to reducegreenhousegas emissions.
EUROPE
Even Queen Elizabeth is into the green
movement. In1995,
BuckinghamPalace
in-
stalledenergy-efficientheatandpowertech-
nology.Thepalacehas savedenoughenergy
so far topower39homes for 12 years.
In
London
, ahybrid-taxi company called
Climatecars provides a greener way to
travel. Its taxis offermagazines andbottled
Belu water — but don’t worry, Belu uses
bottles made from cornstarch and donates
itsprofits towaterprojects inAfricaandIn-
dia. Similar taxi companies in London are
Green Tomato Cars and Radio Taxis. New
York is following suit; it plans to triple its
fleet of hybrid taxisbyOctober2008.
Organizers of the 2012 Olympic Games
in
London
are planning tomake the event
zerowaste and low carbon. Ninety percent
of demolition materials will be reused or
recycled, andhalf of all constructionmate-
rials will be transported cleanly, via water
or rail.
By 2009, the
NorthSea
could boast the
first floating wind turbine. Norwegian en-
ergygroupNorskHydroandGerman engi-
neeringfirmSiemensare teamingup for the
project.Whilemore expensive thannormal
turbines, this floating one will be able to
catchmore wind and will supply power to
coastal cities andoffshoreoil platforms.
Paris
’s mayor, Bertrand Delanoë, has
announced plans for a cheap, eco-friendly
car-rental system as part of an initiative to
rebates on approvedhot-water-on-demand
systems.And thecity’swaterconservation is
improving: In 1990, usagewasmeasuredat
166gallons dailyper capita, but by2004, it
hadbeen reduced to 121 gallonsper capita.
It’s outwithplastic in theCityby theBay
—
SanFrancisco
has banned theuse of city
funds to purchase bottled water. Mayor
GavinNewsom says thebottling, transport-
ing, anddisposingof thebottles, onebillion
ofwhichendup inCalifornia’s landfillseach
year, takes its toll on the environment, and
hedoesnotwant SanFrancisco tobe apart
of that. What’s more is that grocery shop-
pers soonwon’t have the “paper or plastic”
option— San Francisco is the first city to
banplastic shoppingbags.
theworldwere to consume like the averageU.S. citizen,wewouldneed at least fourmore Earths.
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