In the world, many big cities try to go green, you will see few examples below.
Copenhague, Denmark
If you walk in Copenhague, you will see a lot of bikes, the city has got 160 kilometers of cycle track, in Copenhague, 55 % of the residents of this city use a bike to get at work.Copenhague is a green city, in this city, there are parks, natural reserves, lakes and rivers.
2. Göteborg, Sweden
Göteborg was elected the most sustainable city of the world, to become a green city, the municipality of the city have 12 goals like preserve biodiversity, reduce climate change and limit noise in the city.Nowadays, more than 4 billions € have been spent for goals such as bike renting and electric cars. In Göteborg, the ferry is connected at the dock when it arrives, it’s very good to reduce CO2. With this project, the city will reduce 60 % of CO2 emission. The goal of the city is to stop fossil fuels before 2030. For more informations :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9ysLZgkNB8
3. San Francisco, USA
San Francisco is a big city in California, know for his famous bridge, the Golden Gate. But San Francisco isn’t a simply city, the city is a recycling specialist. San Francisco has got a very big sorting center who is calling Pier 96. Pier 96 has got three bins, one blue for the recyclabe, one green for the compost and one black for the other waste. With this sorting center, the city recycles 80 % of her waste. But San Francico doesn’t want to stop there, the goal of the city is to recycle 100 % of the waste before 2020 To learn more about San Francisco, see this article :
With his unpronouncable name, the capital of iceland was elected the greenest city of the world by TravelBird. In Reyjavik, 75% of electricity is producing by hydroelectric dam and the other part with the geothermal energy. The majority of houses in Reykjavik are heated by hot water sources. The city want to reduce the number of polluting cars, her goal is to delete all of them before 2030. Brut speaking about Reyjavik :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bob3P_fFx8
5. Zurich, Switzerland
Zurich has a programm who is called “society 2000 watts”. The goal of this project is to divise in 2 the electricity consumption before 2050. In the world, the average consumption is 6300 watts by people, in this city, the average consumption is 42000 watts. For that, the municipality sensitized his residents and use thermal insolation. In Zurich, 66 % of residents move on foot, on bike or in public transport. Zurich has too a lot of green spaces and a clean river.
Cet article a été écrit par Louise Favière, élève de 3°5.
