One of these methods is congestion charges, London adopted this method meaning any vehicle owner who wants to drive into the CBD must pay a charge to do so, this has been successful and since 2003, there has been a 15% reduction in traffic and emissions in the congestion zone. To further the reduction of traffic in London, it also introduced pedestrianized zones at certain times, and permanently pedestrianized zones, this does reduce pollution as there is less cars, however, shops may receive fewer customers as people can only get to them on foot. Another scheme is public transport improvements, although these are often criticised as being expensive, they are evidently very effective; Manchester’s metro link cost over £1 billion ,however it did succeed in taking 2.6 million cars of the road. Other examples of improvement include, improved bus services, park and ride schemes and tram networks, all of which reduce pollution by having less cars on the road. Mexico City took these schemes to the next level by banning drivers from using their cars one weekday per week, based on their number plate, massively reducing the amount of cars.
Over consumption has led to many cures and medicines being created, and has made the world a better and safer place then it once was. The Buy Nothing Day would only hinder the progress that mankind has made in keeping the environment intact. The way of life in the 21st century has and will be defined by consumerism. Consumerism has lifted nations out of recessions and created millions of jobs and opportunities. The Buy Nothing Day is just a way for environmentalists to voice their theories about how to fix the environment.
As a society and population, we need to hold each other accountable and stop things from being allowed that affect the Earth in a negative manner. Individuals need to hold the government and businesses accountable. Many corporations use massive amounts of energy to make a variety of products used by many every day. As a population we can find smarter and safer ways to provide energy such as solar and wind power. If more people fight to force the government to make wiser energy decisions we can turn around global warming.
The government gives out a lot of tax credit to help assist with the output of different air pollution like they give a tax credit for windows which would reduce the use of lights, and heat or air condition system running and burning a lot of pollution. Next they have put a lot of effort into the hybrid and electrical cars which are more environments friendly. The light bulbs are another way as they are more energy efficient which once again helps reduce the electrical company output of carbon dioxide. Us as human have to do our part also in saving our environment like instead of getting the plastic bags at the grocery store get one of the reusable bags, instead of throwing everything in the garbage start to recycle bottles, cans, paper, and plastic. Stop littering because if you litter by a forest it can start a fire if gets to hot and lighting strikes the paper and start a fire.
It seems that every time one turns on the television they hear about something dealing with the environment, from global warming to pollution. It is a constant a reminder that what people do has a consequence to our planet. Recycling is a way Americans can have a positive impact on the planet rather than a negative impact that they are always hearing about. While some people do recycle, not enough is being done. We need to have more people recycle to have a better effect to the planet.
Some believe that it’s not as big a concern as others while some believe we are rapidly destroying the planet. As for my personal thoughts on the issue of human overpopulation; I believe people need to be better educated on birth control and the environmental effects of overpopulation. There is a serious need to correct the air pollution and fossil fuel depletion and my hope is by doing so there will be less of a need for wars in order to gain others natural resources . We also need to find a way to fix the depleting fresh water supply because once it’s gone all living things are going to suffer
Speaking about the obstacles that my generation will face, there are so many different challenges from the impact of technology to the scarcity of natural resources or the natural in general. Since the technology evolved the number of harmful threats has been increasing and that will not be neck to the atmosphere and the ozone layer. In my opinion, the biggest challenge people face in the 21st century is maintaining a quality of life which i meen Global Warming. Generally, the global warming is the greatest problem or obstacles that I and my generation will face and that may cause to penetrate the ozone layer.In the last 100 years, earth's average surface temperature increased about two thirds of the increasing occurring over just the last three decades. The temperature nowadays is multiple than the temperature as it was in the past before 200 years ago.
An example of reducing waste is the behavior of recycling. However, with matters such as pollution and waste that affect the world drastically, and social structures that have been put in place to regulate these areas, people still focus on technologies that still hinder the world instead of building self sustainable projects have a positive effect on the longevity of Earth that exists today. Richard Sclove’s article, “I’d Hammer Out Freedom: Technology as Politics and Culture”, provides a detailed explanation of his theory of how technology plays in someone’s everyday role. It is up to each individual to define how they will allow technology to play a role in their life, and to what
These areas of urban life can make effective improvement to make our city a nice and good place to live For smooth and fast transportation city needs better road quality of each corner. As far as our city concern the quality of our roads are very
I think so many people have the personal experience. Faced with the mounting traffic problem, fortunately proposition 71 will help California solve the problem because it advise the government increase the investment in public transportation in California to reduce traffic jam and air pollution caused by automobile. Proposition 71 states that the state government should focus their money and energy on improving the California public transportation instead of building more road and freeways. The government should build more subway and bus lines, because public transportation is very convenient for people without a car, and it is very cheap and it is better for the environment and it is a better long-term solution for meeting the transportation demands of future in California. The traffic jams in large cities like Los Angeles are mainly because of the increase of the number of the private cars in California.