While the rest of the world is faced with fluctuating prices of gasoline, Sweden plans to stop using fossil fuels or territory until 2020. Efforts of these countries have started since the '80s, the oil crisis era, and now 28% of the energy used in Sweden is renewable and eco-friendly. Country has focused on the use of hydropower, nuclear power and the wind to get electricity and other necessities....
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Until 2030, Norway intends to be a country that no longer use coal deposits. That means it will not emit greenhouse gases at all. In addition, Norway has decided to use money in research to discover new methods, eco-friendly fuel. Those who still use diesel fuel will have to pay higher taxes for the environment....
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Mauritius is an island belonging to the coasts of Africa, near Madagascar. Although a small country, it has a strong positive impact on the environment of the world. Country has a policy that strongly supports recycling and reuse of various things, but the use of renewables. Currently, Mauritius is based on wind energy use and the sugarcane, which is fuel for boilers....
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France has won a reputation for eco-friendly country. President, Nicolas Sarkozy has pushed for the enactment of legislation in the field to conserve energy and the environment. His plans include: forbidden and renovating buildings to reduce heat consumption, reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020, increasing the percentage of renewable energy from 9% to 20-25%, increasing the number of organic farms, creating organizations to study genetically modified crops. If this will...
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Austria encourages the building of "passive houses, which heat and cool themselves, that regulates its own optimum temperature, without the need for heat. Everything happens through a system that takes into account the air flow and needs perfect insulation of windows. It is said that these houses consume only 10% of energy consumed in an average home....
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Despite the Cuban communist government, which controls everything that moves, the country looks gorgeous. Many residents of Cuba travel by bicycle or on foot and many of them live on the money crops and animals. The government discourages the use of harmful pesticides and encourages the use of organic farm products. While other countries are focused on obtaining nuclear power, Cuba decided to make every effort to only depend on hydroelectric power....
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Among the few things that are known worldwide about Colombia is excessive deforestation due to expansion of palm plantations for their oil, but also flourishing drug business news is covered here.
Somehow though, this country managed to recover afloat, it learned from its past and started to change things for the better. Colombia is home to 10% of animal species worldwide. Scientists have discovered that all be hiding in Colombia 10 new spe...
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With a capacity of 43 rooms including all categories (from all the Twin / Double) Hotel The Iron Gate Hotel & Suites offers services at prices from 124 Euros. Hotel The Iron Gate Hotel & Suites has all the services of a five star hotel in Prague,: Restaurant, Room Service, Bar, 24/24h, Newspapers, Non-Smoking Rooms, Business Centre, Laundry, Breakfast Room Service, Express Check-In/Check-Out. This hotel has a luxurious style. This hotel is located in Prague in the south-we...
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According to the attraction exerted on tourists, Ireland is a destination at its best, which is often characterized by cliches such as the greenest country, full of the most friendly people, who would all be geniuses if they had not attracted by the many pubs. Ireland is indeed a green country - a benefit of heavy rains, and residents are known for kindness. The country also boasts four Nobel Prize winners for literature. It is already known Irish custom to compose verses, which m...
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Iran is as old as history and culture inherited a state that one of the oldest civilizations on earth. Over the years, Iranian culture has influenced different parts of the world, the Nile River to the heart of Europe. For many years, people around the world have traveled to the historic Silk Road route, wondering is the glory of the Persian Empire civilization. Visiting this country is a unique experience - Iran enjoy three centuries of documented history and heritage consi...
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Former elite holiday destination for the Soviet Union, Georgia is an area blessed with a beautiful peisj composed of high valleys, springs spa centers, caves and waterfalls, a favorable climate and a rich variety of flora and fauna. Located in the Caucasus, Georgia has been in the Silk Road route, which brought many different cultures in its borders. The location between two continents, Georgia was invaded and occupied by various forces, such as Persians, Romans, Arabs and ...
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Located on the hills overlooking the city of Kobe, Japan, Hirono Golf is a very exclusive 18 holes. Its prestige comes not from the large number of international competitions that it tient2, but especially difficult to enter. Apparently, this is the route which are compared with all routes in Japan, but I do not know how comparisons are made having regard to the few people with access....
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House full of food (raw and refined), city of Austin is leading the fight against the use of fuel. Austin implemented using energy efficient systems. Organic holidays that are organized to delight visitors to the city, plus food festivals dedicated to green. ...
The Montreal Protocol, which regulates carbon dioxide emissions that affect the ozone layer and to Bixi project, implemented in May 2009, which are available for bicycles for rent, Montreal boasts numerous successful environmental initiatives. In Montreal, visitors can enjoy the local surf club or the day organized by botanical gardens, where butterflies are released. Location for hotel accommodation is eco-chic Quartier Dix 30....
Zermatt, a quiet town at the foot of the Matterhorn massif (located on the border between Switzerland and Italy) is perfect for those who love outdoor activities: skiing, hiking and mountain climbing. As the area developed in terms of tourism, local authorities decided to maintain an infrastructure to meet growing transport demands. Today, the streets are reserved for pedestrians and cyclists. Residents carry their shopping cart by hand, the horse or the steam engi...
Freiburg is already one of the cities with a tradition in cross domain, especially in that he had rebuilt after World War II and the reconstruction was done by ecological principles. City visitors can enjoy an area with a well-structured social density, called Riesefeld, built in the '80s or Vauban sector where no cars. Solar City not to be missed or heliotrope House, both designed by Rolf Dich (German architect and activist in environmental protection)....
It is the first city built as a bicycle friendly community in the American League initiative cyclists. He received and distinct "Popular Science" for the greenest city based on a survey on the use of renewable energy, green transportation options, recycling and eco lifestyle. The main attractions are the parks in Portland, so you can see, for example, the smallest park in the world, even recognized by Guinness World Records....
After decades of mining and ore processing, Kabwe has turned into one place so toxic, that do not understand how people can live here. Rivers of water loaded with lead and cadmium are escaping from barren hills, poisoning everything. In the blood of children, lead levels 10 times higher than Western norms predict and contaminated soil is so bad, that people can not grow anything....
A report on nuclear wastes, eleborated by the Worldwatch Institute, describe this lake as the most polluted place on earth. For years in a row, the Soviet Union was used as landfill for radioactive waste disposal, and now the radiation is so high that an unprotected person would receive a lethal dose after only one hour of exposure....
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What is there? Well it is famous - tragic fame - Pacific landfill. Because of ocean currents that converge in this area and they carry with trash floating in the ocean, there was formed a floating island of garbage, of enormous dimensions. Its surface was estimated to be approximately double that Texas American status (the second largest in the U.S.) that's about. 1.4 million km square, a frightening figure. In this vast expanse - and down to 10 meters under the surface - floatin...
The town has a sad record: is the most polluted city air around the world, is so designated in 2007, a report by the Blacksmith Institute, an American organization specializing in projects relating to pollution control. Surrounded by coal mines and power plants using coal as an energy source throughout, Linfen - the city with over four million inhabitants - is a chronic black smoke choked the darkened sky. They say that if you dry your clothes outside, you have no chance to get cl...
As dirty and dangerous as the Citarum, Yamuna River, the largest tributary of the Ganges, passing through the city of Delhi - and that says almost everything about halul incare there. It is estimated that 58% of city waste product goes directly into the Yamuna, whose waters are used by millions of Indians both waste disposal and for washing, cooking and drinking....
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It was called the dirtiest river in the world - a title that nobody would wish for the water near which he lives. Around five million people live in the Citarum river basin, and many of them use it as a water source. Late last year, a large bank Asian Development Bank - has granted a loan of 500 million dollars to clean infected watercourse. To hope that, years later, Citarum will not be on the list like this....
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The Iron Bridge does not have many decorative elements and is not very special but it has something unique. It is the first bridge in the world that was fully realized only in steel and the speed with which it conducted its state-owned building and managed to convince the engineers of the benefits of using steel in construction and virtually started the Industrial Revolution era....
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