My name is Ahmed Mohammed, I’m 19 years old and I live in Abu Dhabi with my parents, 4 brothers and my sister. I was born in Abu Dhabi (UAE), my father is an engineer and my mother is a housewife.

I spent my first years in Abu Dhabi going to government KG school. When I was 6 years old I moved to the UK with my family as my father wanted to pursue his higher education. In the UK I went to an English private school with my two elder brothers, where I met a lot of new friends.

In my new school I participated in school sports competitions which I enjoyed very much, especially gymnastics and swimming. I remained in the same school for three years.

The school was located in a lovely city called Cardiff in Wales. There were lovely parks, fairs and shopping centers where we lived. I remember I had a yellow bike and I used to ride it all the time with my family and friends. I even remembered the time when the dogs from next door chased me around the block just because I was holding an ice cream in my hand.

Many weekends my mother use to take me to visit family and friends in other towns. I loved the welsh countryside with its green fields and lush scenery. We used to visit the welsh valleys where you could see many horses and sheep running around the huge fields, also the countryside had many farms, where you could buy a lot of different types of fresh fruits and vegetables .

After my father completed his studies my family and I returned to the UAE where i attended different private schools. I graduated from a school called IAS , it was one of the best schools I had ever attended . I met my best friends there and I’m still with them. After graduation, I decided to join Abu Dhabi’s men’s collage, where im still studying.


I hope I will succeed in my studies and graduate to make my parents proud of me. My goal is to become an electrical engineer to continue on for my father. On completion of my studies I would like to travel to many places around the world. Inshallah (god willing) I will achieve my goals.

Renewable Energy Solutions

Renewable sources are used to produce electricity to reduce the amount of pollution. Power plants rely on fossil fuel to produce electricity. We should use renewable sources such as solar and wind energy to produce power. Renewable sources should be used more to reduce the amount of fossil fuel. When the amount of fossil fuel used is reduced the amount of carbon dioxide in the air decreases.

Energy Efficiency Solutions

Energy efficiency means using a technology that produces more power by consuming less energy. I’ll explain some of the solutions that should be made: First solution is that new buildings should be designed to depend on energy efficiency technology and solar energy. Second, people should stop using a lot of electricity and they should use energy efficient technology that produces more power by consuming less energy. Third, Cities can benefit from energy efficient by a system that combines heat and power.

Green vehicle solution

There are three types of solutions. First, any countries, cities and towns are saving taxpayer dollars and reducing air pollution by greening their fleets with hybrid gas – electric cars. Second, Governments encourage people to buy hybrid vehicles by providing them free parking and lower registration fees and taxes. Third, cities are replacing there polluting old buses with buses that run on cleaner compressed natural gas (CNG) or with hybrid-electric diesel engines.

Masder city

Masdar city is the world's first zero-carbon, zero-waste, car-free city. The budget for master city will be about $ 22 billion. It will take eight years to build, 50,000 people will be able to live there. This project will save almost 2 billion dollars of oil in the next 25 years. Masdar city is a solution for global warming were no fossil fuel will be used to produce CO2. Masdar city will be divided into 4 main parts such as housing, business, commercial purposes and transportation / cultural pursuits. Masdar will be a city which relies on renewable energy like solar and wind energy. The goal from the master city is to develop a city which has no waste of what so ever and uses clean energy to brighten our future.

An Inconvenient Truth

"An Inconvenient Truth” is a documentary movie about global warming and a former Vice President named Al Gore. Al Gore is trying to explain to the people around the world about the issues of “Global warming”. The movie talks about the problems and effects of global warming on the earth. According to Al gore, we are facing the beginning of a climate crisis that threatens the earth. The cause of this climate crisis is the humans themselves, all the people around the world are responsible for the increase of “CO2” through our daily activities. Al gore relies on facts so, he reveals to us some charts and graphs with frightening trends and some photography’s from disappearing glaciers around the world, footage of collapsing ice shelves, data on the record numbers of storms, floods, and other kinds of extreme weather. Al Gore called this "A nature hike through the Book of Revelations”, "It is now clear that we face a deepening global climate crisis that requires us to act boldly, quickly, and wisely," said Gore. At the end of his presentation he described some ways to solve the problems and one of the main solutions is to reduce the use of anything that produces “CO2”.

In my opinion, it’s an excellent movie, His explanations about the global crisis were very clear, and he relied on facts. He showed us a lot of graphs, charts and photographs which are kind of harsh to explain the situation we are in. Al gore is an intelligent and wise man, he knows how to make the presentation amusing with his jokes and comments. This movie taught us about everything such as ( Problems, effects and solutions) If you have an appetite for knowledge about global warming” An Inconvenient Truth" is a necessary film.

Sport heros

Sports stars are loved by everyone because they have the looks, they are excellent and they play in front of millions of people. We make them our heroes not only for swinging the bat or blocking or passing, but for the success that they are teaching us in any impossible challenge.

Athletes are heroes who can do things extraordinary that we can’t do, they get paid millions for there effort and there name will appear everywhere. Athlete champions are always keeping themselves looking good and cool tempered. These super stars teach us to always work hard and believe in what we do. Although 6 o’clock news means something wrong but many players try to be positive to be role-models for children.
They raise money for charity and act like mentors by using free time to help children to stay off drugs and to stay in school.
Champions even have flaws in there life, it doesn’t mean he is famous that he doesn’t have problems in his life and he is the best parent, friend or spokesman that that are wrong, everyone has problems even rich people get sick. They even make mistakes and have problems with laws, even those who do bad things in there life don’t want there fans follow their path but to play like him

Carbon Footprint

Carbon footprint measures the amount of impact on the environment done by humans. Another meaning is the amount of carbon dioxide and other gases produced by human activities. People use this measurement to find out how much harm they have done to the environment. The use of transportations, electricity, food and other sources Have some part in the impact of the environment. Ages even play an important part. People with different ages use different amount of products that affect the carbon footprint.

Footprints calculation

I have used the Footprint calculator to measure my footprint and it came to 1.92 planets. My usage of food was 27%, travel 3%, home 29% and 41% for stuff. The calculator is based on the life in Europe and since I don’t live there the calculation might not be accurate but at least i got an idea of my effectiveness on nature. I’m not a vegetarian but I eat vegetables and I use organic products. I don’t drive a car. I don’t have any trains in my country and I don’t like to use the buses, I haven’t traveled by plane for the last 3 years.

How to prevent it!!

If you want to prevent carbon footprint, changes have to be made. The usage of car must be reduced by using public transportation since it’s available. Organic food should be used more often because it’s healthier and harmless for the environment. Use electrical products that store power and consume less electricity. Don’t always buy a new mobile whenever a new brand comes out and remember that the main purpose of the mobile phone is to call and send messages. Reading a book is better than wasting electricity by watching TV , using internet to reading articles and watch videos. This is our planet, our home , our life and there is no other place like this so, if we don’t find a way to reduce carbon footprint , this precious plant will be destroyed in the future.

Global Warming

One of the serious problems which are facing the globe is Global Warming. Global Warming is defined as “gradual increase in the earth’s surface temperature” (http://zfacts.com/p/49.html). There are many causes of Global Warming and the most important one is the increase of Carbon dioxide in the air as a result of human activities. It is concern because this Global Warming is causing a lot of changes to the earth climate, ice melting, tornados and hurricanes. 40% of people are drinking from the Himalayas water, which is melting (An Inconvenient Truth). It is a very significant issue which we all should care about and try to solve it, and there are a lot of ways to help the world which are using renewable energy (wind and solar energy) instead of oil and other fossil fuels and reducing the emissions from cars and trucks.

We are polluting the air with Carbon dioxide in many ways such as burning fossil flues to run cars and lights. Vibrant sources like oil are used daily these days and most of the things in our life works with it, but this source is causing a lot of damage to the earth so, people should start using other sources to help the environment and reduce the earth temperature. Using renewable energy would be helpful enough for life to goes on and for the environment to keep breathing. The United States starts to generate 70% of its electricity from fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas and only 2% of renewable resources. Also, solar energy can be used to heat water instead of using the water heaters.

Cars and trucks are producing carbon dioxide which is also causing Global warming. For that, people should reduce emissions from cars and trucks. With the evolution of technology, it is possible these days to use cars which can be driven with the solar energy. Also, by using other resources different then oil, governments would reduce the dependence of foreign oil. Moreover, people should be smarter with using their cars and try to use different transportation as bicycle or walking.
In summary, people reject this fact “an inconvenient truth” because they refuse to live an old life without cars, electronics and factories which are producing things to make their life easier and faster. we all have the ability to change this fact, by the cars we drive, things we do and electricity we use. Solutions are in our hands, we have to corporate together and save the world by using renewable energy (wind and solar energy) instead of oil and other fossil fuels and reducing the emissions from cars and trucks. All that could be done by advertising in newspapers and media, ask the companies for renewable resources and the most important thing is to start changing our life and help the earth and the next generations. People should be more educated about it and the ways of solving this problem and know the result of their actions.

sources:
· National geographic society, Washington, 2007
· An Inconvenient truth.
· Sierra club national headquarters, San Francisco, USA