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Abu Dhabi to Build World's First Zero-Carbon City
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Abu Dhabi to Build World' S First Zero-Carbon City
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Abu Dhabi to Build World' S First Zero-Carbon City
via www.breitbart.com posted by Aysel D.

Construction work one the world' S first zero-carbon city housing 50,000 people in A because-free environment will begin in the oil-rich GULF emirate off Abu Dhabi next month, the developers said one Monday.

In Masdar City, which will Be run entirely one renewable energy including solar power to deserted exploit the emirate' S near constant supply off sunshine, people will Be whitebait to move around in automated pods….

Abu Dhabi sits one most off the UAE' S oil and gas reserves, ranked respectively have fifth and fourth in the world. Proven oil reserves one to their own are expected to last for another 150 years.

Drank like most oil-producing countries, the UAE also wants to diversify to ease its traditional economic dependency one oil.

The zero-carbon city, share off the wider Masdar Initiative launched by the wealthy Abu Dhabi government in 2006, is also has off flagship project the total conservation group WWF.


January 22, 2008 | 9:06 PM Comments  0 comments

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Haiti-vetiver- Parfum de réussite
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Haiti-vetiver Perfume of success
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The reputation of Pierre Leger is not any more to make. Frager/Agri Supply, its factory established in the Plain of Cayes in the south of Haiti, supplies with it only the world essential oil market of vetiver of 70%. “I export some more than 80 tons per annum”, is delighted this 59 year old agronomist, by showing samples exposed in a corner of his vast office to Port-with-Prince. To become and remain the world leader of the market of the vetiver are not a small matter, especially in a country as turbulent as Haiti. The secrecy of Pierre Leger holds in few words: always to provide a work of quality to the customers, primarily European perfumers, and to take account of the delivery periods.

The businessman of the poorest country of the Caribbean recognizes that the few 25.000 farmers who provide him the roots of vetiver are the true pillar of industry. “Frager/Agri供应appartient对那里communauté du Sud,发射t il。 The farmers take part directly in his management; they supervise the output and dictate to me sometimes the decisions to take. “For Pierre Leger, the shouting lack of infrastructures in the country remains the principal handicap with the development of the industry of essential oils in Haiti. “The deplorable state of the roads, the drastic rationing of electricity, the absence of ports and airports increased a number of producers to give up this activity”, deploys it.

The chairman of the largest factory of vetiver of the world takes part in all the activities of the community. To explain its engagement in the training of young people, it grants grants in Haitian and foreign universities. Recently, it made gift of 25 ha ground at the Haitian State for the construction of a university campus in the area.

Since 2000, the man with the size of giant - it measures nearly two meters - widened his horizon and regularly traverses the world to share his expertise and to contribute to the installation of dies of production of essential oils (HE) in countries confronted like Haiti with poverty. All started when the Center international trade (CCI) sent on mission in the area of the Large African Lakes to evaluate the output of the HE of these countries. “Les huiles essentielles étaient alors méconnues au卢旺达和au布隆迪”, rappelle Pierre Léger, qui croit dur comme到fer les联系肥皂水肥皂水sont le moyen le加上efficace倾吐对lutter contre那里pauvreté。 Rwanda and Burundi are, according to him, about to become in their turn of the essential oil producers of quality. “Of the plantations of patchouli were introduced there, says it. One carried out tests and one obtained the best quality of oil of patchouli of the world. “

Since, one requests it everywhere - of Asia, of South America, Africa. But its responsibilities for head of undertaking in Haiti do not enable him to answer all the requests. It however started a partnership with Brazil last year.

After 34 years in the production of essential oils, Pierre Leger estimates that the moment had just passed the torch. “I had been initiated very early by my father in the field. I made in the same way for my son and my daughter. World perfumery now admits them without reserve ", is pleased today the agronomist, who had taken itself the relay of his Frank father to the factory in 1984, after his studies in the Netherlands. Gasoline of art, to some extent.

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January 21, 2008 | 10:12 PM Comments  0 comments

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Abu Dhabi lance un projet de ville écologique modèle en plein désert
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Abu Dhabi launches an ecological project of city models in full desert
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Abu Dhabi launches an ecological project of city models in full desert
Le Monde | 21.01.08 | 16h05? Updated 21.01.08 | 16h05

the initiative has what to surprise. The emirate of Abu Dhabi, one of the principal oil exporters, must announce, Monday January 21, an investment of 15 billion dollars (10 billion euros) in an ecological city models, baptized Masdar (the source, in Arabic), whose first stone will be posed soon.

It will be set up in full desert, not far from the airport of Abu Dhabi and, if its promoters make a success of their bet, should count 50.000 inhabitants in 2015. According to the emirate, Masdar will be the first city in the world “without carbon emissions, waste, cars”.

The plans were drawn by the British cabinet of architects Foster and Partners, which freely took as a starting point the the traditional médinas. The city compact, square and will be girded walls to protect it from the hot winds of the desert. Its lanes narrow, shaded, will be bordered of river to refresh them. No inhabitant will have more than 200 meters to traverse to reach the trade and services. Walk and the bicycle will be privileged. For the long distances, a system of automated transport - small individual cabins functioning on the model of a tram - will replace the cars.

The posted objective is to recycle the totality of waste. The sea water consumption freed of salt will be reduced 80% thanks to recycling. Part of worn water will irrigate plantations located outside the walls. The cultures will be used for the food and the production of agrocarburants. Solar energy in all its forms will be dominating to supply the city in energy.

Which interest for Abu Dhabi? “To diversify our economy, answers from the start Sultan Al Jaber, director of the Company of Abu Dhabi for the energy of the future. We want to keep our role-key on the market of energy. It is natural that we turn to those of the future. “

The emirate wants to make of Masdar “Silicon Valley of renewable energies”. “We want to gather with this place students, researchers, businessmen, ecologists”, explains Mr. Al Jaber. The companies will be exempted taxes thanks to the introduction of a special economic zone. Funds of investment will aim to attract the innovating companies. An institute of research will be created, with the support of Massachusetts Institute off Technology (MIT).

Abu Dhabi wants to make of Masdar a place of creation and experimentation, a window for “own” technologies: solar photovoltaic and thermal, cooling solar, wind power and marine, own geothermics, agrocarburants, hydrogen, transport and buildings, recycling of water, sequestration of carbon…

Masdar received the world support of the Funds for nature (WWF) within the framework of its program One Planet Living (To live on only one planet). “The ecological print of Abu Dhabi east one of highest in the world. If everyone on Earth were located at it, we would need five planets to live ", explains Jean-Paul Jeanrenaud, director of the program. Transport, air-conditioning, desalination of sea water, importation of foodstuffs: all rests today on fossil energy. “Masdar is the sign which the leaders of this world carry out that our resources are not inexhaustible, continues Mr. Jeanrenaud. It is a particularly interesting project because it is located in the Gulf, which saw oil. “

Everywhere in the world, of the initiatives of this type germinate. Bedzed, a “écoquartier” located at the south of London, is most famous of them. Others, of various size, are in preparation in Great Britain, in the United States, in Canada, in South Africa, Australia and in Portugal. But the only rival of Masdar in term of size is located for the moment in China: the “green” city of Dongtan, to the north of Shanghai, aims 50.000 inhabitants in 2010 and 500.000 in 2050.

Gaëlle Dupont
Article published in the edition of the 22.01.08.

- Ten principles -
the program One Planet Living of the Funds world for nature (WWF) fixes ten principles to respect in the districts or cities which want to be “durable”:

- no carbon emission;
- no waste;
- use of durable transport;
- use of certified and recycled materials;
- food based on respectful local products of the environment;
- control of the water consumption;
- protection of fauna and the flora;
- use of the local architectural traditions;
- promotion of an equitable trade respecting the standards of the International Labour Organization (ILO);
- development of the quality of the life.