Paul McDonald

Masdar City

Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates is to build a sustainable, zero-carbon, zero-waste city in what looks to be a very promising step forward in the concept of sustainable urban developments. Masdar will be home to around 50,000 people and 1,500 business and is hoped to provide viable proof that the convenience and abundance of modern urban lifestyles needn't be sacrificed in the name of sustainability.

Automobiles will be banned in Masdar with travel needs bein

Waterworld

Many people have predicted that in the not too distant future wars will be fought over water. Water is becoming a scarce resource. If you took some water transporter trucks and filled them with the amount of water consumed globally in a single day, and lined them up nose to tail, they would circle the planet 37 times. Isn't that shocking?

A case in point

The river Nile is generally regarded as the longest river in the world. The Nile has two main tributari

I recently read an inspiring book called "The Meaning of the 21st Century" by Dr James Martin.

Transition Generation

Dr. Martin states that if he could choose any point in time in which to live, he would choose now. He points out that over the course of this century, a single generation will determine the long term future of humankind. This generation, which he calls The Transition Generation, will face challenges greater than anything humankind has ever faced before. Environ