How YOU help mother earth :)

[Jane Jane]

And here are some of the cities:


Living Green: Full Country and City Rankings
We analyzed data from two top sources covering 141 nations to rank the world's greenest, most livable places. View the complete city and country rankings.
By Matthew E. Kahn, PhD, and Fran Lostys
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Cities Overall
1. Stockholm, Sweden

2. Oslo, Norway

3. Munich, Germany

4. Paris, France

5. Frankfurt, Germany

6. Stuttgart, Germany

7. Lyon, France

8. Dusseldorf, Germany

9. Nantes, France

10. Copenhagen, Denmark

11. Geneva, Switzerland

12. Zurich, Switzerland

13. Glasgow, United Kingdom

14. Barcelona, Spain

15. New York, United States

16. Brussels, Belgium

17. Hamburg, Germany

18. Hong Kong, PR China

19. Newcastle, United Kingdom

20. Tokyo, Japan

21. Helsinki, Finland

22. Washington, D.C., United States

23. Chicago, United States

24. Vancouver, Canada

25. Dortmund, Germany

26. San Francisco, United States

27. London, United Kingdom

28. Perth, Australia

29. Melbourne, Australia

30. Manchester, United Kingdom

31. Graz, Austria

32. Berlin, Germany

33. Ottawa, Canada

34. Wellington, New Zealand

35. Amsterdam, Netherlands

36. Atlanta, United States

37. Marseille, France

38. Vienna, Austria

39. Rome, Italy

40. Sydney, Australia

41. Prague, Czech Republic

42. Brisbane, Australia

43. Denver, United States

44. Berne, Switzerland

45. Singapore, Singapore

46. Houston, United States

47. Bologna, Italy

48. Montreal, Canada

49. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

50. Toronto, Canada

51. Cape Town, South Africa

52. Seoul, South Korea

53. Milan, Italy

54. Curitiba, Brazil

55. San Diego, United States

56. Madrid, Spain

57. Los Angeles, United States

58. Budapest, Hungary

59. Calgary, Canada

60. Phoenix, United States

61. Johannesburg, South Africa

62. Sao Paulo, Brazil

63. Athens, Greece

64. Tel Aviv, Israel

65. Chennai, India

66. Cracow, Poland

67. Taipei, Taiwan

68. Bangkok, Thailand

69. Guangzhou, PR China

70. Mumbai, India

71. Shanghai, PR China

72. Beijing, PR China

[dramasnot6]

Nice stats Jane! I can't believe Perth hit the top 30.

Hehe...go green and snuggle I love.

[kilted exile]

And here are some of the cities:

13. Glasgow, United Kingdom

Ok, Glasgow being there sticks out (& leads me to being doubtful about the validity of the research).

Can you provide information as to exactly what parameters they are measuring? Glasgow is not a clean or particularly environmentally freindly city - in fact recycling pick-up has only really began there in the last 2 years and it is still not on a par with a lot of other places. The only way I can imagine glasgow making the list is that it has a lot of public parks, therefore increasing the green space to population density numbers. These parks however are generally not nice places, there is no wildlife (with the exception of a few ducks) & virtually the only plant is grass. Also no-one in their right mind would go for a stroll in one after dusk due to the very large chance of either getting a bottle smashed over your head or a knife stuck in your gullet.

As far as most livable goes - there are areas in glasgow where the life expectancy is in the low 60's, and there are huge problems still with poverty.

[dramasnot6]

Yeah..I gotta say Perth isn't amazing either. Considering the vast amount they specifically could do that they are not,at all, I have always personally thought they weren't very..green. But I don't want to presume.

[Virgil]

Virgil, you sound a little pampered.

Do you think? I don't live my like I'm a cave man. I'm an engineer. I believe in the modern world.

I see my home city is actually 15th. I assume that's despite me.

[aeroport]

Countries Overall
1. Finland

2. Iceland

3. Norway

4. Sweden

Naturally the Scandinavians have got it all figured out...

[Annamariah]

Proud to be a Finn

[motherhubbard]

I grow most of our food and I try to eat locally for the rest. I conserve trips in the van. We use very little energy- keep lights off, hang our clothes out to dry, energy star, special light bulbs and the like. I only use the air conditioner for about three weeks out of the year, I’m usually canning all the time then and it gets hot. I use natural soaps, detergents and cleaners. I used cloth diapers on the kids and breastfeed them. We avoid plastic, Teflon, and other things that smell of chemicals. We use cloth shopping bags, recycle, use less, reuse, and by used. I think one of the big things is reducing the amount of stuff We don’t get stuff we don’t need and we.

[dramasnot6]

That's amazing Motherhubbard!
I miss that about Perth, it was sunny 200 days a year so I never used the clothes dryer.

[dramasnot6]

There is a wonderful Facebook application called Greenbook that I have signed up for.

[Ydfkdy]

I went on a trip to Vegas with my ex last year and I figured the desert would be beautiful aswell as the drive there and back.It was beautiful as long as you did not look down at all the trash people throw out there windows driving down the road or stoppping at the gas station or store.So if you want to help mother earth,clean up after yourselves and don't litter.

[dramasnot6]

Right on Ydfkdy!

[papayahed]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=X3QKvEy0AIk

http://youtube.com/watch?v=3pMrRBh1rKc&feature=related

[dramasnot6]

That first one is so classic! Thanks for putting these up papaya!

Give a hoot!!

[Ydfkdy]

I love going to park's late at night and seeing mother nature and the animal's at there best in there own inviroment.I have 2 favorite park's,because of the layout.1st I go to during the day cause it get's way too dark at night,and I walk along the river and all I see is trash in it and I see it in the banks.Then I come out of that part and walk around the 2 lakes and wonder how much trash is in the lakes.My 2nd fav. park I go to at night and there is a spot where you can sit on a marble bench and literally put you hands in the water by the end of the summer there is trash in it and green film on top.it makes the lake look ugly and the geese and ducks don't swim through.Keep our water clean not only for the wild life but for us,we all have to live and survive together.