This document discusses various topics related to living an environmentally friendly lifestyle. It begins by outlining the main topics to be covered, including the top 5 ecological cities, eco-friendly houses, organic living, eco-friendly burials, and environmentally friendly diets. It then discusses the meaning of ecological cities and lists Copenhagen, Curitiba, San Francisco, Freiburg, and Singapore as the top 5 most ecological cities in the world, providing details on the environmental practices of each. The document also profiles some unconventional eco-friendly house designs, and discusses ways to live an organic lifestyle and eco-friendly burial options.

1. Bernardo Castiço nº4
Inês Martins nº15
Margarida Martins nº18
Patrícia Lima nº24
Tomás Martins nº30

2. In this presentation we are going to adress many subjects related with nature
with the aim of sensitizing people that the nature is a really precios thing and if
we don’t take care of it the consequences can be harmful. The main topics of
our Project are the following:
● Top 5 ecological cities;
● The weirdest greenest houses;
● The organic life;
● Top 5 Eco-friendly burials;
● Enviromentaly friendly diets.

3. The word and the concept of ecology have gain a big importance and
preponderance in the society. Since the different countries realized
that the pollution problems are real, many cities around the world
have adopted some preventive and control measures to avoid the bad
function of our planet with the goal of leave it better after us. Eco-
friendliness has become a huge part of cities’ lives, and it has started
to make an impact on citizens’ lives as well.

4. We can’t talk about the top 5 of ecological cities without knowing the
meaning of that.
Cities are urban ecosystems, so like a natural ecosystem, they bring in
energy and materials and process them through their components as they
flow through the system. Urban ecosystems, unlike the natural
ecosystems, include concentrations of people, cars and huge
infrastructures.
Once that, an Eco city looks to function in a sustainable way. These cities
seek to function without producing more waste than it can assimilate or
recycle for new uses or than nature can dilute and absorb harmlessly, and
without being prejudicial to itself or neighboring ecosystems.
The Eco cities want to give healthy abundance to its habitants without
consuming renewable resources than it replaces.

5. In the first place of the list we have Copenhagen, the capital of one of the
Vikings’ country, Denmark. It´s worth mentioning that Danish people were
nominated as the happiest people in the whole world for many years and it’s
obvious that the environment where these people are inserted has a logical
ligation with the mood of the habitants. Copenhagen has everything to be
consider the most ecological city in the world once the people who live there
have a perfect relation with nature, enjoying the best of it instead of destroy
it. The bicycles, the most popular way to travel, substitute the cars and a big
part of the buses are electric. This fact contributes to reduce, on a large scale,
the emission of CO2, making a huge step forwards greener Earth. Also many
stores just sell ecological clothes and food.

6. The appearance of this city in this list is probably a surprise for the majority.
Curitiba is outstandingly the most ecological city in America Latina. The city
and its habitants can and should be proud of amazing 70% city’s waste recycled
and one of the first ever recycling initiatives back in the 1980’s. This city has a
bus system hailed as one of the world’s best that makes three-quarters of the
habitants travel by public transports. There are also many municipal parks
benefiting with the work of a flock of 30 lawn-trimming sheep. This city has a
lot of green spaces with over 580 square feet of green space per habitant.
Surveys say that around of 99% of Curitiba people are happy with their city.

7. San Francisco is actually consider one of the most ecological cities in North
America and in the world. It was the first city in the United States to introduce
the color recycle bins into homes and workplaces. San Francisco also banned
the non-recyclable plastic bags and plastic kids’ toys laced with questionable
chemicals. The fact that half of the habitants take public transports, walk or
bike and over 17% of the city is devoted to parks and greens spaces are
factors that influence positively the city. It´s worth it to say that once San
Francisco is a place with many infrastructures, the city´s nomination as a
leader in green building with more than 70 projects registered under the U.S.
Green Building Council’s LEED certification system is a huge point that
makes that city as one of the most ecological in the world.

8. Freiburg in Germany, can be consider a city with a green soul. The city has
constructed itself as a sustainable city by actively committing to its target areas
of energy, transportation, and to its three pillars for sustainable development:
energy saving, new technology, and renewable energy sources. The big cause of
the success of Freiburg was the citizens’ opposition in the 1970’s to local nuclear
power that led to a campaign for sustainable solutions for the city. It has also a
long embraced solar power and for example, a football stadium with its own
solar power plant and the world’s first self-sustaining solar energy building.
Freiburg has over 500 km of bicycle paths and more than 5000 bicycle parking
spaces as well as car-free centers. It’s important to mention that 43% of borough
area is woodland and that with all the measures that the government took the
levels of CO2 in the air were reduced 25%.

9. Singapore is the greenest city in Asia. Asia is a continent very associated to
pollution and the inclusion of Singapore in this list may surprise some people.
However Singapore with a huge revolutionary public transport system has
reduce the emission of CO2 and the number of water wastage in the city is pretty
small compared with the numbers of the others cities in Asia. If Asian index of
water waste is 380kg per person, then Singapore’s is only 307kg. To complete,
the fact of every household in the city can recycle easily once the city distributed
special containers for free, contributes to make Singapore a better city, especially
in the ecological side.

10. In this topic, there are going to be shown a few weird houses that are ecologicaly
friendly. These houses are one of kind, and in our opinion they’re a great option
if you want to leave a small ecological footprint.

11. This small cottage was built by a couple who wanted to live an authentic and
exciting life. With no experience, they built their home with natural resources
and materials, which they found to be cheap, quick and fun to work with it.
Their "hobbit house", which went viral, is made of timber, clay and stone from
the land where it's located. That land provides the couple water, electricity,
firewood and building materials, besides that, it supplies them with heir foods
needs (such as vegetables and meat) and with mending materials like leather and
wool. This low impact house was unfortunately reduced to its foundations on
new years day 2018.

12. This wooden UFO-like home, is located in the middle of a 28-acre forest, and
it's a three bedroom house designed to be eco-friendly and engaged with
nature. This dome has large windows and solar panels and it can rotate 360
degrees using a remote, taking advantage of the sun in order to control
indoor temperature and produce energy.

13. The Roundhouse is a wooden framed ecohome, with recycled window walls and
a straw-insulated turf roof. The electricity is provided by solar power and wind
turbins and this house possesses a compost toilet. It's a low impact roudhouse,
that can go unnoticed in the middle of the nature.

14. These houses are eco-friendly buildings made of wood-pallets, which is a
cheap, reusable and easy to recycle material. It also allows the creation of a
unique and energy-efficient home. Besides this, these houses can can be
designed to create something more permanent.

16. The majority of people think that living an organic life means eating organic
food, that is, you buy foods that are free from pesticides and fertilizers and that’s
it. But living an organic lifestyle means so much more, it means you need to do
your best to live a healthy life while doing your part to take care of the
environment.

17. There are many ways to live an organic life:
● You can use cleaning supplies that are made of organic products;
● You can start to build your own organic garden;
● You can reduce the amount of waste you produce;
● You also can find ways to travel around without leaving a huge carbon
footprint.
But living this lifestyle also means you need to spend a bit more money than
you would otherwise, but think that as an investment.

18. If you need any help to turn your life into an organic life there are many sites you
can go that can help you making it happen. For example:
● If you want healthy recipes, help with gardening or even help with taking care
of your pets, click here
● If you want tips on how to shop healthy foods, cooking or planting, click here

19. In the topic of Eco-friendly activities, even in the event of a death you can spare
the environment with eco-friendly burials that are less poluting then the regular
boring one. In this part of the Project we will show you some of this options
and talk about them.
● Coffin-less burial;
● Pinewood box;
● Aquamation;
● Shrouds;
● Rock Salt Urns.

20. This is the most natural option available. With this method the body is buried
without a casket, allowing it to decompose faster, with less contamination and
pollution to the soil and at a minimal price. The only expense is the plot to bury
the body.

21. A pinewood box is very Eco-friendly. Its lightweight, and its way cheaper than a
regular wooded coffin. It is also easily sourced. The downside is that it’s not
very pleasant to look at.

22. Aquamation or water cremation, consists in placing the body on a stainless steel
vessel filled with a solution of 95 percent water and 5 percent potassium
hydroxide or sodium hydroxide. When this solution is heated to 177 degrees
Celsius, the body dissolves in 20 hours.
The remains are than given to the family. This method is five times more
ecological than a natural cremation.

23. In this case, the body is wrapped in a large piece of fabric called shroud. It can
be made of cotton, linen or silk and it can have different patterns, like plain
colors or elaborated designs. Most shrouds are biodegradable, and therefore Eco-
friendly.

24. Rock salt urns are made of, as the name suggests, rock salts.
These urns can be used for both, an earth burial or to be used on water. After the
body is cremated and placed on this urn, it can be disposed on the water, where it
will dissolve over time, living no remains.

25. It’s very important to figure out a way to eat in a way to help the environment.
Even if we think that our small decisions don’t make impact, they do. And they
can have a huge importance in the environment and make the difference. There’s
a several ways that we can help our environment and eat in a healthy way, for
example, from the plastic bags we buy in the groceries to the water we drink and
use. People think that if they eat in a green way they can’t eat the foods they
love and appreciate. However there’s ways to do the both things.
“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed.”
Gandhi

26. ● Strip down the products you use.
Look for packaging that uses the least amount of materials that could fill up
landfills. This is going to help the environment as there will be less amount of
garbage.
● Try to purchase locally grown produce.
It is also extremely environmentally friendly because it creates less
transportation energy which means less gas is used for trucking.
● Eat a lot of what you buy.
Try not to waste the food that you purchase. It’s good for the environment and
your body. Over 40% of the food in the U.S. goes to waste and ends up in
landfills. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, over 1.3 billion
tons of food ends up in landfills every single year.

27. ● Make sure you are eating foods that are in season
This will ultimately save you on transportation costs. Some of the foods
that are in season in Florida in January are oranges.
● Try growing vegetables of your own
By adding potted plants or a small plot of vegetables, you can have easy
access to fresh food which ultimately saves you a trip to the grocery
store which saves you gas as well.

28. ● If at all possible, eat foods raw
Not all foods should be eaten raw, but many vegetables can be eaten
raw which saves energy on gas from your stone. It is yet another
environmentally friendly way to keep you and environment healthy.
● Just like with every other type of food, it is also best to go
organic with your dairy products
It is not only good for your body but it is good for the environment.
● Recycle your food
You can turn a lot of your waste into resources. You can turn food scraps
into compost for your garden. There are a lot of options that are available
that you can use to go environment friendly.

29. In conclusion, there is no excuse now for you not to live organically. We hope
you learned something about ecological options in different aspects of human
life and use that informations in your favour.
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