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Inside the first self-sustainable city on Mars - by ABIBOO studio
Inside the first self-sustainable city on Mars - by ABIBOO studio
Construction of the city of Nüwa could start in 2054 and will see 250,000 people live inside the rock of a steep cliff. Freeze my body, melt me in 80 years, and send me to Mars. Architecture studio ABIBOO has revealed its plans to create the first self-sustainable city on the Red Planet, which is set to be ready for residents in 2100. The city will be called Nüwa and will be located at Tempe Mensa on one of the Martian cliffs. Its position inside a rock on the steep cliff will protect its residents from radiation and meteorites (cool!) while still giving them
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Green Helsinki C (Vihreä Helsinki C)
Green Helsinki C (Vihreä Helsinki C)
In the morning, the sound of the accelerator clock is raised. As I rise, I note that the basket of dirt laundry is already full, so I will first decide to leave the laundry. Apartments do not have their own laundry tools, but a laundry box is available on the basement of the house company. When I get wipers placed on the machine, I will see the contents of the refrigerator from my phone. The materials seem to be an early morning, so that they are back in the direction. Raw materials of animal origin can only be obtained from a small number of places. Society has moved almost completely into plant-based food. The fields that were at the time to produce beef cattle feed now produce food for people. Aamupalani is made up of vegetables collected from a house company’s vegetable land and bread from a waste bakery. Before my departure, I will still export litter to recycling. Practically no waste is generated when recycling has been carried out. Recycling points have also been added to the streets, so there is no need to collect litter up to home. The increasing number of recycling points and guidance on their use has made the environment clean, as people know how to recycle. There is still an old architecture in the centre of Helsinki. Efforts have been made to restore old buildings similar to those in the past, while taking into account accessibility. Between buildings, trees have been planted to reduce noise. The rags are not covered with asphalt, but the grass is allowed to grow freely in order to provide a better habitat for planted trees. Distances are short, so it is easy to travel by walking. However, our meeting venue is on the other side of the city. Transport is in fact fully electrified. With the reduction of emissions, transport is also much more quieter. I walk to our meeting venue through a new district, which is still being built. The completed buildings are modern. I arrive at our meeting venue, which is a close-to-nature park on the periphery of the city. I see my old friend and, once I arrived, will start to change my famous characters
Winter Helsinki 2050 C (Talvinen Helsinki 2050 C)
Winter Helsinki 2050 C (Talvinen Helsinki 2050 C)
In the morning, I wondered the morning of my morning to the link towards a nearby forest. In the morning, street lights ignited with what I close to me and closed behind. After the link, I stayed from the truck’s home and left towards the nearest fast track to which I travelled to the metro station. At the metro station, I got down to the metro. In metro, the clouds built there, when passing the fishing port, are cut off by cloud photographers. Nuostuani from the metro on the railway railway thus Finland’s main railway station In all its old commands. Towards one of the dozens of offices in the centre The buildings that have been working longer than I say that the office is no longer in place since the last pandemic. AVAS computer and quantum computer for which I develop the system. I live today in Tampere, but I now spend one night in Helsinki for work. I will travel to Helsinki by train early in the morning. The train journey lasted only one hour along a new line. Helsinki’s main railway station remains unchanged. It is surprisingly quiet on the outside, since private cars are currently prohibited in the city centre. I am very wondered about a white snow gang that is not used to see in the centre of Helsinki. Cars are no longer dirting it and street heating has been phased out to save energy and carbonise the heat island effect. Prior to my posting, I will visit my homelands of childhood in the Arabian Bank. Pick up from the tram at the shopping centre. The old brick building is in place, but new dwellings have been built. There is no longer a demand for artisanal movements. After reaching the beach, I will see how many grasslands have grown from the genome of an open area that was still grassland for decades ago. There is a clear improvement in biodiversity. Three towers are still familiar along the direction of the fishing port, as the construction project was not completed. The barrels of the Hana Island and Salmisaare power plants have disappeared from the landscape since they closed more than two decades ago. After the works, I go to the evening of the Kaivo Park to spend time before the meeting. The sky of the sun is dark, the amount of waste light has been severely limited in order to save electricity and promote animal welfare. The perception of astronight has also been shown to contribute to people’s well-being. Helsinki has changed for the better from what it was three decades ago. Belated worm and run-off. After getting out of the door, the knee up to the snow and I don’t need to be riaked. I therefore decide to walk and watch the landscape, because I am belated. The end-to-end green corridors of the city show little movement in winter. I need the voices of nature in the summer. Otherwise, nowadays, it is quiet because the volume of traffic is much smaller. So there are few voices, and only a whitle-white clean snow is visible. I walk to work in a calm landscape. I received a report on the increase in Lepidoptera in Helsinki, where I was very satisfied. I have a certain success, because increasing biodiversity has been one of my objectives. It has been greatly affected by the expansion of urban vegetation areas and their naturalisation. After the working day, I will decide to go to the nearby forest to see the stars, which I will do in most of the lunches. They are visible because I no longer have so much light pollution. Then in the direction of the meeting place of my group. We meet and leave at our old secondary school towards Vallia —Convenient when today’s roads are white —in —Is not brown —no. Nor does it improve its driving so much —No really not an ongoing debate —Helsinki did not achieve its objective of increasing the number of inhabitants; ideally leave space for non-residential buildings in the city it is also good in terms of the cost of services, including housing; —No Joo —albeit it has also fallen —yes would be able to accommodate a large number of people if more cloud designers were built; —is a problem here too; —that is. —they do not agilely increase the population; —and create a lot of shadow that hampers all forms of vegetation; —nii that they did not come; —fortunately: —although not much more buildings have been built; —No did not need it when older people are already full of the place —they have been able to repair administrative buildings have also been saved from the 19th century when they have been renovated, i.e. no wonder that we have been able to work in the same way as other buildings This has been saved yes to forests I remember that, at least in the south of Laajasalo, the construction project was interrupted and the forest is safe It was a stone Indeed. In addition to the voyage of Laajasalo, many more forests have been left natural. Excluding small paths No Joo, but not much of the forest, if one part of the tree takes off the pole and moves further away to allow it to navigate No. No. The story has increased diversity, but much more Dear so, nature is better in the city everything seems to go better than could have been imagined in the past
we create our future
we create our future
love , collaboration, inspiration , wellbaing , time and oppotrunitiew to create, share
Life in climate change A (Elämää ilmastonmuutoksessa A)
Life in climate change A (Elämää ilmastonmuutoksessa A)
In the morning, in the morning, on the penetrating plywood, I am delighted to my small room. My home is not very large, but it is practical. It is a new house built as environmentally friendly and sustainable as this information has been able to do. As a breakfast, I eat rye bread and spread on it. Some of the supplies, such as herbs and shoots, have been able to grow themselves, although most of the time is dark in Finland. Fortunately, the lamps are able to simulate the light of the sun. Even at a younger age, I had a vegetarian focus, but I have now completely moved to a completely plant-based diet, like most other people. Electricity and heating in house companies come from renewable energy sources and recycling is a very important part of our daily life in our house company and throughout Helsinki. When I go to work, Helsinki’s familiarity with cereals has already started and many people tweet on the streets. Most of the people travelling next to the noise source rather than traffic – all means of transport have become electrified and therefore do not emit much noise. I don’t even own the car, as the Helsinki-resident has no use. Ubiquitous through public transport or electric scooters, bicycles and other electrical equipment. I can easily get to work by tram. They have changed considerably from trams that I remember of my childhood – for example, tickets no longer pay anything. On the way, I look out out of the window to green parks. The green infrastructure has been increased much since my childhood and I think it makes the city more comfortable. The houses have green roofs, streets bordering trees. When I pick up from a tram, I can walking to my place of work via the park. There are a number of these in Helsinki to add ecological corridors for organisms living with us. After the working day, I usually visit a walking walking or a natural park close to my home. I will then return home and prepare my own food. I will try to use the widest possible range of food in our food establishment. For example, I use a lot of beans and lentils, legumes, mushrooms, nuts and cereal products in food. From my smart watch, I can check with a single overview whether some minerals or vitamins need to be added to food. I see other important health data and connect with my home electronic devices. Most of my home furniture is electronic and can also be guided by speech, which I think is very convenient. This was sometimes very risky from the point of view of data protection, but fortunately it has now been resolved. After a long day, I can see my friends. Together, we eat an excellent lettuce, exchange of views and discuss how much the world has changed. In the evening, after having got home to my small sofa, I will look for a period of one of my nil series.
Winter Helsinki 2050 A (Talvinen Helsinki 2050 A)
Winter Helsinki 2050 A (Talvinen Helsinki 2050 A)
Story from Helsinki in 2050 Task Returned In the morning, I wondered the morning of my morning to the link towards a nearby forest. In the morning, street lights ignited with what I close to me and closed behind. After the link, I stayed from the truck’s home and left towards the nearest fast track to which I travelled to the metro station. At the metro station, I got down to the metro. In metro, the clouds built there, when passing the fishing port, are cut off by cloud photographers. Nuostuani from the metro on the railway railway thus Finland’s main railway station In all its old commands. Towards one of the dozens of offices in the centre The buildings that have been working longer than I say that the office is no longer in place since the last pandemic. AVAS computer and quantum computer for which I develop the system. I live today in Tampere, but I now spend one night in Helsinki for work. I will travel to Helsinki by train early in the morning. The train journey lasted only one hour along a new line. Helsinki’s main railway station remains unchanged. It is surprisingly quiet on the outside, since private cars are currently prohibited in the city centre. I am very wondered about a white snow gang that is not used to see in the centre of Helsinki. Cars are no longer dirting it and street heating has been phased out to save energy and carbonise the heat island effect. Prior to my posting, I will visit my homelands of childhood in the Arabian Bank. Pick up from the tram at the shopping centre. The old brick building is in place, but new dwellings have been built. There is no longer a demand for artisanal movements. After reaching the beach, I will see how many grasslands have grown from the genome of an open area that was still grassland for decades ago. There is a clear improvement in biodiversity. Three towers are still familiar along the direction of the fishing port, as the construction project was not completed. The barrels of the Hana Island and Salmisaare power plants have disappeared from the landscape since they closed more than two decades ago. After the works, I go to the evening of the Kaivo Park to spend time before the meeting. The sky of the sun is dark, the amount of waste light has been severely limited in order to save electricity and promote animal welfare. The perception of astronight has also been shown to contribute to people’s well-being. Helsinki has changed for the better from what it was three decades ago. Belated worm and run-off. After getting out of the door, the knee up to the snow and I don’t need to be riaked. I therefore decide to walk and watch the landscape, because I am belated. The end-to-end green corridors of the city show little movement in winter. I need the voices of nature in the summer. Otherwise, nowadays, it is quiet because the volume of traffic is much smaller. So there are few voices, and only a whitle-white clean snow is visible. I walk to work in a calm landscape. I received a report on the increase in Lepidoptera in Helsinki, where I was very satisfied. I have a certain success, because increasing biodiversity has been one of my objectives. It has been greatly affected by the expansion of urban vegetation areas and their naturalisation. After the working day, I will decide to go to the nearby forest to see the stars, which I will do in most of the lunches. They are visible because I no longer have so much light pollution. Then in the direction of the meeting place of my group. We meet and leave at our old secondary school towards Vallia Convenient as today’s roads are white then Is not a brown humour No. Nor does it improve its driving so much No is certainly not an ongoing debate Helsinki did not achieve its objective of increasing the number of inhabitants; ideally leave space for non-residential buildings in the city it is also good in terms of the cost of services, including housing; No Joo fortunately, it has also fallen yes, there would be a lot of people here if more cloud designers were built too, they have a problem this is the case. they do not agilely increase the population they create a lot of shadow that hampers all forms of vegetation; wondered that they did not come; congratulations not much more buildings have been built. No did not need it when older people are already full of the place they have been able to repair administrative buildings have also been saved from the 19th century when they have been renovated, i.e. they have not won’t won’t be able to work in the same way as other buildings. This has been saved yes to forests I remember that, at least in the south of Laajasalo, the construction project was interrupted and the forest is safe It was a stone Indeed. In addition to the voyage of Laajasalo, many more forests have been left natural. Excluding small paths No Joo, but not much of the forest, if one part of the tree takes off the pole and moves further away to allow it to navigate No. No. The story has increased diversity, but much more Dear so, nature is better in the city everything seems to go better than could have been imagined in the past
Law – Future: future for all (Δίκαιο-Μέλλον: μέλλον για όλους)
Law – Future: future for all (Δίκαιο-Μέλλον: μέλλον για όλους)
I imagine that the problems that currently dampen humanity will gradually disappear, laying the foundations for a fairer society (at all levels: social, economic, etc.), where laws and rules work/apply the same for all. I want to believe that it will be a time when freedom is a right of everyone, not a privilege of a few. It will be a society in which you can live and grow up safely and calm and that people effectively respect the lives around them, the environment and nature.
Life in climate change B (Elämää ilmastonmuutoksessa B)
Life in climate change B (Elämää ilmastonmuutoksessa B)
After I bleached from my small home to the city’s corners. I see many people on the way to school, work or somewhere else. However, traffic voices are smaller than they have been in the past. As soon as I abscond, I will move to search for shoots from my green boxes, which I can eat on the morning. Using a smart loudspeaker, I ask the kitchen lights on and on music. As a morning piece, I eat my own bread on which I set the shoots that I have grown and smooth, made from entirely domestic berries and products. After my Aamupalan, I dress a day’s clothes made responsibly. My home is fully rotating with renewable energy. The last weeks have rained water every day, now it has finally come to an end. I start my commuting by taking my e-bottomer from charging and starting towards my job. During my journey, it takes place through different parks through green passages. After the work, I will buy the meals for the following week. My food cage contains mostly fresh vegetables, various beans, oats products and flour. Leivo’s weekly bread and various snacks. After reaching my home, my friend is already on the way to me, so I will start cooking. As they arrive at our tips, we kick off a compbucha, and we start to eat lettuce. We will discuss with them how the world has changed in 25 years and how our daily lives differ. When they leave home, the sector’s yogamy and relaxation. At the end of the evening, I’m looking for films and a spirit, without really anything wondering.
Free as a bird
Free as a bird
Free by all means: less poverty, more social justice, better health security, more mobility around the world and more choices in life.
Together on a healthy earth (Όλοι μαζί σε μια υγιή γη)
Together on a healthy earth (Όλοι μαζί σε μια υγιή γη)
Especially recently, I feel that in many areas we are not going well. However, two seem to me to be the most critical points for change: (a) the large climate chapter, and (b) the gradual elimination of active citizenship, who is interested in their fellow citizens and the community to which they belong/are part of/live. In 2040, therefore, we will ideally have achieved any change that can still occur in terms of climate change. The temperature will remain stable at current levels, the glaciers will continue to suffer, heat fires will have been reduced, etc. The ways we have achieved this achievement will be holistic and long-term, so that they will have an effect and duration (e.g. in Paris they are trying to unlock rivers and streams in order to bring down the temperature, while at the same time taking the public through the installation of air-conditioning units, which would raise the temperature of at least 2 degrees in the city). Of course, this approach is linked to the second strand of the described future, that of active citizenship. In order to achieve this, the people of the Earth will have changed mindsets, the sense of responsibility we all have towards the planet, not only in theory, but in substance, has been strengthened. The world will have mobilised, realising that changes are not taking place by writing 2 whistle-blower paragraphs on the internet that may inspire a proportion of the world, but so far, but need concrete actions, which are organised, cooperative, shared and mass. As active citizens, we will enjoy solidarity, conspiracy and mutual support for each other’s fellow citizens, building on and strengthening the concept of public space vis-à-vis the private one. Everyone’s altruism, feeling of inclusiveness and empathy will have increased. Every action and every attempt to make a positive change is part of a chain, where each link is linked to the others and it is impossible to fundamentally change the situation if we do not act comprehensively and through all the parts that make up the living system.
Winter Hesink 2050 B (Talvinen Hesink 2050 B)
Winter Hesink 2050 B (Talvinen Hesink 2050 B)
Story from Helsinki in 2050 In the morning, I wondered the morning of my morning to the link towards a nearby forest. In the morning, street lights ignited with what I close to me and closed behind. After the link, I stayed from the truck’s home and left towards the nearest fast track to which I travelled to the metro station. At the metro station, I got down to the metro. In metro, the clouds built there, when passing the fishing port, are cut off by cloud photographers. Nuostuani from the metro on the railway railway thus Finland’s main railway station In all its old commands. Towards one of the dozens of offices in the centre The buildings that have been working longer than I say that the office is no longer in place since the last pandemic. AVAS computer and quantum computer for which I develop the system. I live today in Tampere, but I now spend one night in Helsinki for work. I will travel to Helsinki by train early in the morning. The train journey lasted only one hour along a new line. Helsinki’s main railway station remains unchanged. It is surprisingly quiet on the outside, since private cars are currently prohibited in the city centre. I am very wondered about a white snow gang that is not used to see in the centre of Helsinki. Cars are no longer dirting it and street heating has been phased out to save energy and carbonise the heat island effect. Prior to my posting, I will visit my homelands of childhood in the Arabian Bank. Pick up from the tram at the shopping centre. The old brick building is in place, but new dwellings have been built. There is no longer a demand for artisanal movements. After reaching the beach, I will see how many grasslands have grown from the genome of an open area that was still grassland for decades ago. There is a clear improvement in biodiversity. Three towers are still familiar along the direction of the fishing port, as the construction project was not completed. The barrels of the Hana Island and Salmisaare power plants have disappeared from the landscape since they closed more than two decades ago. After the works, I go to the evening of the Kaivo Park to spend time before the meeting. The sky of the sun is dark, the amount of waste light has been severely limited in order to save electricity and promote animal welfare. The perception of astronight has also been shown to contribute to people’s well-being. Helsinki has changed for the better from what it was three decades ago. Belated worm and run-off. After getting out of the door, the knee up to the snow and I don’t need to be riaked. I therefore decide to walk and watch the landscape, because I am belated. The end-to-end green corridors of the city show little movement in winter. I need the voices of nature in the summer. Otherwise, nowadays, it is quiet because the volume of traffic is much smaller. So there are few voices, and only a whitle-white clean snow is visible. I walk to work in a calm landscape. I received a report on the increase in Lepidoptera in Helsinki, where I was very satisfied. I have a certain success, because increasing biodiversity has been one of my objectives. It has been greatly affected by the expansion of urban vegetation areas and their naturalisation. After the working day, I will decide to go to the nearby forest to see the stars, which I will do in most of the lunches. They are visible because I no longer have so much light pollution. Then in the direction of the meeting place of my group. We meet and leave at our old secondary school towards Vallia Convenient as today’s roads are white then Is not a brown humour No. Nor does it improve its driving so much No is certainly not an ongoing debate Helsinki did not achieve its objective of increasing the number of inhabitants; ideally leave space for non-residential buildings in the city it is also good in terms of the cost of services, including housing; No Joo fortunately, it has also fallen yes, there would be a lot of people here if more cloud designers were built too, they have a problem this is the case. they do not agilely increase the population they create a lot of shadow that hampers all forms of vegetation; wondered that they did not come; congratulations not much more buildings have been built. No did not need it when older people are already full of the place they have been able to repair administrative buildings have also been saved from the 19th century when they have been renovated, i.e. they have not won’t won’t be able to work in the same way as other buildings. This has been saved yes to forests I remember that, at least in the south of Laajasalo, the construction project was interrupted and the forest is safe It was a stone Indeed. In addition to the voyage of Laajasalo, many more forests have been left natural. Excluding small paths No Joo, but not much of the forest, if one part of the tree takes off the pole and moves further away to allow it to navigate No. No. The story has increased diversity, but much more Dear so, nature is better in the city everything seems to go better than could have been imagined in the past
Free yourself (Free yourself )
Free yourself (Free yourself )
A better future for them would be a future in which conservative human rights views on gender identity have been eliminated. In general, I have the impression that the better relations between citizens and the less polarisation, perhaps we may be able to better deal with any phenomenon, no matter how much it may be seen with personal release, such as climate change.
Unconditional democracy
Unconditional democracy
A society truthfully based on the principles of democracy. Justice and equality in all aspects of social life. Quality of life and democratic distribution of money and resources. Education, work and health facilities for all. Absence of political lobbies and agendas.
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