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Der er udsigt til en “megakatastrofe”, der vil påvirke millioner af mennesker i verdens allerstørste byer, hvis ikke den globale opvarmning afværges, siger FN.

Some of the world’s biggest cities are at growing risk of “megadisasters”, the UN’s humanitarian chief said Tuesday, warning that climate change was behind a rising number of natural catastrophes.

“We are going to see more disasters and more intense disasters as a result of climate change,” said UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes.

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Its somehow strange why human race is making everything more complicated the more “developed” they become. more and more average families move away from the city to claim fresh air and quiet life, depending on two cars just to be able to go to work or do the daily shopping, drive the kids to school etc etc etc. Urbanization makes the society so uneffective and yet less energy saving than anything else in this world. you need much more transport, more roads and surburban settlements occupies more land for roads, parking areas etc per person than a crowded city would do.

Mind that its the same people who claim for more freeways who are also the ones who wanted to escape the traffic by moving away from the city. They cause the traffic jams themselves by adding more cars to the crowd. Any car lover would come up with a lot of reasons why they prefer the car to any sort of public transport. But its a fact that most car drivers are much more stressed than people taking the bus or the bicycle. Some people would call me a fanatic, but I dont see anything fanatic about looking at the crazy traffic all over the world and see what kind of world the car industry has created. Do we need more freeways? Well, if you have a car you will say yes, but would like to have a freeway in your garden? I guess no. That is the kind of double standard that everybody should be aware of.

There are many alternatives to urbanization. Why is it that people dont want to live and work in the same area? Is it that complicated to face the simple solution of a huge problem? Do they really like to spend 4 hours every day in a traffic jam? I doubt.

Everytime you make a journey to a new destination, you notice that the world has become more and more poluted, and more crowded too, but not many think they can do anything about it. I have been thinking alot about the fact, that we all are able to do something, to take part in the process of spreading knowledge and ideas in how we make a better world. And we can all change our lifestyle.

There is no big difference in the needs and daily routines you have as someone at the other side of the world would have too. The main difference is the culture and the structures of the societies. We can all make a difference, especially in the socalled “developed” world. But in all countries, and even the poorest village in the world there are forces and great people who can take action too. All we have to do is to interact with people. Spread the message and believe that we can do something. Nobody will have faith in big changes if he think he is alone with his great visions.

It is time to stop closing the eyes for the problems just because they are not in your backyard. We all breath the same air and take advantage of the same agriculture and marine life in a globalized world. So we better watch out for the whole planet. Stand together and make some networking. I start from the scratch and I will concentrate on linking to those great people out there that are already doing a good job. Let me be your inspiration if I can.

More to come later