Comments on: SunGlacier: A Solar-Powered Leaf That Makes Ice in the Desert http://inhabitat.com/sunglacier-a-solar-powered-leaf-that-makes-ice-in-the-desert/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Fri, 24 May 2013 14:50:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: rasheno http://inhabitat.com/sunglacier-a-solar-powered-leaf-that-makes-ice-in-the-desert/comment-page-1/#comment-360192 rasheno Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:21:46 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=320714#comment-360192 I am sorry but I fail to see the benefit of this to humanity as a whole. To me it seems to only encourage the irresponsible expansion of human occupancy on desert land. I have lived in this region for 7 years now and have only found that generally speaking people here have no idea what is really happening in the world environmentally, they are on a roller coaster of consumerism and irresponsible development. The amount of waste and carbon footprints brought on my the rapid development and its subsequent construction of non-environmentally responsible building projects etc.. is unbelievable. Encouraging humans to further expand their habitat into desert environments without preparing a society for the evolutionary awareness of such steps and their impacts and consequences is suicide for our planet. For example just looking at the Dubai skyline and other construction projects, I do not see one single construction project that used sustainable and environmentally friendly construction practices and materials. When a society hasn't embraced the most important principals of sustainability how can a UN funded project like this for this region be justified. We have water shortage because of irresponsible growth in this region. Most importantly, there is no policing of environmental policies so most of the water tablets are polluted from hazardous processes by industries and most private businesses in this region. One example is a cement processing plant that spews out so much dust and residue from processing cement that most of the villagers in that area have asthma. In my opinion, education and fostering of awareness in people from this region about global environmental problems and how this region itself, being a heavy fossil fuel burning region, is contributing to the problem is the most important thing that UN should be pouring its money into. I am sorry but I fail to see the benefit of this to humanity as a whole. To me it seems to only encourage the irresponsible expansion of human occupancy on desert land. I have lived in this region for 7 years now and have only found that generally speaking people here have no idea what is really happening in the world environmentally, they are on a roller coaster of consumerism and irresponsible development. The amount of waste and carbon footprints brought on my the rapid development and its subsequent construction of non-environmentally responsible building projects etc.. is unbelievable. Encouraging humans to further expand their habitat into desert environments without preparing a society for the evolutionary awareness of such steps and their impacts and consequences is suicide for our planet.

For example just looking at the Dubai skyline and other construction projects, I do not see one single construction project that used sustainable and environmentally friendly construction practices and materials. When a society hasn’t embraced the most important principals of sustainability how can a UN funded project like this for this region be justified.

We have water shortage because of irresponsible growth in this region. Most importantly, there is no policing of environmental policies so most of the water tablets are polluted from hazardous processes by industries and most private businesses in this region. One example is a cement processing plant that spews out so much dust and residue from processing cement that most of the villagers in that area have asthma.

In my opinion, education and fostering of awareness in people from this region about global environmental problems and how this region itself, being a heavy fossil fuel burning region, is contributing to the problem is the most important thing that UN should be pouring its money into.

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