Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Natural Residents



Summary

In the article Natural Residents the writer mentioned the new development tower which is located in the reclaimed land in Malmo Sweden called Turning Torso. It’s designed to promote the urban living by mixing the animals and humans at home. Turning Torso is made of modern materials; also people around this tower can see everything through curtainless windows. In the new 1300 apartment phase Bo01 developer’s work shows the new green methods of renewable energy, sustainable transport and waste management. Developers should choose 10 green feature from a list of 35 to incorporate into their design. Annika Kruuse one of the employees who was working on Bo01 monitors that there is a lot of kinds of animal like groups of birds and in the saltwater canal also several species of fish. Martin Rugfelt business developer, suggests that they use the empty area to have bigger green spaces. By following the strategy of Bo01 developers are now working in Bo02 and Bo03 to attract people to live in a green lifestyle; more over while people are living there they maintain Earth’s biodiversity and children are taught to grow their own food. Finally, Malmo nowadays tries to increase the number of habitats across a wider area by making it easier for plants and animals to live together and by increasing biodiversity.

Main idea

The main idea of this article is to have a green method in Malmo city in Sweden in a specific complex by doing some towers that have a new technology that work to have a sustainable environment and maintain Earth’s biodiversity.

Comment

This article was interesting because I never read about these subjects before. Moreover the article is well structured because it is divided into paragraphs and each paragraph has a main idea and the points are well explained. I agree with the author because this article shows us how people improve things and reach an easy life and keep our earth safe.

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