TDIC Projects

My partner Rashed Al Zaabi and I researched about the future project of The Eastern Mangrove. You can view our presentation which is embedded below in this post. The presentation gives an idea on what will be done in the future in the eastern mangrove road. A resort and spa will be built and it seems to be a beautiful place from the pictures.

The project that I liked the most was Qasar Al Sarab which will be built in the middle of the desert in Liwa. It will have a five star luxury hotel, health spa, conference centered and tented villas. I believe the health spa will provide peace and tranquility for those who crave it. The idea of going to Liwa to have a good time will be weird because we are used to go there just for riding our dirt bikes. Having a good retreat to go to will be great and escaping from the distraction and stress of the city life.

The least interesting project was Saadiyat Island because it’s been done before in other islands such as Al Reem Island. The island will have many hotels and many different places and scenery. The island will be the same way as the other islands without offering anything new. Another point is the transportation because I think it will be difficult to reach. One of the good things that are it will offer a lot of job of opportunities.

In conclusion the projects that are planned in Abu Dhabi are huge and costly. It will attract a lot of tourists and many different nationalities. One of the bad points about a lot of people coming into the country is that the crime rate will increase as we can see this happening in Dubai. The revenue from these projects will be very good for the economy but at what cost.

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Cool City Comments

Good adaptations:

1. Using operable roof which is supposed to work depending on the weather. When the weather is hot like in the summer it will close up and reduce the sunlight that streams in. While in the winter it will use the natural air from the cool weather.

2. Encouraging people to recycle more. More supermarkets should emulate Géant hypermarkets in introducing deposit payments for recycling plastic bags.

3. Changing the lighting used in malls to fluorescent bulbs. This will help reduce the bill and it is believed that is more efficient incandescent bulbs.

Bad adaptations:

1. Making the cities cooler and more eco-friendly will be costly. Building towers to reduce Co2 and making walkways cooler, the $22 billion project of Masdar city will be environmental but on business view it will cost a lot of money to build.

2. Water will be a main source and will be used more. The water consumption will increase and with the days passing water will be hard to get or desalinate to offer to consumers.

3. It might be impractical because people would have to walk instead of using cars or other sources of transportation.

This is a link to a video about Masdar city http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWVsi0UtmgI

My Carbon Footprint: Problems & Solutions

My name is Ahmed Al Muhairy and I am going to talk about my carbon footprint. First of all, the term carbon footprint means the area of land and ocean you consume as a person and your requirements of food, goods, services, housing, energy and waste. In the website http://footprint.wwf.org.uk/ my score was 2.37 so this means that I am living in more than two earths. Using http://www.myfootprint.org/ I scored 15.32 earths which were pretty bad. I am going to identify 3 main problems that led to my high score (one score?) in the quizzes.


First was that I do not recycle anything whether paper, plastic or metal which doesn’t help to reduce the waste in the country. Second, I tend to use my car on a daily basis as a means of transport and a car is a huge source of air pollution. Finally, I eat a lot meat and dairy products the only good thing I could find from the results of my quiz was that I don’t heat my house a lot because it doesn’t get that cold in the UAE.
One of the things I should do is try to recycle any material I have bought and encourage members of my family to do the same using the recycle place near Spinneys. Recycling is important because it helps to turn waste into useful materials.
Another solution would be to not use my car all the time and try walking to nearby places, also going with a friend or using public transport would be better. Finally making my diet healthier by cutting down on meat and dairy products and making vegetables the main source of my meal instead of meat products
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In conclusion I didn’t know that I was having such a huge impact on the world. I believe that everyone should do these questionnaires and look at what he or she can do in order to reduce his or her carbon footprint.

An Inconvenient Truth: Evaluation

I think the movie was interesting because it gives us an idea of what is happening in our planet. I used to think that global warming was an over hyped subject but after watching "An Inconvenient Truth" I learned many new things about it. It turned out to be a very serious thing that can cause a lot of damage to our lives.

The movie caught my attention with the graphs and pictures. Moreover, a brief look into was insightful because he showed us how a person's life can be affected when they lost someone or something. As we saw when he lost his sister after her battle with lung cancer.

Watching the documentary I couldn't help but feel there was a political side to all of this through the way he spoke. After losing the race in the year 2000 I felt there still something lingering and that he still wants to be president. When the movie finished I wanted to know has there been any progress since the release of the film

Have any other countries realized the dangers of global warming and what they can do to try and prevent it? I would like to add that now after watching this film global warming is a real problem and as humans living in this earth should come together and prevent it from continuing.

This is a link to award the movie got http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e6LKm1QcXI

An Inconvenient Truth: Summary

In the movie "An Inconvenient Truth”, released in 2006, former US presidency candidate Al Gore talks about global warming and how it affected his life in many different ways.

He defines global warming in a way in which the audience can understand easily. He shows graphs about global warming and what he has done to inform people about the problem.

Gore gives a detailed idea about what is going to happen if nothing is done.


He first became aware of the problem when he was studying in Harvard during the 1970's. There were many events that changed his way of thinking such as losing the presidency in the year 2000; it was a sort of awakening for him because after losing, he began a global warming mission.



If this continues, there won't be a good outcome, many people and animals will lose their homes. Also the floods in the US have been a result of global warming.

According to Gore, if the ice sheets continue to melt, the melt water will enter the ocean, thus stopping the cycle of the oceans and the climate will change in countries so the cold country for example Greenland will be warm and vice versa.


To conclude, the narrator tells us the best way to stop global warming is to reduce the CO2 levels in the atmosphere by making the cars more efficient and growing more trees.

Critical Thinking

In this summary I am going to give an idea about critical thinking.
First of critical thinking is defined as a mental process of analyzing, synthesizing and evaluating information in order to reach an answer. When asked a question the critical thinker should look further than the answer and try to find more than one solution to the task at hand.
A good listener is one the important factors, listening to the speaker carefully and fully understanding what he is saying without passing judgment hastily. Observing all of the evidence you should be able to spot any irregularities quickly. After gaining experience you will be able to ask difficult questions without delving into fist assumptions. Critical thinking is important because it helps people look beyond what is given without limiting their thinking process.
In conclusion critical thinking demonstrates all the different ways we enjoy our lives, everyone has their own personal way of thinking and their entitled to it. Sometimes thinking “outside the box” can help to solve a problem.

About Me

My name is Ahmed Al Muhairy; I was born July 07, 1988 in Abu Dhabi. I have four brothers. I had a wonderful childhood filled with fun times and at first I was interested in football and my love for the game hasn't stopped until this day.

My only hobby is football. There are four different clubs that I support and they are Alain FC (UAE) , Manchester United (England), Real Madrid (Spain) and Inter Milan (Italy).I enjoy playing football alot and I always try to play whenever I get the chance. It's been my first hobby and since then its been great.

In my childhood I admit I was very spoiled. Don’t ask me why since I was the four of five brothers but life was good. As I grew up things started to change in my studies, I wasn’t a bad student but my marks were deteriorating so I started to get things straight and back on track.

As an early teenager I was sort of the quiet type that didn't talk much but I was blessed with many friends inside of school and outside .As for school, it was pretty routine, with the weekdays being all studying but having fun during the weekends. After spending secondary in a tough school, I felt I needed a change because frankly the school was ruining my life! my decision was to leave the school as soon as possible without ever looking back again. I will give credit where it's due because the school did help with my English learning. After leaving, I looked for an academy which will not take all my time. I found a suitable place that I was comfortable with.

When I entered highschool, it was a very different story because I had changed schools and the school that accepted me was a good school and they were very lenient in many ways. As a reasult the three years of high school were quick and easy ,and i have to admit as it was the best time of my life because I met alot of friendly people who became very good friends and acquaintances.

When I graduated my path was already in my mind and the HCT the next step. I hope to achieve what I want in the next two years and hope to go abroad when I graduate from it. The UK‘s climate I feel will best suite me because when I first visited it I fell in love with it, London is a very beautiful city with many distinctive places and restaurants.One of the reasons I chose London was, I have a friend studying there now. He was disappointed that I chose to stay in the UAE but i promised him that I would join him there and I intend to keep my word.