Living in NY, and in a building, I’ve noticed how often I use elevators on a daily basis. Back home building don’t go as high up as they do in NY, so I very rarely had to use an elevator to get around, but here stairs are becoming foreign to me; I only use elevators! Even when I’m only going to the 3^rd floor, I can’t help but use the elevator!

Elevators consume a lot of energy, which is why it is surprising to me that energy saving elevators still don’t exist! Now I can’t invent an energy saving elevator, but I can do my part and try to use the stairs more often, especially when I’m only going to the third floor. It’s not only a healthier choice for me, but for the environment itself.  Maybe I’ll start with trying to get to the second floor, then third, then fourth, and so on (I’m lazy.)

I’ve never used as much public transport as I have been in my first several weeks in NY. Using the subway and the bus I’ve come to realize how many people can fit in one vehicle! It is not the sort of solution that could save the environment, but it can help.

Standing in the subway, surrounded by so many other people, I could I could not even move my arm. I, and everyone else around me were standing so very closely, that is got me thinking about the amount of cars that would be on the road if all these people weren’t standing in the subway and driving cars instead. The destruction that would of caused the environment definitely would have been a lot worse than it is right now. Public transport makes things better.

Things could get even better if people were more open to use public transport, but in order for people to use more public transport there is a need to improve such facilities by having these facilities in top condition.

Coming from Jordan, sustainability is something I don’t know much about. Jordan is still a developing country that is just starting to show care for the environment, and is beginning to learn how to save energy.

I could come up with a list of things Jordan is doing wrong, and NEEDS to change immediately. My mother drives a hybrid car, and I would consider my family the green type, at least in Jordan. Not everyone drives a hybrid, but they are not the kind of people who annoy me. People who still use diesel for their cars annoy me. Not only do they make it hard to breathe, but also they’re surely destroying the environment. This needs to stop.

One way to go about stopping this is by limiting people’s needs to use diesel. Raising the price of diesel could do this. We know money is a huge factor in people’s decision-making process.