Here's your chance not just to be the mayor, but the original city planner as well! Imagine a medium sized city that would be developed with modern, low carbon transportation in mind, and other strategies to reduce the average citizens' carbon footprints.
What would that city look like? Would that make you more likely to want to live there?
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Sustainable city
I think a very productive way to reduce carbon emission is through cities, and through the government. One thing I think would help is making sustainable and renewable energy more common and widespread. If it's the norm to run on sustainable energy, then it won't be expensive and will be used by the majority of people, instead of only those who can afford the extra price.
On my carbon footprint, the most impactful section was the transportation section, and I think that that's also the case for many people in my area. Therefore I think that another way to reduce carbon emissions in the city is through public transport. If the government put more funds into the public transport system, then more people would take it. Then they could focus on running public transport on clean energy. For example, AC transit from the Bay Area is taking steps to be more sustainable. "To reduce our dependence on diesel, we continue to develop hybrid buses and zero-emission fuel cell technology." (AC Transit)
Lastly, another way to reduce emissions is waste. Laura Newcomer gave many strategies on how to personally reduce waste, like buying things in bulk or buying less in general. (Newcomer) On behalf of the government, if things are sold in less packaging, and if there are more places where people can buy things in bulk, that would greatly help reduce waste in the city.
https://www.actransit.org/website/uploa … ity_09.pdf
https://greatist.com/live/reduced-packa … daily-life