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International Journal of Earth & Environmental Sciences Volume 1 (2016), Article ID 1:IJEES-116, 6 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-351X/2016/116
Review Article
Towards Sustainable Cities trough a Decrease in CO2 Emissions Based on Creating Consciousness on Human Habits and Its Relations to Body CO2 Emissions and Associated Impacts

Enrique Posada-Restrepo*, Gabriela Valencia-Galeano and David Robledo-Vélez

INDISA S.A. Grupo de Energía, Procesos y Medio Ambiente, carrera 75 # 48 A 27 Medellín, Colombia
Prof. Enrique Posada-Restrepo, INDISA S.A. Grupo de Energía, Procesos y Medio Ambiente, carrera 75 # 48 A 27 Medellín, Colombia; E-mail: enrique.posada@hatchindisa.com
09 August 2016; 06 October 2016; 08 October 2016
Posada E, Valencia G, Robledo D (2016) Towards Sustainable Cities trough a Decrease in CO2 Emissions Based on Creating Consciousness on Human Habits and Its Relations to Body CO2 Emissions and Associated Impacts. Int J Earth Environ Sci 1: 116. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-351X/2016/116

Abstract

When people see themselves as producers of CO2 emissions coming from their metabolic activities and are aware that through simple good practices and habits, those emissions could diminish, there is going to be a real lowering of them. We believe that many social mechanisms are going to be triggered if people develop good and conscious practices in the following major aspects: listening; feeling; good communications; writing and reading, gentle exercise; appreciation and recognition of people, of self and nature; slow and conscious eating; meditation; chanting; conversation, friendship and sharing. All these habits will help regulate metabolic oxygen use, decrease human body CO2 emissions, diminish food use and help avoiding waste. If these changes occur synchronized with conscious behavior and high quality attention, the effect is going to be permanent and is going to be associated with states of happiness, personal and group pride and satisfaction management.