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Thu, Oct 25 2007

Cleanest and Greenest Places In The World


I delved deeper into the study done by Reader’s Digest as I have talked about in my previous post. After all, come the day I decide to go live in another country, I would certainly want to live in somewhere green.

As per the authors of the study, they said, “It’s an inescapable fact: People living in affluent countries tend to be better educated, enjoy a higher standard of living, live longer lives and have a brighter future. The downside: Their material wealth results in a larger carbon footprint.”

Anyhow, here are some of the top ten lists that you may want to know about as per the results of the study.

10 best countries

  1. Finland
  2. Iceland
  3. Norway
  4. Sweden
  5. Austria
  6. Switzerland
  7. Ireland
  8. Australia
  9. Uruguay
  10. Denmark

10 worst countries

  1. Haiti
  2. Mali
  3. Guinea-Bissau
  4. Mozambique
  5. Burundi
  6. Chad
  7. Burkina Faso
  8. Sierra Leone
  9. Niger
  10. Ethiopia

10 best cities

  1. Stockholm, Sweden
  2. Oslo, Norway
  3. Munich, Germany
  4. Paris, France
  5. Frankfurt, Germany
  6. Stuttgart, Germany
  7. Lyon, France
  8. Dusseldorf, Germany
  9. Nantes, France
  10. Copenhagen, Denmark

10 worst major cities

  1. Athens, Greece
  2. Tel Aviv, Israel
  3. Chennai, India
  4. Cracow, Poland
  5. Taipei, Taiwan
  6. Bangkok, Thailand
  7. Guangzhou, PR China
  8. Mumbai, India
  9. Shanghai, PR China
  10. Beijing, PR China

[Via Peterhorn]
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Comments

  1. By prakash

    hi,
    all the places you mentioned are cold desert areas.

  2. By sayed baqir

    I would like to have some information about how to make our county and society green

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