by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders The generation of food emits almost as much greenhouse gas (GHG) worldwide as the generation of electricity. Yet the food...
Category - Ecocity Snapshots
Gabrovo, Bulgaria – European Green Leaf 2021 Award Winner
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders Cats in Gabrovo have no tails, according to an ancient joke, because the people there are so cheap they don’t want to lose a...
2021 Is Finland’s Ecocity Year
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders Lahti, Finland, reigns as the 2021 European Green Capital and also hosts Ecocity Builders’ Ecocity Forum on November 1-2...
Ecocity Forum to Cap Lahti’s Year as European Green Capital 2021
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders The European Commission has named Lahti, Finland, as the 2021 European Green Capital in a competition that included nine cities...
Grenoble: Climbing Toward Sustainability
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders Surrounded by mountains and ski resorts, Grenoble is known as the Capital of the French Alps. Adding to this city’s list of...
Electric Vehicles Are Just Part of the Solution
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders The governor of California recently made headlines by announcing that all new passenger cars and light trucks sold in the state...
Award-Winning Mechelen Targets Ecocity Standards
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders The tower of St. Rumbold’s Cathedral offers an ideal view of the historic city of Mechelen, Belgium, once the capital of the Low...
Limerick Celebrates Winning European Green Leaf Award
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders That’s the good news. The bad news: Limerick’s Green Leaf Award is for 2020 and the pandemic has forced many of the events planned...
Expecting the Unexpected: Another Cautionary Example
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders Official government maps identify roughly half of the properties actually at risk of flooding in the US. Unlike the approach used...
Bicycling toward Equality
by Rick Pruetz, Vice President, Ecocity Builders During the pandemic, record numbers of people have (re)discovered bicycling as an enjoyable way to maintain health and fitness in...