Mollet del Valles has beautifully merged conservation, local sustainable agriculture, historic preservation, environmental education and recreational open space in Gallecs, a...
Category - Ecocity Snapshots
Ecocity Snapshots, Chapter 14- Munster, Germany: City of Short Distances
In 2004, LivCom named Munster as the most livable city on earth in its size category. This city of 300,000 people, 250 miles west of Berlin, was also named as the Climate...
Ecocity Snapshots, Chapter 13- Oslo, Norway: The blue and the green and the city in between
On Oslo’s green subway line, passengers board a train in the city center and step off at Sognsvann Lake to hike, bike, fish, swim or simply contemplate nature. Backpackers use the...
Ecocity Snapshots, Chapter 12 – Torres Vedras, Portugal: Rediscovering wind power
Torres Vedras excels at renewable energy generation and ecotourism, featuring extensive trail systems and a walkable, compact city center. The municipality also conducts an...
Ecocity Snapshots, Chapter 11 – Freiburg, Germany: Doing well by doing good
Freiburg deserves its “Green City” brand. This 220,000-person city on the edge of the Black Forest in southeastern Germany has consistently been in the forefront of all things...
Ecocity Snapshots, Chapter 10, Nijmegen, Netherlands: Room for the river
Nijmegen, 2018 European Green Capital, fights climate change with renewable energy, compact development and a transportation system that puts bicycles in the driver’s seat...
Ecocity Snapshots, Chapter 9: Essen, Germany: Greening brownfields
Essen lies at the heart of the Ruhr Valley, at one time one of the world’s largest concentrations of the coal and steel industries. Since the mid-20th Century, this city of...
Ecocity Snapshots, Chapter 8: Ljubljana, Slovenia: River as centerpiece
Ljubljana, home to 283,000 people, is the capital of Slovenia, the mountainous republic surrounded by Italy, Austria, Hungary and Croatia. After years of car-centric planning in...
Ecocity Snapshots, Chapter 7: Bristol, United Kingdom: Incubating change
Bristol describes itself as a “Laboratory for Change”. In awarding the 2015 title of European Green Capital to this city of 441,000 in South West England, the judges highlighted...
Ecocity Snapshots, Chapter 6: Copenhagen, Denmark: Good cycle karma
To “Copenhagenize” means to design cities for bikes rather than cars. Not surprisingly, Copenhagen sits atop the Copenhagenize Index, an international measure of a city’s bike...