This is going to be super cool, and is only a few years away from being completed!
gormanw writes
“Just outside Shanghai, there is an island about the size of Manhattan. China is going to build its first ever ‘green city’, complete with no gasoline/diesel powered vehicles, 100% renewable energy, green roofs, and recycling everything. The city is called Dongtan and it should house about 5,000 people by the end of 2010, with estimates of 500,000 by 2050. The goal is to build a livable city that is energy efficient, non-polluting, and protects the wildlife in the area.”
Here is the link to the original story, but it is difficult to read.
August 12, 2008 at 8:56 am
i never heard about this. It’s awesome if they can really make it. There are gonna more and more conturies want makeing “green city”.
August 12, 2008 at 9:10 am
Yes. I agree. My city in Canada was one of the first countries in Canada to try and be green. Composting and recycling in the 1980’s.
August 12, 2008 at 9:15 am
There is a cool article about 15 green cities around the world. For anyone confused, we use “green” as an adjective to describe environmentally friendly, or ecological.
http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2007/07/19/cities/