This excellent clip by Radio Netherlands Worldwide tells of Dutch consultancy and engineering firm, DHV, and their efforts in Tianjin on the “Delta Diamonds ocean city development project.” Naturally, it is labeled as an eco-city project–Green sells, so why not? The objective, in a nut shell, is to create a series of new islands through [...]
Today marks the second anniversary of The Green Leap Forward.
Its been a real honor to bring news and analysis on China’s energy and environmental situation to the English-speaking world. GLF’s second year saw 65 new posts, roughly the same as the first (62) despite two major geographical relocations (Beijing -> Singapore -> Washington, D.C.) on [...]
There are perhaps 40 different eco-city projects across China at the moment. If you had to design your own city, what would its infrastructure look like? Are cities, per se, even the right form of settlement for eco-planners to design? Here, The Green Leap Forward takes a look at several ideas in eco-community design, inspired [...]
