Description

Larry interviews Abby about her trip to Europe that is happening as the episode releases. We talk about what she hopes to learn from visits with officials in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, Bremen, Heidelberg, and Freiburg in Germany, and Barcelona in Spain.

Rotterdam

• Climate Proof Neighborhood
• Benthemplein: the largest water square in the world, and other sites around the Zoho neighborhood
• ZoHo rain garden: Functional gathering space that collects and reuses rain water
• Floating Bridge: 400m floating pedestrian bridge
• DakAkker: Rooftop farm and water management system
• Sponge Garden: Rain garden and green space designed to capture and reuse water

Bremen

• Bike City
• Bike Share: the city’s bike share program
• City Center Bike Tour: Recommended tour on city website
• Bicycle Zone - Neustadt District: 12-block zone in the city that prioritizes cycling

Heidelberg

• Carbon Neutral District
• Bahnstadt District: World’s largest passive house settlement
• Kindergarten Schwetzinger Terasse: Net-zero kindergarten

Freiburg

• City of the Future
• Vauban: example of one of the most sustainable neighborhoods in the world
• Model projects: the city has a map of various sustainability projects around the city, I will go to as many as I can

Barcelona

• David Roberts Vox article: Super Blocks
• Superblocks and other sustainable neighborhood demonstrations