Cities rewriting the climate rulebook
What if the answer to sky-high energy bills and the daily grind of getting to work was also the answer to climate change? That's the argument Rob Hopkins, founder of the Transition Towns movement, has been making for two decades. Across Europe, cities are proving him right. In Ungersheim, France, a mayor replaced the school bus with a horse-drawn carriage and built a market garden that feeds the town and employs its young people. In Marseille, a former McDonald's is now a community restaurant where a solar-powered oven cooks meals without gas or electricity. In the Netherlands, €500 million spent annually on cycling infrastructure saves an estimated €19 billion in health costs.What if the answer to sky-high energy bills and the daily grind of getting to work was also the answer to climate change? That's the argument Rob Hopkins, founder of the Transition Towns movement, has been making for two decades. Across Europe, cities are proving him right. In Ungersheim, France, a mayor replaced the school bus with a horse-drawn carriage and built a market garden that feeds the town and employs its young people. In Marseille, a former McDonald's is now a community restaurant where a solar-powered oven cooks meals without gas or electricity. In the Netherlands, €500 million spent annually on cycling infrastructure saves an estimated €19 billion in health costs.Expert summary pending. Showing the newcomer version.