Ecotopia 2121

Though it seems like it could be a big prank story, serious news outlets are reporting about the drafting of laws granting person-hood to mass-produced robots. See for instance: European Robots to Become Human-Persons? The Ecotopia 2121 project tackled this issue in a number of ways, including the following story about the city of Palo Alto, USA, in the future: Most people believe that there are only two real certainties: death and taxes. In Palo Alto 2121, located in Califor

The Ecotopia 2121 Project details the futures of 100 cities across the globe as though they've somehow overcome all the grave environmental challenges our age and grown to become super-Green and super-ecofriendly. This month, we highlight the future of Macau. Macau had to shutter-down its casinos for the first time in history to deal with Super-Typhoon Mangkhut. Here's how Macau can future-proof itself against the stronger climate-changed oceanic storms of tomorrow. Macau’s l

The Ecotopia 2121 Project details the futures of 100 cities across the globe as though they've somehow overcome all the grave environmental challenges our age and grown to become super-Green and super-ecofriendly. This month, we highlight the future of Rio de Janeiro. When the land now settled as Brazil was explored in 1506 by mapmaker Amerigo Vespucci, he characterized the Indian societies living there in utopian terms. Whilst Amerigo was weary of the strange behaviors of so

The Ecotopia 2121 Project details the futures of 100 cities across the globe as though they've somehow overcome all environmental challenges to become super-ecofriendly. This month, we highlight the future of Antalya. Antalya is city of a million people on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. The tourist brochures promote Antalya as one of the most visited cities in the world, attracting tourists from all over Europe for its sunshine, for its seaside, and for its historical set