

CITY OF THE POSTHUMAN CYBER-ZOMBIES
THE ECOTOPIA 2121 PROJECT PREDICTS THE FUTURES OF 100 SUPER ECO-FRIENDLY CITIES ACROSS THE GLOBE FOR 100 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE. THIS WEEK, WE FOCUS ON THE AMERICAN CITY OF PALO ALTO. Most people believe that there are only two real certainties: death and taxes. In Palo Alto 2121, located in California’s Silicon Valley, they laugh in the face of both. Here they get tax-breaks from the California state government to pursue weird techno-dreams that defy death. One dream is to co


The Sea Towers of Future Rio
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


Antalya: The Golden Orange Solar City
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


Gambling with Super-Typhoons in Future Macau
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