THIS PROJECT DETAILS THE GREEN UTOPIAN FUTURES OF THOUSANDS OF REAL WORLD CITIES ACROSS THE GLOBE -- 100 YEARS FROM NOW. THIS WEEK, WE FEATURE THE FUTURE OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN CITY OF SANTIEGO. Santiago is a city of five million at the foot of the Chilean Andes. Just outside the city limits is a copper mine. The mine releases a slow trickle of sulfuric acid and arsenic into the outer neighborhoods of Santiago. The residents have kicked up a fuss for years, saying this toxic s

THE ECOTOPIA 2121 PROJECT PREDICTS THE FUTURES OF 100 SUPER ECO-FRIENDLY CITIES ACROSS THE GLOBE FOR 100 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE. THIS...

The future of cities on the Mediterranean coast

THE ECOTOPIA 2121 PROJECT WORKS TO PREDICT THE WAYS CITIES AROUND THE GLOBE CAN SURVIVE THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL CRISES TO BECOME SUPER-GREEN UTOPIAS. THIS WEEK, WE DRAW UP SUCH A SCENARIO OF A UTOPIAN FUTURE FOR THE BRAZILIAN CITY OF SAO PAULO. The crowded noisy streets of Brazil’s soccer capital of Sao Paolo are far from utopian. For millions of commuters, each working day often involves many hours of tortuous travel on over-heated, over-priced, and over-crowded buses.

Another marvelous future urban setting from the Ecotopia 2121 project