The Ecotopia 2121 Project details the futures of thousands of 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 Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. One of the persistent challenges for the South East Asian cities on the Mekong River, like Phnom Penh, is flooding. These floods can be seasonal or episodic. In future Phnom Penh,

The urban eco-future of Havana, Cuba

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.