The World from PRX

Sustainable living

The white facade of the Living Lab in Sweden with a light on in the upstairs window.
Climate Change
This ‘living lab’ in Sweden experiments with the future of sustainable cities 
The aspern Seestadt district is designed with high urban density and extremely high energy efficiency standards as a priority. 
The Big Fix
Vienna’s green mini-city offers a model for sustainable, urban living
Members and friends of the Myrtle Hill commune, in norther Vermont, gather in front of a geodesic dome in the summer of 1971.
Lifestyle
Today’s movement toward sustainable living echoes the not-so-distant past
Dr. Jeff Wilson, otherwise known as Professor Dumpster, resides in a modern dumpster behind the women’s dorm at Huston-Tillotson University.
Environment
‘Professor Dumpster’ has turned a big trash bin into a tiny home