submitted by Sindre Fredsvik, First Stop Student Ambassador
What can two leading cities in sustainability potentially learn from each other? How transferable are successful practices from European cities to the American context and vice versa?
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Bob Packard, ZGF (left) with Pers Ankersjö, Stockholm Vice-Mayor for the Environment |
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While these questions are highly pertinent and should be asked, perhaps
the more valuable lessons come from examining their differences. What
became apparent during recent conversations between Stockholm’s leaders
and Portland’s experts are the differences in each city’s commitments to
sustainability as well as the forces behind them.