Green Options » Chinese ecocity http://greenoptions.com/tag/chinese-ecocity Posts tagged 'Chinese ecocity' Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:38:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en First EcoCity in China Less than Two Years Away http://ecoworldly.com/2008/04/29/first-ecocity-in-china-less-than-two-years-away/ http://ecoworldly.com/2008/04/29/first-ecocity-in-china-less-than-two-years-away/#comments Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:38:41 +0000 Gavin Hudson http://ecoworldly.com/2008/04/29/first-ecocity-in-china-less-than-two-years-away/ Dongtan Ecocity, ChinaBy 2010, China will unveil a modern city powered by 100% renewable resources, capable of growing all of its own food using organic farming methods and recycling all of its waste.

The future city, Dongtan, is growing out of an island at the mouth of the Yangtze River Delta. The unique Ecocity being built on the island is also a creative way to protect the island’s ecologically sensitive wetland environment from China’s fast-paced development.

What will life in China’s first ecocity look like?

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