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The Solar Village in Freiburg i. Br., Germany

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Posted by Treehugger this morning…I had to repost this because I spent a year living and working in Freiburg, and loved it…and yes, it’s very green. There’s a video you can watch, here, as Germany’s DW-TV takes a visit to Freiburg’s solar village at Schlierberg. More on Schlierberg here.

Freiburg has built its economy and reputation on being “Germany’s greenest city.” The 900 year old city decided in the 1970’s to reject nuclear power, and instead developed its own solar industry. In 1996, the city passed a resolution to reduce CO2 emissions to 25% below 1992 levels by 2010. In 1997, Solar-Fabrik decided to build a nonpolluting solar manufacturing plant in the city. Today the city draws tourists from around the world, who come to check out its super progressive architecture, city planning, educational institutions and industry and R&D.

If there’s a city to go tour through in Germany, this is definitely one of them.

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