Stockholm, European Ecological Capital

In the Swedish capital, the urban planning allows over 95% of residents to live within 300 meters of a green space; carbon dioxide emissions in the air have decreased by 95% since the 1960s, and the capital aims for 0% fossil fuels by 2050. A toll was established in the early 2000s at the city entrance, and the revenue is used to finance and modernize the city's public transport network. All this abundant energy to preserve Mother Nature is supported and encouraged by residents who engage daily in small eco-citizen gestures and many other efforts to maintain this extraordinary capital.

The main idea of this tour is to better understand how the Swedish capital has managed to impose a more humane and environmentally respectful model of society and to discover ecology applied to architecture, transportation, heating, waste recycling, and industry. How Swedes live, move, and consume daily to uphold their ecological commitment and protect their capital from pollution and more.

Tour itinerary:

• Discovering the Djurgården eco-park
• Visiting the first eco-neighborhood: Hammarby Sjöstad
• Scheduled lunch break (not included)
• Visiting the eco-neighborhood of Norra Djurgårdstaden (Royal Seaport)