A City Built for Sunshine
In a moment of climate fatalism, ecomodernists are imagining a green urbanism that doesn’t come at the cost of abundance or beauty.
Upward view of balconies and vegetation. Vertical Forest, Milan, Italy. Architect: Stefano Boeri Architetti, 2014. (Photo by Inigo Bujedo Aguirre / View Pictures / Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
If there is hope, it lies in the solar panels. The last decade has not been abundant in good news, but for perhaps one technological advance: we can now build solar, hydro-, and wind power so cheaply, at such quantity, and with such efficiency that, if our society were so inclined, we could run entire […]
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