VANCOUVER, CANADA This city is serious about tackling waste—a June report found 2.6 million disposable cups wind up in the trash every week — and it recently approved a controversial modular housing project to help the homeless. According to Mayor Gregor Robertson, walking, biking, and public transportation trump cars when it comes to transit.
ICELAND Iceland is green in nearly every sense of the word. It’s the only country in the world whose electricity and heat are entirely generated from renewable sources, and thanks to its sparse population, air pollution is hardly an issue. Despite its baffling name — a trick by the Vikings to discourage future settlers — Iceland’s summers are green and warmer than Greenland’s.
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