When deciding on where to settle, houses or apartments are far from being the only criteria: lifestyle truly matters. Throughout the world, new communities grow and their aim is rather clear: cultivating social connections and a sense of happy living amongst the people while respecting the surrounding nature. UniverCity's promise: building a city in the heart of nature.
Up Next in Planet Home: Ecological homes from around the globe
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A Leed house in Montreal
Benoit Lavigueur heads a construction company based in Canada. He has not only built an exemplary house in many different domains, but also teaches families basic knowledge in order to take the leap and make relevant choices for their ecological house.
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Minefield
In northern France, right in the heart of a mining region, Loos-en-Gohelle is a true oddity. If this small town of 7,000 inhabitants proudly shows the remains of its past and yet painful industry, it has also started a thorough green revolution to become a model of sustainable development.
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Passive houses
Rethinking a so-called sensitive neighbourhood's photography by integrating new houses that meet ecological norms, together with the will to promote social diversity, is what many towns publicly aim for.
In Le Havre, France, the urban renovation programme has thoroughly changed the Henri-Dunant ...
