DoomsdaysCW<p>Mentioned in Gen Daquinan's article "Degrowing towards a Solarpunk Future," the city of Almere...</p><p>"Almere: A Solarpunk City</p><p>"Almere, the youngest city in the Netherlands, is known for its Garden City movement. The Garden City is one of Ebenezer Howard’s utopian city visions. A distinctive feature of urban planning in Almere is its commitment to giving residents greater freedom to design their own homes. As a relatively new city, this freedom to design homes is important as it disrupts the monotony of cookie-cutter houses in the Netherlands. A garden city, as shown in the map above, contains elements of accessible greenery, particularly parks and farms. This solarpunk aesthetic is something that Almere is attempting to achieve. Moving beyond the traditional ‘garden city’ model, Almere aims to amplify the processes of nature, creating life-supporting urban habitats for people and other living things by becoming a ‘green city’ by 2040."</p><p>Almere is already a pretty green city...</p><p>The Natural World of Almere</p><p>"Come to Almere; you'll discover woodlands, parks, beaches and an abundance of water. Where once was seabed, it has all been reclaimed by nature to create various wildlife habitats. Unique, not just in the Netherlands, but in the whole of Europe."</p><p><a href="https://www.visitalmere.com/en/discover/nature/nature" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">visitalmere.com/en/discover/na</span><span class="invisible">ture/nature</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkSunday</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AlmereNetherlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlmereNetherlands</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AlmereNederlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlmereNederlands</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPunkCityPlanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkCityPlanning</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenCities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenCities</span></a></p>