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Fossil Fuel Free City

THE WORLD RAISED AN EYEBROW WHEN A SMALL SWEDISH CITY DECLARED THAT IT WOULD BECOME FOSSIL FUEL FREE BY TWO-THOUSAND FIFTY.    LEARN HOW VAXJO IS WALKING ITS TALK ON TODAY'S ENVIRONMINUTE.

VAXJO STARTED BY REBUILDING ITS DISTRICT HEAT PLANT TO RUN ON BIOMASS INSTEAD OF OIL. THIS HELPED THE CITY ACHIEVE AN ASTONISHING THIRTY PERCENT REDUCTION IN CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS PER CAPITA.

NOT ONLY DID THE CITY’S GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS PLUMMET -ENERGY PRICES FOR ITS RESIDENTS STAYED STABLE, WHILE THE PRICE OF OIL SHOT THROUGH THE ROOF. YET VAXJO AIMS HIGHER. THE CITY IS NOW TACKLING ITS PETROL-BASED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.

BUT CAN THESE LOCAL CHANGES MAKE A GLOBAL DIFFERENCE? PROJECT COORDINATOR HENRIK JOHANSSON THINKS SO.

JOHANNSON: INTERNATIONAL RESULTS ARE THE SUM OF ALL LOCAL RESULTS. 

VAXJO MAY BE SMALL, BUT IT IS LIVING LARGE AS AN EXAMPLE OF APPLIED GREEN GUMPTION! 

THE ENVIRONMINUTE IS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE HEINZ FAMILY PHILANTHROPIES AND THE HEINZ ENDOWMENTS.  LEARN MORE BY VISITING ENVIRONMINUTE-DOT-COM. 

Learn more about Vaxjo’s plan to become fossil fuel free.