City of the Future: Masdar

Just heard an excellent segment of On Point about Masdar City, currently being built in Abu Dhabi, capital of the UAE, with the goals to be carbon neutral, produce 100% renewable energy, and generate zero waste. It was a fascinating interview, and I recommend taking a listen and checking out the Masdar website. It's a huge, ambitious project, but it's the sort of thing that can actually be a game-changer, serving as a model of sustainable living for green urban planning and development. Watch some of the videos, including this "fly through" of the city below - those Personal Rapid Transit pods are right out of Minority Report:



Very, very cool stuff. It's also important to see global cooperation take place in the heart of the Middle East to produce innovative technology and information/knowledge exports beyond the UAE's reliance on oil.

It's truly amazing, and it will be interesting to follow Masdar's development. I want to visit.