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The Danish Architecture Centre and CEBRA architects have created the
exhibition 'ecotopedia - walk the talk', the official Danish
contribution to the 11th International Architecture Exhibition, La
Biennale di Venezia 2008, as a platform for debate and the exchange of
knowledge within sustainable planning.
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'ecotopedia - walk the talk' reflects the overall theme and poses the question: “How can we inhabit this world in a dignified and sustainable way?” It is an invitation to the international community to debate and exchange knowledge about how cities can contribute to adapting to and dealing with global climate challenges.
Climate change is a global problem and it affects us all. Cities play a particular role as they are responsible for more than half the combined co2 emission and for the first time in history, the majority of the world population lives in cities. One of the greatest challenges we are faced with is the development of sustainable urban planning. Paradoxically, it is also cities that possess the potential to create a global framework for the 21st century’s most sustainable lifestyles. The exhibition presents a wide range of initiatives from businesses, projects and experts on how to do so.
The exhibition is built up around 7 principal themes and presents 7 global initiatives with Danish participation that present concrete proposals on how we can create a sustainable future.
WORLD – infinite futures
CLIMATE ZONES – natural beauty in transformation
CONTINENTS – diversity of human settlements
CITIES – challenge and potential
EXPERTS – in dialogue with the world
NETWORKS – generating collective action
GLOBAL INITIATIVES – that walk the talk.
What is ecotopedia?
ecotopedia is a combination of three words. ’eco’ is the english abbreviation for ecological and also refers to economy. ’topedia’ refers both to place (topos) and knowledge (pedia). Walk the talk expresses the exhibition’s call for active participation. ecotopedia – walk the talk shows how words can be converted into actions; how ’talk the talk’ becomes ’walk the talk’.
La Biennale di Venezia will take place from September 14 to November 23 2008.
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