體驗綠色環保城市的生活

From offering plentiful bike paths and thriving farmers’markets to ensuring cleaner air， a city’s environmental efforts don’t just help the planet—they benefit residents too.

According to the Siemens Green City Index， an ongoing project researched by the Economist Intelligence Unit， the world’s greenest cities score high marks in CO2 emissions， transportation options， water and waste management， and overall environmental governance.

Different urban areas have different sustainability strengths， so we talked to residents in the top-ranked cities across the globe to find out what living in them is like.

從提供大量的自行車道、興旺的農貿市場，到確保清新的空氣，一個城市對于環境保護的努力不僅有助于保護整個星球——其居民亦從中受益。

經濟學人智庫目前正在進行的一項研究“西門子綠色城市指標”顯示，世界上最為綠色的城市在二氧化碳排放、交通選擇、水和廢物管理，及綜合環境治理等各方面都獲得高分。

不同的城區有著不同的可持續優勢，因此我們采訪了全球各大城市的居民，去了解在這些一流的城市里生活有什么不同。

Vancouver， British Columbia

溫哥華，不列顛哥倫比亞省

Compared to other cities of its size， Vancouver scored incredibly well in CO2 emissions and air quality， due in part to the city’s emphasis on promoting green energy and its use of hydropower. Vancouver has vowed to reduce emissions by 33% by 2020.

That commitment doesn’t surprise resident Lorne Craig， who moved to the city from Calgary in 1985 and writes the Green Briefs blog. “Vancouver has been home to a deeper green counter-culture since the 1960s and is recognized worldwide as the birthplace of Greenpeace，” he said. “Mountains tower over the city. It reminds everyone here that we are part of something bigger and more beautiful.”

As other cities continued building freeways that promoted driving and sprawl， Vancouver remained committed to urban living， as evidenced by the development of Granville Island， a 1）pedestrian-friendly peninsula where residents frequent large public market and art studios.

Plenty of other Vancouver neighbourhoods are ecofriendly too. A large network of bike routes makes cycling around town easy， especially West 10th Avenue， where people regularly cruise on bikes， electric scooters and even unicycles. Craig said the neighbourhoods of Commercial Drive and Strathcona， both east of downtown， are “more left-wing green”—meaning， more politically active—while Kitsilano to the west and the Main Street neighbourhood to the south of downtown are “more the 2）Prius type of green”—wealthier， with a more laid-back approach to activism.

與同等規模的其他城市相比，溫哥華市在二氧化碳排放和空氣質量方面的得分非常高，這部分歸功于該城市著重支持綠色能源和使用水力發電。溫哥華立誓到2020年減少33%的排放量。

這一承諾并未使當地的居民羅恩·克雷格感到吃驚，他于1985年從卡爾加里市搬到這座城市，并建立了“綠色簡報”博客。“溫哥華市從20世紀60年代開始就是深層次綠色反主流文化的家園，并被全世界公認為綠色和平的發源地，”他說。“群山環抱著城市。它提醒著這里的每個人，我們是某個更大更美麗的世界的一份子。”

當其他城市在不斷修建高速公路，倡導駕駛及城市擴建時，溫哥華依舊致力于改善城市生活方式，格蘭維爾島的發展便是例證，這是個適合行人的半島，當地居民常去那里逛大型公共集市和藝術工作室。

溫哥華市周邊的許多其他城市也是生態友好城市。一個大型的自行車路線網絡使得騎車游覽城鎮變得簡單，特別是在西十街，人們經常騎單車、電動小摩托車，甚至獨輪車四處溜達。……