Helsingborg

We traveled south in the morning to Helsingborg –a city of over 121,000. They are also part of the 2nd generation of eco-municipalities. What struck me about this presentation was the organization of how they approach this effort – they have been at it some time and their governmental org. structure is built with sustainability in mind.
They also shared their environmental Indicators, specific goals in a number of different areas that are measurable. They are monitoring and reporting these results annually.
We later toured a waste recycling facility that uses trash to produce biofuel for the 62 biobuses in Helsingborg.

The beauty of this city is the ocean, proximity to Denmark (just across the bay). It was the first time we'd actually seen a municipality using indicators and discussing truly creating a plan to reach those indicators. Their city organization is clearly built around being an eco-municipality.

We visited a landfill where bio-gas (methane) is produced and recycled for heating and power. It is always a bit overwhelming visiting large landfills -- we get a true sense of how much stuff we throw away.

From Helsingborg, plane to Stockholm, only to find that our connecting plane had left without us. Off to a hotel near airport for early morning flight to Umea in the a.m.