Copenhagen’s eco-village meets all 17 Sustainable Development Goals

South of the city centre in Copenhagen, a residential area called Ørestad is being constructed and it may just become the most sustainable neighbourhood on the planet. While it wouldn’t be the first village constructed with the planet in mind — we’ve written about many such places on the Thred <a href="https://thred.com/category/culture/design/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">design</a> section — this is definitely trumps the rest for ambition. The blueprints were put together with one superseding mandate: the project must consider all 17 of the United Nations’ <a href="https://sdgs.un.org/goals" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Sustainable Development Goals</a> in some capacity, as opposed to merely focusing on renewable energy and green building materials. <a href="https://thredmedia.medium.com/copenhagens-eco-village-meets-all-17-sustainable-development-goals-788f34fcba5c">Learn More</a>