{"id":593,"date":"2011-07-10T13:22:36","date_gmt":"2011-07-10T13:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/?p=593"},"modified":"2011-07-10T13:22:36","modified_gmt":"2011-07-10T13:22:36","slug":"and-not-to-be-outdone-vitoria-gasteiz-is-european-green-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/2011\/07\/10\/and-not-to-be-outdone-vitoria-gasteiz-is-european-green-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"And not to be outdone&#8230; Vitoria-Gasteiz is European Green Capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/imagen_4713.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-594\" style=\"border: 1px solid black; margin: 5px;\" title=\"imagen_4713\" src=\"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/imagen_4713-300x60.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/imagen_4713-300x60.jpg 300w, https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/imagen_4713.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/?p=583\">First, Bilbao wins the &#8220;Nobel prize&#8221; of cities.\u00a0 Then Donostia is chosen as European Cultural Capital.<\/a> Not to be outdone or left behind, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vitoria-gasteiz.org\/we001\/was\/we001Action.do?idioma=en&amp;aplicacion=wb021&amp;tabla=contenido&amp;uid=u7140273_12c72095a20__7fd9&amp;enlacebanner=true\">Vitoria-Gasteiz<\/a>, capital of the province of Araba and of the Basque Autonomous Community, has been chosen as the <a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/environment\/europeangreencapital\/winning-cities\/2012-vitoria-gasteiz\/index.html\">European Green Capital<\/a> 2012.\u00a0 Vitoria-Gasteiz was chosen because of its environmental policies, including its public transportation infrastructure and parks.\u00a0 As a Green Capital (previous winners were Stockholm and Hamburg), Vitoria-Gasteiz also has some new challenges to live up to as it continues down the green path.\u00a0 These include a further increase in the use of public transportation as well as a decrease in water usage.<\/p>\n<p>The prize is meant to highlight efforts of cities to develop a more sustainable and &#8220;green&#8221; approach to their functioning.\u00a0 It is meant to thus inspire other cities to follow similar practices, to learn &#8220;best practices&#8221; from one another, and to therefore increase the overall quality of life of all cities in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>The Basque Country is certainly on a role with all three provincial capitals being recognized for significant efforts.\u00a0 Zorionak!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First, Bilbao wins the &#8220;Nobel prize&#8221; of cities.\u00a0 Then Donostia is chosen as European Cultural Capital. 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