Kyoto cities

Last week, Nicolas Sarkozy collected proposals from top architectural firms responding to his vision of a greener Paris. Sarkozy's ambition to apply the Kyoto Protocol to the City of Lights, while integrating the troubled suburbs is an ambitious one. The project, called Le Grand Paris, would include a massive expansion of the métro to reach les banlieues and would add many green spaces. As would be expected, many people doubt this will ever come to terms and others feel huge modern development and changes in infrastructure would disfigure the charm of this medieval city.


The crucial part of these proposals is that someone is thinking in terms of sustainability and perhaps other major cities will take a hint. Toronto, we're waiting for you to step up to the plate.