When I remember my life in former Yugoslavia, I have the feeling that solid waste management was at a high level at that time. The situation has deteriorated since then. Of course, things have changed: nowadays we produce much more waste, and plastic bags from the supermarkets have become an unavoidable part of the landscape […]
Germany
FREIBURG, GERMANY – THE ECO-FRIENDLY DISTRICT OF VAUBAN
As interpreter for GIZ, I accompanied a group of Energy Managers from the Montenegrin municipalities to Germany last week. One of the most interesting topics of the study tour program was the visit to VAUBAN, a sustainable neighborhood of 5,000 residents in Freiburg, on the southern border of the city. All of the houses within […]