Stewart Brand: "Is Density Our Destiny?"

In last week's episode of the TED Radio Hour, the topic was The Future of Cities. In the first part of the radio hour, we come across the environmentalist Stewart Brand who I have discussed last year in my article on Ecopragmatism.

Ecopragmatism

Earthrise by Bill Anders

Through the blog of Dutch journalist Femke van Zeijl I found last year's article "How Slums Can Save the Planet" by the controversial American environmentalist Stewart Brand.

He interestingly states that city-life (and then in particular the slums that are found around megalopolisses like Mumbai and Rio) can in fact be a much more eco-friendly sollution than living in the countryside.