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• View photo albums of this study tour
• Read posted notes

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You may access contributions by participants on this tour and by past Portland alumni:

• Read posted notes
• Contribute your notes — Must be registered
• View photo albums of this study tour
• Speaker Materials — Must be registered
  
  

  Speaker Presentation from Vestas Wind Turbines

  Speaker Presentation from Vestas Wind Turbines

The highly sustainable Dockside Green, Victoria. See software developed for the City to track the sustainability of the development as it completes build out. Please forward to whomever you feel appropriate.

Creating a new economic development future

The Portland Ambassadors' first European Best Practices visit was the latest in a series of trips to top-rated, forward-thinking cities. During meetings with key leaders and through project site visits we will learn about the innovations, projects, and systematic way of thinking, that have earned these cities worldwide acclaim for everything from the best trail networks to energy use and clean-technology exports.

Copenhagen, Denmark & Malmo, Sweden

• A story of unparalleled cooperation between two nations
• Copenhagen: #11 World’s Best Cities, best bike trail network in the world
• Denmark’s #1 export: renewable energy technology
• Malmo: creating a new future for itself with sustainability

Stockholm, Sweden

• The cleanest city in Europe
• #20 World’s Best Cities
• Committed to an oil-free energy & transportation economy by 2020