Germany energy-independent village: A blueprint for the future?
by editors@theworld.org (Kathleen Thompson) from The World: Latest Stories on (#76VTB)
The tiny German village of Feldheim is world famous. Why? Because it is generating its own electricity, heating its homes with farm waste, and paying a fraction of the energy prices most Europeans face. So how did just 130 people manage to break free from the energy system and build something most countries are still struggling to achieve? Reporter Kathleen Thompson went to Feldheim to find out.