{"id":20831,"date":"2019-12-24T14:03:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T14:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"urn:bbc:podcast:p07yjpm5"},"modified":"2019-12-24T14:03:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T14:03:00","slug":"ii-the-greenest-town-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2019\/12\/24\/ii-the-greenest-town-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Ii: The greenest town in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"The town of Ii in northern Finland is a green trailblazer. It has managed to stop burning fossil fuels and will have reduced carbon emissions by 80% by 2020; that is 30 years ahead of the EU target. It is also aiming to be the world\u2019s first zero-waste town. It is happening because of the collective effort of the community. Erika Benke discovers how everyone is involved; from local businessmen to the mayor and from schoolchildren to their parents and grandparents.\n