"Emilia wakes to a brilliant glare bouncing off her neighbor's solar panels. She only moved to Treptow, a neighborhood in the southeast of Berlin last week and still needs curtains. She makes a mental note to check the nearest secondhand shop. She gets up and slips into a shirt she picked up at a clothes swap store and a skirt she inherited from her mother."
"It's hard for her to imagine the fast-fashion days her mom sometimes talks about; when people used to buy clothes they might only wear once before throwing them away. Or sometimes not at all. A lot of that ended up being transported across oceans to be dumped. Emilia shakes her head at the thought of it, puts on rented earrings and takes a selfie to send to her girlfriend Sophia, who has already left for work."
"Solar panels are booming, and so are jobs in the global solar industry Image: imago images/Winfried Rothermel Emilia shakes her head at the thought of it, puts on rented earrings and takes a selfie to send to her girlfriend Sophia, who has already left for work. She is a solar panel installer, a profession that is in high demand. Emilia is likely to find work easily once she's finished her studies in sustainable fashion."
Berlin in 2050 features ubiquitous rooftop solar and a booming solar industry that creates many installation jobs. Circular clothing habits prevail, with clothes swaps, repairs, and sustainable-fashion studies replacing fast-fashion waste. Urban cooling relies on accessible cooling systems, small window heat pumps for older buildings, low-energy design, and improved insulation in new construction. Public transport, green spaces, and river swimming provide outdoor livability despite hotter summers and periodic heat waves. Neighborhoods emphasize secondhand retail, shared resources, and local repair skills to reduce waste and long-distance disposal. Young workers find employment in renewable energy and sustainable service sectors.
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