ECOPOLIS: Alternatives for Sustainable Cities in the Future

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(From Analitica.com) Since the first week of October, the channel Discovery Channel deliver its latest production on environmental issues.

This is Ecopolis, an avant-garde series of six episodes that revolves around a virtual city of the same name: a mega-metropolis of 2050 in which 18 million people live under an environment totally polluted. Each week, the program leads viewers to different parts of the globe to study amazing technologies that seek to reduce carbon emissions in this city, fighting as a result of climate change.

Focusing on different topics such as construction, transport, waste and energy, Ecopolis will be issued every Wednesday at 11:00 pm, until the day Nov. 12. The following is a brief description of the episodes that make up this series:

Episode 1 Premiere: Oct. 8 at 11:00 pm. The scientist won a Nobel Prize, Dan Kammer, explore four technologies that aim to transform pioneering Ecopolis, the imaginary city of the future. More specifically, this episode explores how to provide water and food to 18 million hungry mouths of the city without filling trash the planet. Episode 2 Release: October 15 at 11:00 pm. This episode examines how best to adapt means of transport to the rapid population growth, without the need to strangle the city. Episode 3 Release: October 22 at 11:00 pm. The time has come to find out how we can prevent a sea of garbage in continuous expansion is able to immerse Ecopolis, without generating pollution emissions and out of control. Episode 4 Release: October 29 at 11:00 pm. The scientist Dan Kamman tested five leading technologies of the series with the aim of discovering which of them has the greatest potential to transform Ecopolis, the mega-city's imaginary future. Episode 5 Premiere: Nov. 5 at 11:00 pm. The main objective of this program is to explain how to fill power to a city of 18 million people without causing harm to the environment. Episode 6 Release: November 12 at 11:00 pm. In this episode we focus on the potential to revolutionize our buildings, to prevent them from becoming a bottomless pit of energy lost.

(Comment from Oscar Granda)

Excellent documentaries on Discovery Channel, which analyzes the potential for technology to prevent the ecological collapse of our cities. Warn about the dangers of uncontrolled growth of peoples around the earth. Emphasize the importance of respect for the environment and ecology. Encourage people to seek solutions to minimize the impact of environmental pollution, product of the evolution of our populations in the world. Finally, alternatives for sustainable development of cities, our battered planet.