{"id":2977,"date":"2008-05-16T10:08:35","date_gmt":"2008-05-16T16:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/2008\/05\/16\/film-review-a-convenient-truth-urban-solutions-from-curitiba\/"},"modified":"2008-05-16T10:08:35","modified_gmt":"2008-05-16T16:08:35","slug":"film-review-a-convenient-truth-urban-solutions-from-curitiba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/film-review-a-convenient-truth-urban-solutions-from-curitiba\/","title":{"rendered":"Film Review- A Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>When discussing the world most progressive \u201ceco\u201d cities one might toss out San Francisco for it various green initiatives (such as banning plastic bags), New York City for its effective subway system, or Munich with it\u2019s use of alternative energy especially solar but after watching this recent documentary \u201cA Convenient Truth: Urban Solutions from Curitiba, Brazil\u201d<\/a> some people may change their green tune. The film highlights the surprisingly progressive sustainable city and using urban examples to highlight various topics into well paced film.<\/p>\n First time director Giovanni Vaz Del Bello<\/a> neatly divides the film down into four areas of innovation: Transportation, Recycling, Affordable Housing and Urban Parks. Convenient Truth shows how convenient the transportation remains in this million plus city. Their progressive mayors like Jamie Lerner<\/a>, city planners and designers determined that the city should revolve around people, not cars. From the cost-effective yet expansive bus system (with the notable bus station tubes) to the pedestrian-only walkways, then documentary highlights how effective, people friendly and sustainable changes can be made with minimal or no cost.<\/p>\n