Naturopolis
Season 1
A documentary series examining the integration of nature and contemporary life in four megacities. New York, Paris, Tokyo and Rio
Where to Watch Naturopolis • Season 1
12 Episodes
- New York, The green revolution
E1New York, The green revolutionSince 2009, the majority of humanity lives in cities. This fundamental change has an impact not only on the way of life, but also on the place of nature in urban areas. Through exploration of four key cities – New York, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo and Paris – « Naturopolis » tries to understand how the mega-cities of today are striving to integrate nature and wildlife in the urban contemporary life and what are the transformations of cities for sustainable and green future. Through meetings with various stakeholders of these mutations- planners, naturalists, historians, scientists, architects, landscape architects, artists, activists … – « Naturopolis » will not only interrogate the place of nature in the history of cities since their creation, but also will analyze scientific thinking that leads today; before turning to solutions offered for the future to find a sustainable balance between nature and urban life. - New YorkE1
New YorkThe natural heart of New York has never stopped beating. The naturalists of the city take us to feel its pulse. We will discover how nature finds her way NYC. It’s incredible: birds continue to migrate, coyotes are moving in to each of the city’s five boroughs. Fish are returning to the Hudson! - New York
E1New YorkThe natural heart of New York has never stopped beating. The naturalists of the city take us to feel its pulse. We will discover how nature finds her way NYC. It's incredible: birds continue to migrate, coyotes are moving in to each of the city's five boroughs. Fish are returning to the Hudson! - Paris, The old lady has to go green
E2Paris, The old lady has to go greenNo capital has stirred as many ideas, none as reflected on the role of nature, nowhere is the debate architects, scientists, and political landscape of the « Green City » is as intense as Paris … As for civil society in Paris, it is simply keen on these questions of nature, now ready to do battle as soon as you touch the lower crust of green space … Production therefore of a permanent speech, often brilliant on the nature, true to the French tradition, but, concretely, of a city overfull and without any free space. What happens really ? - ParisE2
ParisParis delights visitors, but It is one of the world’s most densely populated cities and one of its least green. The centre of Paris is imploding with only 5% of greenspace per inhabitant. The scientific community would like to get Paris to go green. Can Nature still find a place in Paris? - Paris
E2ParisParis delights visitors, but It is one of the world's most densely populated cities and one of its least green. The centre of Paris is imploding with only 5% of greenspace per inhabitant. The scientific community would like to get Paris to go green. Can Nature still find a place in Paris? - Tokyo, Ecology or cataclysm
E3Tokyo, Ecology or cataclysmA huge ribbon between urban and mountain Pacific, 35 million habitants … welcome to Tokyo, « Kingdom of dragonflies. » For 10 years, Tokyo started listening to his nature, to try to save from disasters that is knocking at his door, to transform, or simply survive … On the paper the « Great Green Plan for Tokyo » is ready, everything seems simple and yes, the Japanese want the challenge: transforming their mineral monster into a « first green city and virtuous in the world. » On the ground, however, everything is complicated, fascinating, Japanese… - RioE3
RioAt first glance, it’s the most beautiful city in the world: the perfect encounter between the hand of Man and the work of Nature, Rio. Behind the postcard views, though, it’s no paradise, Nature is suffering. Rio has an ecological crisis. What will transform this city? Can Rio get back to Nature ? - Rio: From Chaos to Sustainability
E3Rio: From Chaos to SustainabilityAt first glance, it's the most beautiful city in the world: the perfect encounter between the hand of Man and the work of Nature, Rio. Behind the postcard views, though, it's no paradise, Nature is suffering. Rio has an ecological crisis. What will transform this city? Can Rio get back to Nature ? - Rio, The race to green city
E4Rio, The race to green cityOn the eve of receiving the two biggest sporting events in the world, the Olympic Games in 2016 and the World Cup in 2014, Rio faces a dilemma. Front side, Rio, the most beautiful city in the world, with its bay, the mountains and the largest urban forest in the world. Flip side, once you scratch beneath the mask, it’s a nightmare, with its slums without sanitation, pollution exponential population of 11 million, 5 million cars. Who will win? Rio Rio de paradise or hell ? - TokyoE4
TokyoTokyo: it's a giant city which never stops growing. It has destroyed its natural spaces and has created its own weather. With 13 million inhabitants, Tokyo is an amalgam of condensed urban worlds. And yet, Tokyo retains deep spiritual bonds that lead it back to Nature and green spaces... - Tokyo
E4TokyoTokyo: it's a giant city which never stops growing. It has destroyed its natural spaces and has created its own weather. With 13 million inhabitants, Tokyo is an amalgam of condensed urban worlds. And yet, Tokyo retains deep spiritual bonds that lead it back to Nature and green spaces...