The National Air Quality Report in 2016 stated that none of the 19 cities evaluated in Mexico met the acceptable standards for the country's PM 2.5. Poor air quality is wrongly justified as an unavoidable externality for development.
The best example of this reality is Monterrey, the country's iconic industrial city, whose air quality is one of the worst in all of Latin America. There are millions of cars, quarries within city limits, industries, and a refinery that sends its emissions to the city. The unexpected recovery of a river made it possible to reduce pollution in the area and capture large particles from its humidity and vegetation. The solution of allowing nature to recover its space and recuperate has already been proven in Monterrey.
PRODUCED BY
WITH THE PARTICIPATION
Yásnaya Aguilar y Gael García Bernal
Credits
- Interviewees in order of appearanceXimena Peredo, Dr. Alfonso Martínez Muñoz, Tatiana Clouthier, Héctor Israel Castillo Olivares, David Pulido
- Direction Santiago Maza
- Production Gael García Bernal, Magali Rocha Donnadieu, Pablo Montaño Beckmann, Mariana Rodríguez Cabarga
- Script Pablo Montaño Beckmann
- Photography direction Gabriel Serra
- Sound Misael Hernández
- Editor Julián Sarmiento
- Music production Leo Heiblum y Jacobo Lieberman
- Post-production supervisor Priscila Doncel Albores
- Diseño y supervisión de sonido Alejandro Quevedo QpX
Acknowledgements
Ximena Peredo, Pueblo Bicicletero, Observatorio Ciudadano de la Calidad del Aire Área Metropolitana de Monterrey