By Alex Silverman
The latest entry in Planet Classroom’s Problem Solver Series comes from student Diamond Middleton. The problem Middleton wants to solve is fighting climate change with the cities of tomorrow; these cities are referred to as “smart cities.” The goal of these cities is to prompt sustainability, inclusion, and the improvement in the quality of people’s way of life.
This short primarily focuses on cities around the world that are currently in the process of becoming smart cities, and shares some of the advantages and disadvantages. This is a great topic to cover and while the video does not go into the details of building smart cities, the big picture ideas it presents makes sense for a modern world. We need to get more people interested in smart cities, we need to get more people interested in living in the future, and we need to get more people interested in solving tomorrow’s problems today. I give this film 3 out of 5 stars.
Alex is a recent graduate from Columbia College Chicago with a major in Comedic Writing & Performance and a minor in Writing for Television. Apart from his work as part of the Planet Classroom Network Film Selection team at CMRubinWorld, he served as a screening panelist intern for the International Children’s Media Center, a sketch writer, and an on-set production assistant at the 61st Annual Chicago/Midwest Emmy Awards.
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