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An Optimist's Guide to the Planet
2024
2 Seasons 12 Episodes
★ 7.3
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Follow Nikolaj Coster-Waldau’s search for the people, ideas, traditions, and attitudes – the solutions – which will transform fear of the future into hope, climate angst into optimism and human disconnection into engagement. In each of the six episodes, Nikolaj and his affable team criss-cross the globe exploring humanity, witnessing its power for good and learning about some of the remarkable solutions (both old and new) that inspire his optimism for the future.

Episodes

Dusk or Dawn
Episode 1

Dusk or Dawn

In this episode, Nikolaj discovers the difference is hope, a hope he finds in inspiring people, projects and ideas all over the world.

48m
Shelter
Episode 2

Shelter

Shelter is one of the most essential human needs. Nikolaj finds hope from architects re-imagining how we live for a sustainable future.

48m
Regenerate
Episode 3

Regenerate

Nature has an amazing power to regenerate. How can we harness its innate ability to heal to solve the problems we face?

48m
Nourish
Episode 4

Nourish

Nikolaj’s journey in this episode focuses on ways to rethink how we grow and cook the food that sustains us.

48m
Move
Episode 5

Move

Nikolaj meets some engineers, mechanics and entrepreneurs who may have solutions on how to move without hitting an environmental dead end.

48m
Transform
Episode 6

Transform

Nikolaj’s journey toward hope continues as he searches for innovators transforming and revitalizing our world.

48m
Protect
Episode 7

Protect

How can we be optimistic in 2025? As Nikolaj Coster-Waldau begins season two, we’re reminded of the delicate balance between human progress and protecting our planet. (Source: Bloomberg)

48m
Rethink
Episode 8

Rethink

Waste is a significant contributor to global warming, but turning it into a resource can help curb emissions and shrink humanity’s environmental footprint. (Source: Bloomberg)

48m
Invent
Episode 9

Invent

From transforming concrete into a carbon sink to mining nickel from genetically enhanced plants, we meet the bold inventors preserving and adapting to nature’s offerings to help humanity thrive.

48m
Energize
Episode 10

Energize

Meeting humanity’s insatiable demand for energy while still curbing greenhouse emissions will require creative solutions both big and small.

48m
Reclaim
Episode 11

Reclaim

We travel the world to see how tradition, technology and human ingenuity can help reclaim the planet’s precious water supply.

48m
Imagine
Episode 12

Imagine

As we look toward the future and seek to overcome our world’s climate challenges, people with imagination are showing the way

48m
Episode 1
Episode 1

Episode 1

Cast

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Self - Presenter

Crew

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