An Optimist’s Guide to the Planet (2024)
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.
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Episode 1 - Dusk or Dawn
Release Date: 2024-02-08In this episode, Nikolaj discovers the difference is hope, a hope he finds in inspiring people, projects and ideas all over the world.
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Episode 2 - Shelter
Release Date: 2024-02-15Shelter is one of the most essential human needs. Nikolaj finds hope from architects re-imagining how we live for a sustainable future.
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Episode 3 - Regenerate
Release Date: 2024-02-22Nature has an amazing power to regenerate. How can we harness its innate ability to heal to solve the problems we face?
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Episode 4 - Nourish
Release Date: 2024-02-29Nikolaj’s journey in this episode focuses on ways to rethink how we grow and cook the food that sustains us.
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Episode 5 - Move
Release Date: 2024-03-07Nikolaj meets some engineers, mechanics and entrepreneurs who may have solutions on how to move without hitting an environmental dead end.
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Episode 6 - Transform
Release Date: 2024-03-14Nikolaj’s journey toward hope continues as he searches for innovators transforming and revitalizing our world.