An Optimist’s Guide to the Planet

An Optimist’s Guide to the Planet

  • 2024
  • 1 Seasons
  • 6 Episodes
  •  7.333  (3)
  •   Ended

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.

An Optimist’s Guide to the Planet
Seasons
The Real Cost of Our Energy Demand
10. The Real Cost of Our Energy Demand
November 06, 2025
Inventions That Could Help Heal the Planet
9. Inventions That Could Help Heal the Planet
November 05, 2025
Why Trash Isn't Useless
8. Why Trash Isn't Useless
October 29, 2025
Can We Still Be Optimistic in 2025?
7. Can We Still Be Optimistic in 2025?
October 22, 2025
Transform
6. Transform
March 14, 2024
Nikolaj’s journey toward hope continues as he searches for innovators transforming and revitalizing our world.
Move
5. Move
March 07, 2024
Nikolaj meets some engineers, mechanics and entrepreneurs who may have solutions on how to move without hitting an environmental dead end.
Nourish
4. Nourish
February 29, 2024
Nikolaj’s journey in this episode focuses on ways to rethink how we grow and cook the food that sustains us.
Regenerate
3. Regenerate
February 22, 2024
Nature has an amazing power to regenerate. How can we harness its innate ability to heal to solve the problems we face?
Shelter
2. Shelter
February 15, 2024
Shelter is one of the most essential human needs. Nikolaj finds hope from architects re-imagining how we live for a sustainable future.
Dusk or Dawn
1. Dusk or Dawn
February 08, 2024
In 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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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.
  • Premiere Date
    February 08, 2024
  • Rating
    7.333  (3)