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Optimistens guide til planeten

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Documentary

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.

About the series

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.

Network: Crave
Episodes: 11

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Episodes

Season

Episode 1

Dusk or Dawn

2024-02-08 48 min

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

Episode 2

Shelter

2024-02-15 48 min

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

Episode 3

Regenerate

2024-02-22 48 min

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

Episode 4

Nourish

2024-02-29 48 min

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

Episode 5

Move

2024-03-07 48 min

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

Episode 6

Transform

2024-03-14 48 min

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

7

Episode 7

Can We Still Be Optimistic in 2025?

2025-10-22

8

Episode 8

Why Trash Isn't Useless

2025-10-29

9

Episode 9

Inventions That Could Help Heal the Planet

2025-11-05

10

Episode 10

The Real Cost of Our Energy Demand

2025-11-06

11

Episode 11

Reclaim

2025-11-19

Cast

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Self - Presenter

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