What if Netflix was free, and it curated beautiful, short films about what is happening to the planet, and how we can be better environmental stewards? Enter waterbear.com. No doubt I am very late to the party and plenty of people have already heard about this great platform. But I […]
Once upon time, the island of Borneo was blanketed by dense and pristine rainforests. Ancient dipterocarp trees pierced the canopy, towering over a sea of treetops like parasols. These noble giants were the first to go when the chainsawing started. When industrial logging came to Borneo, it struck with an […]
Most of the news we hear about coral reefs nowadays is gloomy. This is not surprising given how pollution, overfishing and bleaching events are blighting many of our planet’s most vital marine ecosystems. But there’s optimism to be had too. From the discovery of a new “Coral Supersite” holding the […]
There are certain conservation issues that always seem sexy to the documentarian. Anything to do with rhino or elephant poaching. Anything where there are two clear polarised sides–say trophy hunters vs animal rights activists. And stuff with apes, some nice shots in a rescue sanctuary and a good corruption scandal […]
The programme starts with two friends from the Copenhagen-based Nordic Food Lab stocking an airline service trolley with dung beetle grub stew and noodles fried in black soldier fly fat. It only gets weirder after that… BUGS is a documentary that follows the gastronomic adventures of chefs and researchers Josh […]
Virunga national park, situated in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo is home to half of all of the species found on the African continent. It is also one of the last remaining strongholds of the mountain gorilla, containing around 200 of the 800 or so mountain […]