Season 1 • Episode 11
LatestFollow 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.
Acting
Coster-Waldau's genuine curiosity sells every awkward local interaction.
Production
Stunning location work that doesn't guilt-trip you for enjoying it.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a wave of 'hopepunk' documentaries responding to 2020s climate fatigue—Denmark's public broadcasting specifically funded it as counter-programming to doom-scrolling.
Coster-Waldau insisted on zero private jets for production; the crew's overland travel between six continents took 14 months and became its own episode's B-plot.
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