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Lights, Camera, Inaction: The Entertainment Industry's Failure to Address the Climate Crisis
Manage episode 365848534 series 2801733
The climate crisis is the biggest story of our time. So why isn’t the entertainment industry acting like it?
This represents a disconnect between life as we know it and life as it appears on screen. Hollywood has not reflected the greatest drama of all of our lives.
The climate crisis is virtually nonexistent in scripted entertainment.
You’d think liberal Hollywood types — with their Teslas and vegan diets and eco-friendly beauty products — would be chomping at the bit to tell stories about climate. But despite a few high-profile examples — such as “Don't Look Up” — global warming is largely absent from nearly all the TV shows and movies being produced today.
With more and more Americans alarmed about climate change than ever, the film and TV industry is deeply out of step with a majority of viewers’ lived reality.
Maybe the problem is Hollywood hasn’t given us the right types of climate stories.
Listen in and find out how Hollywood could be a driving force in the fight against climate inaction.
Episode Webpage
A CALL TO ACT: A Comprehensive Eco-Action Resource Guide
33 episodes
Lights, Camera, Inaction: The Entertainment Industry's Failure to Address the Climate Crisis
The Green Elephant in the Room: Solutions To Restoring the Health of People and the Living Planett
Manage episode 365848534 series 2801733
The climate crisis is the biggest story of our time. So why isn’t the entertainment industry acting like it?
This represents a disconnect between life as we know it and life as it appears on screen. Hollywood has not reflected the greatest drama of all of our lives.
The climate crisis is virtually nonexistent in scripted entertainment.
You’d think liberal Hollywood types — with their Teslas and vegan diets and eco-friendly beauty products — would be chomping at the bit to tell stories about climate. But despite a few high-profile examples — such as “Don't Look Up” — global warming is largely absent from nearly all the TV shows and movies being produced today.
With more and more Americans alarmed about climate change than ever, the film and TV industry is deeply out of step with a majority of viewers’ lived reality.
Maybe the problem is Hollywood hasn’t given us the right types of climate stories.
Listen in and find out how Hollywood could be a driving force in the fight against climate inaction.
Episode Webpage
A CALL TO ACT: A Comprehensive Eco-Action Resource Guide
33 episodes
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