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Wild Hope: A Documentary Vision for Conservation Storytelling

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EcoJustice RadioJack Eidt from EcoJustice Radio spoke with Jared Lipworth, Executive Producer of a new documentary series called Wild Hope that tells the stories of ordinary people leading a collaborative environmental recovery in the face of extinctions, superstorms, and climate tipping points.

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Wild Hope Documentary SeriesWild Hope: A Documentary Series on Conservation Successes

In this episode, we explored the transformative power of conservation storytelling with Jared Lipworth, the executive producer of the documentary series ‘Wild Hope’ from an interview in 2023. Discover how communities worldwide are forging new paths to environmental recovery, even in the face of extinctions, superstorms, and climate tipping points. From the restoration of New York Harbor with oysters to the rebirth of Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park, these stories offer a beacon of hope and a roadmap for sustainable coexistence. Tune in to learn how local actions are making a global impact and why storytelling is an essential tool in the fight for a healthier planet.

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How should we respond to – or better yet, cope with the extreme climate weirding and environmental collapse we keep seeing and reading about everywhere? In lieu of an immobilizing depression we must look to what is ALSO happening out there – the conservation and environmental justice success stories. Movements and advocacy that we frankly try to cover on this show every week, although we plead guilty to sharing some of the gloom and doom. But what about the communities banding together to heal the land and their relationship with it? Restoring ecosystems that benefit people in their neighborhoods, wildlife in their habitats, as well as energize government and private industry – maybe actually working together for a change.

Some have even argued that storytelling is a sort of climate action. We spoke with Jared Lipworth, Executive Producer of a new documentary series called Wild Hope [https://www.wildhope.tv/] available on the web and on PBS, based on Andrew Balmford’s book of the same name. It endeavors to tell the stories of ordinary people leading a collaborative environmental recovery in the face of extinctions, superstorms, and climate tipping points.

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Jared Lipworth, Tangled Bank, Wild Hope TVJared Lipworth is Executive Producer of Wild Hope [https://www.wildhope.tv/] and other productions at HHMI Tangled Bank Studios [https://www.tangledbankstudios.org/], including the recently-released Giant Screen film: “The Blue Whale: Return of the Giants.” Jared also heads up the outreach department at Tangled Bank, where he oversees national impact campaigns designed to foster better local appreciation and understanding of science and nature.

Jack Eidt is an urban planner, environmental journalist, and climate organizer, as well as award-winning fiction writer. He is Co-Founder of SoCal 350 Climate Action and Executive Producer of EcoJustice Radio. He is also Founder and Publisher of WilderUtopia [https://wilderutopia.com], a website dedicated to the question of Earth sustainability, finding society-level solutions to environmental, community, economic, transportation and energy needs.

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Executive Producer and Host: Jack Eidt
Engineer and Original Music: Blake Quake Beats
Photo credit: Wild Hope TV

Updated 21 July 2024

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