Go Wild With An Inspiring New Video Series
We’re excited to announce an amazing new series of films for use in your classrooms and with your communities — Wild Hope! This eight-episode video series, produced by HHMI’s Tangled Bank Studios, highlights the intrepid change-makers who are restoring wild places and sparking new hope for the future of the planet. The Wild Hope series flips the environmental doom and gloom narrative on its head with stories of bold interventions, unexpected alliances, and nature’s resilience.
Explore episodes like “The Big Oyster,” which showcases how architects, restaurateurs, scientists, and high school students are allying to restore New York Harbor and protect the city from climate change by deploying one billion oysters. Or dive into “The Beautiful Undammed” and learn how a massive dam removal project is allowing salmon to return to the Elwha River—helping to revive a lost ecosystem and providing a new model for undamming rivers across the American West
New episodes are available weekly. Watch Wild Hope on public television or stream episodes on our YouTube channel.
Hope… and HIPPO
Want a way to bring some hope into your classroom? Our new “Designing Solutions to Preserve Biodiversity” Activity has students analyze a case study about the endangered Hawaiian monk seal using the HIPPO framework that unpacks five key aspects of biodiversity loss. Students then design solutions that consider collaborators and potential constraints. Additionally, we have Educator Guides that accompany each Wild Hope video and that include background information, key concepts, and discussion questions.