Tuesday 12 October 2021

The Earthshot Prize: Repairing Our Planet

 

If you get the chance, watch this BBC programme about repairing our planet. 

It's introduced by David Attenborough & Prince William and it's a wonderful series about the damage we have done across the world but it's also an uplifting programme too looking at ways to repair the damage caused by nature and by greedy people and companies.

Tonight Shakira spoke about what the ocean means to her and some of the issues and solutions available today. Fishing or rather overfishing is just one of the problems and how technology can help to manage the monitoring and protection of the seas. 


9 comments:

  1. I hope we get it over here in Canada, maybe they'll put it on Netflix

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  2. wow if I get it on one of my apps i will definitely watch it. Anything Attenborough hosts or narrates gets my attention. thanks.

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  3. What network is it on? I definitely would like to see it.

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  4. This has been added to my list! Thank you dear Winifred! You have a wonderful blog. I am adding it to my list of must reads as well!

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  5. It was shown originally in the UK on the BBC & is available to us on iPlayer. There's information here about it being available on Discovery+ https://earthshotprize.org/earthshot-the-television-series-available-from-3-october/ and on Discovery in the US.

    There's also a short YouTube video on Youtube here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvu0LLU7xiw and another with Prince William presenting the prizes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73Wd2wbxoZQ

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  6. In the US, PBS (Public Broadcasting System) shows a lot of BBC programs, but I haven't seen this.

    It's good, of course, that Shakira is promoting environmentalism, yet she lives in a mansion, so, to me, there's disconnect in that.

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  7. Prince William and Kate are the only Royals (apart from the Queen) I have any time for. I haven't seen the programme but will check it out now.

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  8. Winifred, you haven't posted in so long that I find myself hoping you're okay. With that thought comes, "I hope "Winifred isn't dead from Covid."

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  9. I love Attenborough, but Shakira? She gives a good performance, but she also lives in $16-million mansion, that is when she's not staying in one of her homes spread-round-the-world. Maybe she thinks her lifetyle has nothing to do with the health of the planet, or at least that of the ocean.

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