Jul 15, 2026 10:15am PT
Storytelling and Sustainability: 25 Creative Leaders Who Weave Climate Themes Into Narrative Movies and TV Shows
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High-octane stock traders in London get wrapped up in a greenwashing scandal as they pursue riches from a green-tech firm IPO. An amoral corporate executive is kidnapped by an unhinged beekeeper upset about pollution killing off his apiary. A lonely woman’s life is changed by connecting with an opinionated octopus.
From HBO’s “Industry” to Focus Features’ “Bugonia” to Netflix’s “Remarkably Bright Creatures,” storytelling in mainstream movies and television that invoke the realities of climate change is flourishing well outside of documentaries and apocalyptic disaster films.
