BBC documentary takes eight children on a nature field trip to explore eco-anxiety

By Michael Joseph Richardson, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, Newcastle University

A dawn chorus begins with the chirping and tweeting of birds, wind blowing through the trees and a woodpecker hammering on wood. Dappled sunlight bursts through the forest canopy, and an evocative choir of children join the birds in song:

We will stand up tall in the shadow of your power.

For every empty promise, we will shout it even louder.

No more sacrifice or compromise for profits, greed and lies.

It’s time to build the future;

Don’t ignore the children’s cries.

This powerful opening to

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