My Favorite Nature Documentaries / Good Causes PART 6

 

MY TOP 10 FAVORITE NATURE & WILDLIFE DOCS

1. Serengeti 

Narrated by Lupita Nyong'o

Discovery Channel 

2019

2. Snow Chick: A Penguin's Tale

Narrated by Kate Winslet

BBC Earth

2015

Summar from IMDb: A chronicle of the birth and development of one penguin chick, born late and smaller than any of its fellow toddlers.

3. African Hunders

Narrated by Gillian Burke

IMDb

2017

My favorite stories had to do with Misfit, the lion cub.

4. My Octopus Teacher

Netflix

2020

You'll never think about Octopuses in the same way ever again. 

I bought this magnet from the hospital gift shop while my mom was a patient because it reminded me of My Octopus Teacher.

Octopus Magnet

Photo by Chrys Fey

5. Our Great National Parks

Narrated by Barrack Obama

Netflix

2022

6. Wild Babies

Narrated by Helena Bonham Carter

Netflix

2022

7. Night on Earth: Shot in the Dark

Netflix 

2020

8. Our Planet

Narrated by David Attenborough,

Penelope Cruz,

and Salma Hayek

Netflix

2019

9. Seaspiracy

Netflix

2021

This documentary will shock you many times over.

10. A Life On Our Planet

Narrated by David Attenborough

Netflix

2020

This last one is for anyone who thinks climate change and global warming is fake news, especially if you get triggered by me saying that. Watch this documentary.

GOOD CAUSES TO SUPPORT:

Petition created by Seaspiracy:

- Help us protect 30% of our oceans by 2030 from industrial fishing

More petitions to protect the ocean and its creatures:

- Octopus Are Extremely Smart, But These Countries Want to Make Them Suffer

- Victory: Shark Fishing Has Been Banned in Hawaii! Florida Must Follow Suit! 

- Protect the West Coast of South Africa - "This is an appeal for support so that PTWC can lobby the South African Government to stop the rapidly burgeoning heavy sand mineral mining up the West Coast of South Africa that negatively impacts coastal communities, other users of the coast and vast tracts of pristine wilderness."

- Finally check out the Make A Difference page on WorldWildLife.org (WWF). You can check this page regularly for new actions you can take to make a difference.

DONATE TO:

- Sea Change Project - Sea Change Project's team brought us My Octopus Teacher and Blue Planet 2. "Your donation allows us to continue to tell the stories of the Great African Seaforest to inspire support for its long-term protection."

QUESTIONS: Have you watched any of these nature/wildlife documentaries? Do you have any favorites? Did you support any of the causes listed above by signing petitions and/or contacting members of congress? (It's fast and simple.)

Good Causes:

Causes and Donations - Books, Animals, and People / PART 1

Good Causes to Support / PART 2

I Donated My Hair / Good Causes PART 3

Stand Up To Cancer, Protect Trans Youth, Stand With Ukraine / PART 4

World Elephant Day / Good Causes PART 5