"Make Earth Cool Again" is a live virtual program bringing together scientists, experts and entertainers in interviews, skits, and performances to highlight the urgency of fighting climate change through supporting low carbon action and education. Join Billie Eilish, Finneas, The Property Brothers, Michael Franti, Bindi, Robert, and Terri Irwin, and a whole host of others with live celebrity co-hosts Rainn Wilson (The Office) and Parisa Fitz Henley (Midnight, Texas.) Arctic Basecamp is a team of Arctic experts and scientists who share science about the global impacts of Arctic warming with world leaders. What happens in the Arctic doesn't stay in the Arctic.
Part 1
Arctic Basecamp—a team of Arctic experts and scientists—hosted a high level panel as part of the media programme at the World Economic Forum’s Davos Agenda week. In partnership with the World Economic Forum the panel, moderated by Justin Worland from TIME Magazine, discussed what happened to the Arctic in 2020, why protecting it from warming matters; and what positive, inclusive and sustainable decisions we can take, including policy, science, technology and the public to slow global climate change and achieve a post-pandemic recovery.
Panelists:
Robert Downey Jr. actor and philanthropist
Eric Rondolat, CEO Signify
Rainn Wilson, actor and activist
Baroness Bryony Worthington, Co-CEO of Quadrature Climate Foundation
Professor Gail Whiteman, Arctic Basecamp founder and Professor of Sustainability at the University of Exeter’s Business School
Justin Worland (moderator), TIME Magazine
Part 2
Following the High-Level Panel, Arctic Basecamp hosted an engaging schedule of online conversations to “Make Earth Cool Again”, hosted live by Rainn Wilson and Parisa Fitz Henley.
This two hour long free live virtual programme brought together scientists, experts and entertainers in fireside chats, interviews, skits (by award winning comedy writer Chuck Tatham from Modern Family, Arrested Development, How I Met Your Mother) and performances to highlight the urgency of fighting climate change through supporting low carbon action and education – in a really accessible way.
“If we do not protect the Arctic from climate change today, we will not be able to achieve a prosperous post-pandemic future,” says Gail Whiteman, founder of not-for-profit Arctic Basecamp. “The wellbeing of our environments, economies, and societies depend on a stable Arctic.”
Hosted by
Rainn Wilson & Parisa Fitz-Henley
An Arctic Basecamp Production Led By
Gail Whiteman - Executive Producer
Rainn Wilson - Executive Producer
Chuck Tatham - Executive Producer
Helen Clay - Executive Producer
Special Guest Writer
Chuck Tatham
Science Team
Professor Gail Whiteman
Professor David Hik
Dr. Jennifer Francis
Professor Alun Hubbard
Professor Julienne Strove
Dr. Kim Holmén
Created & Produced By The Family
Directed by Steve Dabal
Clare Stukel - Lead Producer & Showrunner
Harry Baruch - Producer
Janine Moody - Producer
Griffin Yu - Operations Director
Skylar Jessen - Art Director
Bari Baruch - Graphic Designer
Janine Moody - Post Supervisor
Steve Dabal - Lead Editor
Kevin Kim - Narrative Editor / Writer
Zack Filkoff - Editor
Hrishikesh Bardhan - Editor / Researcher
Live Production
Spinach Pie Productions
Joshua Simon - Director
Dave Klasko - Stage Manager
Jordan Mudd - Assistant Stage Manager
Michelle Michelson - Teleprompter Operator
Talent Management By
Franses & Co.
Thanks to Our Sponsors
WWF
BNP Paribas
Participant Media
BNP Paribas
Participant Media
Thanks to Our Partners
WEF
SoulPancake
TIME magazine
Special Thanks
Rainn Wilson
Chuck Tatham
Global Strategic Communications Council (GSCC)
Franses & Co.
Dylan Browne (Franses & Co.)
Danielle Kamelgard (Soul Pancake)
Olivia Mazurek (Soul Pancake)
Cyanide & Happiness
Houdini Sportswear
Todd Krim (The Krim Agency)
Extreme E
Amanda Russo (World Economic Forum)
Beatrice Di Caro (World Economic Forum)
Katherine Mansell (GSCC)
Melissa Odin (GSCC)
Ioana Matei (GSCC)
Zoe Tcholak-Antitch
Justin Worland (TIME magazine)
Eva Jones
Kaime Silvestre
Sascha Blidorf
Wenying Zhu
Marc Gijsberg (Arctic Basecamp)
Miroslav Medurić (WPU)
Zoran Šuster (WPU)
Ordinary Folk
Footage Provided By
Eugene Campbell
Henry Iddon
Christel Cornilsen (Director and Writer for Idiot’s Guide To Climate Change)
Craig Leeson (Producer, The Last Glaciers)
Malcolm Wood (Producer, The Last Glaciers)
WWF
Gebrueder Beetz (Das Forum)
Dan McDougall (Open Water Documentary)
Australia Zoo
Extreme E
NOAA
Zachary Labe
NASA/JPL-Caltech AIRS Project
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
And finally extra special thanks to all our contributors who have freely given their time to support our work to Make Earth Cool Again