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25 Beautiful Nature Documentaries to Watch for Earth Day

Abakcus team has curated check-list worthy documentaries that reach far beyond their educational purposes. We’ve put together a list of some of the best nature documentaries to watch on Earth Day. Go ahead and escape into the best nature documentaries, below.

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Added on: April 22, 2022

We live in a time when our beautiful planet is in much trouble, and with all that’s happening in the world, it’s more important than ever to learn how to take care of the environment. If you don’t believe me, you should check out these beautiful books from Penguin Classics Green Ideas series.

Why You Should Watch Nature Documentaries on the Earth Day?

A nature documentary can be a great way to connect with the world’s natural beauty and can often teach you things about the life around us that you didn’t know. Also, nature documentary films are a great way to learn how to take care of our planet from the comfort of our homes while learning something new.

If you didn’t already know, Earth Day is on April 22, 2022. You might wonder, “What can I do to celebrate Earth Day this year?” It is a special day when people gather to celebrate and care for our planet.

One way to celebrate Earth Day and learn something simultaneously is to watch documentaries. These 25 beautiful nature documentaries are a great way to celebrate Earth Day.

Treeline

Jordan Manley
2022
8.8

Trees are the oldest living beings we come to know during our time on earth. Moreover, trees are always beautiful. Patagonia's latest documentary, Treeline, is a lovely documentary about trees. The documentary explores our relationship with the planet's oldest living things, trees through the eyes of a group of skiers, snowboarders, scientists, and healers to the birch forests of Japan, the red cedars of British Columbia, and the bristlecones of Nevada....

Documentary, Earth Day, Nature

Kedi

2017
7.6

Hundreds of thousands of cats have roamed the metropolis of Istanbul freely for thousands of years, wandering in and out of people's lives, impacting them in ways only an animal who lives between the worlds of the wild and the tamed can. Cats and their kittens bring joy and purpose to those they choose, giving people an opportunity to reflect on life and their place in it. In Istanbul, cats are the mirrors to ourselves....

Earth Day, Nature

Degrees of Uncertainty

Neil Halloran
2021
6.5

Degrees of Uncertainty is an animated documentary about climate science, uncertainty, and knowing when to trust the experts. Using cinematic visualizations, the film travels through 20,000 years of natural temperature changes before highlighting the rapid warming of the last half century....

Climate Change, Earth Day, Nature

Tadpoles: The Big Little Migration

Maxwel Hohn
2021
6.5

For four years, Maxwel Hohn filmed the movements of millions of tadpoles in a small lake in British Columbia, resulting in an 8-minute short film called Tadpoles: The Big Little Migration. The underwater cinematography in this is absolutely incredible....

Earth Day, Nature

How to Bee

Naomi Mark
2019
8.5

Through archival photographs and interviews with family, it explores the history of Don Mark's beekeeping in the Yukon and traces his journey in the present day as he spends the summer passing his knowledge onto his daughter....

Earth Day, Honeybees, Nature

The Pollinators

Peter Nelson
2020
7.2

A cinematic journey around the United States following migratory beekeepers and their truckloads of honey bees as they pollinate the flowers that become the fruits, nuts and vegetables we all eat....

Earth Day, Honeybees, Nature

Colony

Several beekeepers around the U.S. cope with colony collapse disorder - the phenomenon that has caused millions of bees to mysteriously disappear....

Earth Day, Honeybees, Nature

More Than Honey

Markus Imhoof
2012
7.5

In "More Than Honey, in-depth investigation of honeybee colonies in California, Switzerland, China, and Australia is presented. This documentary features interviews with beekeepers, biologists, and other experts who explore the disappearance of bee populations around the world and what this trend may imply for today's society. At the 86th Annual Academy Awards, it was submitted for the Oscar in the Best Film in a Foreign Language category....

Earth Day, Honeybees, Nature

The Ivory Game

This Netflix documentary (produced by Leonardo DiCaprio) goes undercover to investigate the ivory trade (both illegal and legal), and brings to light the horrific practice of elephant tusk poaching. A call to action for activists and governments alike, The Ivory Game sheds light on and condemns the international ivory trade to prevent the imminent and violent extinction of elephants. Since its release, some of the poachers seen in the film have been apprehended and sentenced to years in prison....

Earth Day, Nature

Flight of the Butterflies

Mike Slee
2012
7.1

If you’re short on time this Earth Day, or on any other binge day, but still want to marvel at the planet’s beauty, look no further than this short but marvelously compelling documentary. Flight of the Butterflies follows the yearlong migration cycle of monarch butterflies from Mexico through the U.S. to Canada and back....

Earth Day, Nature

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