WILD HOPE: Mission Impossible is a "real-world case study" on turning high-emission animal farms into carbon-capturing forests.

Pat Brown, the founder and CEO of plant-based meat company Impossible Foods, is the subject of a new documentary about his attempt to turn cattle ranches into forests. 

The film, titled WILD HOPE: Mission Impossible, follows Brown and scientist Michael Eisen as they investigate how to convert former cattle ranches into biodiverse, carbon-capturing forests on a thousand-acre property in Arkansas they name “The Carbon Ranch.”

No species exists in a vacuum. It is part of a community, dependent on its neighbors for survival. That’s why recent news that the red-cockaded woodpecker has been moved from endangered to threatened is a reason to celebrate. It also comes with a note of caution and concern for its future.

Exclusive: Sally Aitken’s delicate, immensely touching documentary “Every Little Thing" follows hummingbird rescuer (and real-life hero) Terry Masear through a season of saving some of our most delightful creatures.

For nearly a year, a series of names have buzzed around my brain like so many tiny birds: Cactus. Wasabi. Larry Bird. How are they? What are they doing? Where are they? Spend any amount of time with Sally Aitken’s delicate, immensely touching documentary “Every Little Thing,” and you’ll fall to the same obsessions and curiosities.

Impossible Foods advances its mission to combat climate change with new strides in European regulatory approvals, legal victories, and a focus on sustainable land use initiatives.

It’s been more than five years since Impossible Foods, the California plant-based meat producer, first applied for European approval of its novel burgers. 

Taira Malaney’s “Turtle Walker” (2024) revolves around Satish Bhaskar, an Indian biologist who devoted his life to preserving sea turtles. Although a biographical tale based on Bhaskar’s life, director Malaney treats his story like a fantasy adventure tale. From the get-go, it looks like a Ghibli film where refreshing colors grab your attention through neatly-composed frames. The sand appears in the prettiest tones of ochre while the sky and the ocean bring out tones of aquamarine almost with a pastel-like softness on a paper sheet.

The new episode of the WILD HOPE documentary series, Mission Impossible, debuts today on centering on Dr. Pat Brown, founder of Impossible Foods, and his mission to combat climate change and biodiversity loss through plant-based innovation and sustainable land use practices. 

Turtle Walker is a new documentary from Taira Malaney who focuses on the fascinating career of Satish Bhaskar, a man from India who spent nineteen years exploring the country’s coastlines to study sea turtles. His work helped to protect the species that has been exploited for its eggs, flesh, and shell. Knowing absolutely nothing about sea turtles myself I found this to be a very enlightening and inspiring piece of work.