The Planet is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 documentary film on environmental issues, released in 2006. The film was made by Michael Stenberg, Johan Söderberg

Johan Söderberg

Johan Olof Anders Söderberg is a Swedish film director and editor. He was considered part of the now terminated Swedish multimedia collective Lucky People Center....

 and Linus Torell for the big screen and was shot in the English language

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 to reach an international audience. It includes interviews with 29 environmental scientists and experts including Dr. Stephen Peake, Herman Daly

Herman Daly

Herman Daly is an American ecological economist and professor at the School of Public Policy of University of Maryland, College Park in the United States....

, Lester Brown, Gretchen Daily, Mathis Wackernagel

Mathis Wackernagel

Mathis Wackernagel is a Swiss-born sustainability advocate. He is currently President of Global Footprint Network, an international sustainability think tank with a presence in Oakland, California; Brussels, Belgium, and Zurich, Switzerland...

, Norman Myers

Norman Myers

Norman Myers BA PhD , is a British environmentalist specialisting in biodiversity. He is an influential figure among policy and institutional circles, although much of his more prominent work - such as on environmental refugees' - is widely viewed as lacking academic credibility...

, Jill Jäger, George Monbiot

George Monbiot

George Joshua Richard Monbiot is an English writer, known for his environmental and political activism. He lives in Machynlleth, Wales, writes a weekly column for The Guardian, and is the author of a number of books, including Captive State: The Corporate Takeover of Britain and Bring on the...

, Robert Costanza

Robert Costanza

Robert Costanza is an American ecological economist is a University Professor of Sustainability at Portland State University in Oregon.- Biography :Robert Costanza was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania....

, Will Steffen, and Jared Diamond

Jared Diamond

Jared Mason Diamond is an American scientist and author whose work draws from a variety of fields. He is currently Professor of Geography and Physiology at UCLA...

.

At 8pm GMT on 21 March 2007, as part of the OXDOX:MK documentary film festival, it became the first ever simultaneous round the world screening of a film. After the screening, a panel of leading environmental experts answered questions from around the world from the Berrill Lecture Theatre at The Open University, England.

TV Adaptation

The TV adaptation consists of four episodes of 50-60 minutes:

• Part 1: The Earth System
• Part 20: Nature's Resources
• Part 3: Humankind and Nature
• Part 4: Choices and Consequences

External links

• The Planet at svt.se
  Sveriges Television
  Sveriges Television AB , Sweden's Television, is a national television broadcaster based in Sweden, funded by a compulsory fee to be paid by all television owners...
  
  - includes the TV adaptation available for viewing (with Swedish subtitles)
• OXDOX:MK documentary film festival website