This is where climate and great stories connect.
Today’s audiences are increasingly focused on how their world is changing. The Sustainable Entertainment Alliance is committed to helping movies and shows connect with audiences by engaging with climate and sustainability onscreen. Climate change is the story of our time, and it’s being told right now, in small moments and blockbuster events. ClimateOnScreen.org offers tools and resources, such as NRDC’s Rewrite the Future initiative, to help you tell a great story.
Consultants
Work with people who have been there and done that.
Want to find a script consultant, conference, workshop or advice? Here are the experts inspiring Hollywood’s leading storytellers as they engage with climate change and sustainable solutions.
Rewrite the Future (NRDC)
Rare
Reality of Change
The Good Energy Project
Futerra
Heard - UK
USC Annenberg Normal Lear Center
Storyline Partners
Rewrite the Future (NRDC)
Rare
Reality of Change
The Good Energy Project
Futerra
Heard - UK
USC Annenberg Normal Lear Center
Storyline Partners
Tipsheets & Guides
Tips, tools, and resources to do it yourself
Want a hands-on guide to how your story can creatively and effectively represent climate change and sustainability? These resources offer character ideas, questions to consider, and most important, inspiration.
Research
Understand how audiences connect with climate & sustainability
A growing collection of research looking at climate representation in film & tv, audience demand for it and how it lands with them.
Fellowships & Funding Opportunities
Support where & when you need it
Got a great story, but need some help getting it out into the world?
NRDC Climate Storytelling Fellowship
NRDC’s Climate Storytelling Fellowship, in partnership with the Black List, CAA Foundation, NBCUniversal, and the Redford Center, grants $20,000 each to three fellows to support revision of a feature screenplay or pilot that engages with climate change in a compelling way. Fellows will receive creative mentorship from established screenwriters.
Redford Center
The Redford Center Grants program is designed to support environmentally focused feature documentaries and episodic docuseries at any stage of development, production, or post production. It currently operates on a two-year cycle and provides funding, access to a network of industry and environmental experts, a professional development retreat, and the opportunity to apply for second-year funds.
Climate Spring
Climate Spring invests in the development of the climate-related films and series by partnering with established production companies.
The Doc Society: Climate Story Labs
The Doc Society Climate Story Fund is seeking to support compelling storytelling and impact strategies from around the world that can help audiences envision the just transition, and activate them to make these visions a reality.
NRDC Climate Storytelling Fellowship
NRDC’s Climate Storytelling Fellowship, in partnership with the Black List, CAA Foundation, NBCUniversal, and the Redford Center, grants $20,000 each to three fellows to support revision of a feature screenplay or pilot that engages with climate change in a compelling way. Fellows will receive creative mentorship from established screenwriters.
Redford Center
The Redford Center Grants program is designed to support environmentally focused feature documentaries and episodic docuseries at any stage of development, production, or post production. It currently operates on a two-year cycle and provides funding, access to a network of industry and environmental experts, a professional development retreat, and the opportunity to apply for second-year funds.
Climate Spring
Climate Spring invests in the development of the climate-related films and series by partnering with established production companies.
The Doc Society: Climate Story Labs
The Doc Society Climate Story Fund is seeking to support compelling storytelling and impact strategies from around the world that can help audiences envision the just transition, and activate them to make these visions a reality.