Project Planet
- Length: 8 x 24mins /
- Australian Broadcaster: ABC Me /
- Distributor: Abacus Media Rights /
- Supported by: Screen Territory /
- Produced with the Assistance of: Screen Tasmania /
- Producer with the Assistance of: Screenwest & Lotterywest /
- Produced by: Sally Browning - Emerald Films /
- Produced by: Renee Kennedy - Metamorflix /
- Developed and Producer in Association with: The Australian Broadcasting Corporation /
- ABC Me: Program website /
- ABC Me: Study Guides /
Children’s documentary television series
Five students with a passion for the environment have been recruited as Waste Warriors, to lead a sustainability mission at three Australian schools. Each week the Waste Warriors progress their major mission to reduce waste in all its forms whilst being thrown weekly surprise challenges.
Episode 1
Five passionate Waste Warriors are set sustainability challenges and lead the charge to turn things around at their schools.
Episode 2
Expert help arrives to help the Waste Warriors develop their vege patch and build a solar-powered irrigation system, with school canteen success for another Warrior.
Episode 3
Innovative methods are used to build a solar powered irrigation system cheaply and in Hobart, the Waste Warriors clean the school with natural cleaning products.
Episode 4
An entertaining robot that assesses and processes recyclables arrives at a school and our Waste Warriors are set challenges to support local native wildlife.
Episode 5
Setbacks, pickles and successes give all of the Waste Warriors a chance to prove their growing skills and determination with their missions.
Episode 6
Berry Springs’ rap song takes shape as vege scraps sprout and a bathtub becomes home sweet home to a family of worms.
Episode 7
Berry Springs embraces Nude Foods on Waste Free Wednesday, bug hotel building begins in Fremantle, while in Tasmania a meaningful mural starts to take shape.
Episode 8
It’s time to see if the small seeds of sustainability, planted eight weeks ago, have grown into big changes for the Waste Warriors’ schools.