8 Awesome Earth Day Movies to Watch With Your Kids
Start a conversation with these odes to Mother Earth and her inhabitants.
Are your kids too young to have an in-depth conversation about global warming and endangered animals? Instead, teach them the importance of recycling and start the "protect the planet" conversation with a kid-friendly flick. They'll love the screen time, and you'll be able to get the wheels turning, re: taking good care of Mother Earth.
WALL-E
WALL-E, the last robot on Earth, spends 700 years cleaning up a very trashed planet. But when he spots EVE, a smooth, pretty probe, he chases her across the galaxy on a wild adventure. Kids will get a very real sense of what happens when you forget to reduce, reuse, and recycle.
$4, amazon.com
Earth
Follow polar bears, African bush elephants, and humpback whales throughout the course of one year to see how they adapt to rapid environmental change in this epic nature documentary.
$4, amazon.com
The Lorax
Ted's on a mission to track down a Truffula tree (for a girl, naturally) and uncovers the story of the Lorax, the mean-spirited keeper of the old forests, and the Once-ler, who tore it all down.
$4, amazon.com
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March of the Penguins
Have a global warming talk after screening this Morgan Freeman-narrated documentary on emperor penguins, which chronicles their journey across the frozen tundra, finding mates, and then hatching eggs—and try not to fall in love.
$4, amazon.com
Free Willy
Flashback! An Orca whale named Willy creates a strong bond with an orphan named Jesse, but when Jesse finds out that the greedy theme park owner Dial wants to kill his best friend, the young boy does everything he can to...free Willy.
$4, amazon.com
Bears
This Disney documentary follows a family of bears for one year. Mama bear Sky teaches her cubs Amber and Scout how to survive a cold winter, find food, and fight off predators — especially other bears. You'll be talking about the importance of nature preservation in no time.
$17, amazon.com
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To the Artic
Watch a mother polar bear and her two seven-month-old cubs figure out how to navigate the Arctic wild. You'll be glued to the screen (partially because Meryl Streep's voice is so soothing), even when you realize how global warming is damaging these majestic creatures' lives.
$3, amazon.com
Oceans
If you liked Earth, you won't want to miss this documentary. Explore marine life in the planet's five oceans, discover the impact of human activity on the environment, and quickly change your own habits (goodbye, plastic straws!).
$4, amazon.com
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