Good Energy
A playbook for screenwriting in the age of climate change
How does it work?
Created by writers, for writers, this interactive resource is here to help creators explore the endless ways the climate emergency complicates characters and colors story worlds. Users can explore activists, scientists, and adventurers for inspiration and potential consultations; get story consulting, script reviews, and research support with TV writers rooms, screenwriters, networks, studios, and production companies. They are here to support writers in portraying the climate crisis in any storyline, across every genre, to create relevant, authentic, and, above all, entertaining stories. Suspense, drama, hope, and even humor are all experiences that climate stories can unlock.
Why is it needed?
Facts don’t change people—stories do, and climate change is the biggest story in our world. Yet, the vast majority of these stories remain untold. Only 2.8 percent of scripted shows and movies released between 2016 and 2020 mention anything related to climate change. And only 0.56 percent include the term “climate change.” Good Energy plans to change that. Drastically. Their goal is to raise that number to 50 percent by 2025.
How does it improve life?
Good Energy is a story consultancy for the age of climate change. Thei mission is to inspire, support, and accelerate stories in scripted tv and film that reflect the world we live in now—and help us envision a better future.