This ‘Game of Thrones’ star is taking his search for climate solutions global

In the opening episode of the latest season of “An Optimist’s Guide to the Planet,” Nikolaj Coster-Waldau travels deep into the Ecuadorian Amazon to meet the Indigenous community of Achuar.

There, in an act of collective self-determination, residents are resisting the construction of a road through their territory. They’ve seen what roads have brought elsewhere in the Amazon—deforestation, illegal mining, and spikes in violent crime—and decided that supposed “progress” cannot come at the expense of their autonomy or land. Instead, people here are choosing their own path, connecting their villages by river, converting diesel engines to battery power, and using solar energy to sustain themselves. “Technology is

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