Climate change is causing distress, anger and other negative emotions in children and young people worldwide, so much so there is a word for it, “climate anxiety.” That fact has spurred entertainment producer Kenn Viselman, one of the visionaries behind “Teletubbies” and “Thomas the Tank Engine,” to come out of retirement and bring another of his creations, the animated eco-superheroes, MeteoHeroes, to more than 30,000 schools and 15 million schoolchildren.
Viselman’s mission is nothing less than to change the world through compelling storytelling.
MeteoHeroes is a group of six pint-sized superheroes, each of whom represents a different continent and a different natural element, working in tandem to fight climate change disasters. Our fearless heroes go to battle to save our planet, using their unique superhuman abilities to control weather phenomena.
With humor and respect for its audience, the heroes send the important message to children that, “you don’t need superpowers to save the world.” The animated series’ brilliance is its ability to use humor to educate, empower and help children experiencing climate anxiety and its attendant negative feelings.
In an unprecendented partnership with Adventure 2 Learning and itsy bitsy Entertainment, MeteoHeroes has been approved in every state in the country to reach 15 million school children in 30,000-plus schools across the country through in-school broadcasts this fall.
Award-winning MeteoHeroes, based on a series of books and now a television series that debuted on PBS on Earth Day 2022, is the only children’s series dedicated entirely to climate anxiety and environmental issues. The eco-heroes first global product is “MeteoHeroes — Saving Planet Earth,” a videogame exclusively created for Sony PlayStation that sold more copies on its first day of release than was expected in its first month.
Plans are underway to expand the franchise with additional episodes (season 3 is in pre-production), a live-action feature film and an extensive environmentally responsible merchandising program that will include action figures, toys and, publishing, reducing single-use plastics and other environmental hazards. MeteoHeroes is already airing in 145 countries and 22 languages and plans to go to a full series on PBS stations across the country in the fall.
Itsy bitsy Entertainment’s ambitious strategy includes in-school broadcasts, making much needed climate change education available to every school in the country for children 4-10 with an age-graded curriculum, as well as through community outreach and online education for anyone wanting to know and do more to prevent climate change.
Adventure 2 Learning, an organization that creates and distributes educational videos for grades K-8, will distribute the series to more than 30,000 schools to teach the importance of climate change and sustainability and to try to allay children’s climate anxiety concerns.
In the absence of climate change education in our schools, many of the nation’s top child psychiatrists are using MeteoHeroes as one of the primary tools to help combat climate anxiety, an increasingly powerful and debilitating condition.
Lillian Vasquez, Executive Producer of KVCR-TV, a PBS member television station in San Bernardino, California, is confident the show will strike a chord with U.S. audiences as it has across the globe.
“When I first saw MeteoHeroes, I knew this is the vehicle which will educate our children and their families in an entertaining and meaningful way,” said Vasquez. “It is our hope children will in turn educate their parents. Just look around. We need to empower our children with knowledge, and secure their futures. We need the MeteoHeroes now more than ever.”
MeteoHeroes is produced in partnership with Kenn Viselman presents..., The itsy bitsy Entertainment Company, Mondo TV Studios S.A, Meteo Experts and creator, Luigi Latini, whose mantra “Education first,” has helped to inform children and their families all over the world about ways in which we can all play a role in mitigating the effects of climate change. The deal was brokered by Deb Pierson, an experienced media executive.
Learn more about MeteoHeroes — Saving Planet Earth: www.youtube.com/watch?v=
About Adventure 2 Learning
Adventure 2 Learning believes that every meaningful learning experience is an adventure. The educational platform offers a rich selection of video-centered resources, specially created and curated to support active learning in pre-kindergarten through 8th grade. Adventure 2 Learning's programs are used in over 30,000 schools, providing educational experiences that are engaging, impactful, and fun. For more information, visit https://www.
About Kenn Viselman presents…
Kenn Viselman Presents... is a global entertainment company committed to creating engaging and enlightening entertainment for the entire family, which focuses on the themes of love and the wonder-filled world in which we live, through family television, feature films, consumer products and online entertainment.
Kenn Viselman Presents...was founded in October 2001 to primarily provide Viselman a robust platform to continue launching unprecedented pre-school hits. By the age of 30, Viselman was responsible for more than $2 billion in sales.
By 40, as the founder of The itsy bitsy Entertainment Company and the president of KVp, that number rocketed to over $12 billion. It is now estimated that retail sales for these brands exceed a staggering $25 billion.
For more information visit the website at www.kennviselmanpresents.
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