Selected Work: Presenter, director, executive producer, camera
How the Ashaninka are healing the rainforest | Message from the Amazon | earthrise
The evidence is clear: Human activity is devastating our planet. While we know the causes of and solutions for the climate and nature crisis, action remains insufficient. If knowledge alone isn’t…
Rediscovering our connection to Earth | The Call to Remember | earthrise
This is the story of how people are rediscovering their connection to Earth, inspired by wisdom keepers who have never forgotten what it means to live in harmony with nature. At the United Kingdom’s…
The mindful path to systems change | Changing the System from Within | earthrise
earthrise explores how personal development is driving systems to change. At the Plum Village, Europe’s largest Buddhist monastery, presenter Amanda Burrell finds out how the teachings of Zen…
The movement to mobilise Muslim guardians of the Earth | earthrise
What role could a major religion play in tackling the environmental crisis? In Restoring the Balance, earthrise explores how a groundbreaking Islamic environmental charter – Al-Mizan: A…
Amanda Burrell Presenter Showreel
Recent presenting work on Al Jazeera English, including on Planet SOS. Find more at amandaburrell.com Instagram: @planetmands
Planetary Justice | earthrise – Systems Change | Al Jazeera English
In this second programme of the 2023 series of earthrise, we follow on from the first and continue exploring how the law is forcing action on the climate and nature crisis. In the Peruvian Andes, I…
Business Critical | earthrise – Systems Change | Al Jazeera English
In this episode, which has been nominated for a prestigious Association of International Broadcasters award in the Politics and Business category, I explore how corporations are helping transform the…
The Case for the Climate | earthrise – Systems Change | Al Jazeera English
The solutions for the environmental crisis exist, and there are plenty of films on previous earthrise series to prove this. Many of them have the potential to be transformative but our current…
Believing in Change | earthrise – Systems Change | Al Jazeera English
I’ve been producing and presenting environmental programmes for over a decade now. As the years have progressed, I’ve come to believe that knowledge and data alone are not sufficient to mitigate the…
Wild Recovery | earthrise | Al Jazeera
This is the first programme of the latest series of earthrise which I exec’d from a hotel room in Doha, Qatar, during the COVID-19 pandemic. With restrictions on movement in place around the world,…
Natural Wisdom | earthrise | Al Jazeera English
I was lucky enough to spend a month with the Shipibo tribe in the Peruvian Amazon in 2015. This trip opened my eyes to the crucial role indigenous peoples play in protecting nature. It also made me…
Crisis…What Crisis? | People & Power | Al Jazeera English
One of the things that really baffles me is why governments have failed to respond effectively to the climate crisis our planet faces, despite having known about the causes and likely consequences of…
Healthy Eating | earthrise | Al Jazeera English
As populations grow and incomes rise, we are eating more and more meat and dairy. I was amazed to learn the average person now eats over 40 kg of meat a year. Think 350 quarter pounders! Intensive…
Change of Power | earthrise | Al Jazeera
I find it really exciting to think that the world is in the middle of the greatest energy transition since the Industrial Revolution. But I am also deeply worried because it’s clear that transition…
Fixing the Food Cycle | earthrise | Al Jazeera English
Our global food system is totally topsy-turvy. It fuels climate change, degrades land, pollutes soil and water supplies and wipes out wildlife, including the pollinators we need for our crops. Far…