If you have kids, or spend any time near them, you might be familiar with a syndrome I call “Kid Movius Maximus.”  In other words, you get to watch the same kid movies over and over and over and….over.  Pretty soon, you’re about to run screaming out of the room at the sight of another dancing teenaged high schooler with side-swept bangs.  So to help prevent America’s youth from over-exposure to utter fluff, check out our list of the best kid eco movies.  There are a lot of “top eco movie” lists out there – but we have awarded our titles based on much more interesting categories.  It’s like the Green Oscars, but without the biting red carpet commentary!  So sit back, grab your popcorn, and enjoy!

Best Eco Movie to Entertain Kids and Adults
Mr. Furry Fur Fur
Okay, allow us a moment of truth.  We are officially obsessed with Mr. Furry Fur Fur.  Maybe it’s because he champions the earth.  Maybe it is because you can’t help but dance to the catchy soundtrack.   Or maybe it is just because puppets are awesome.  Whatever reason you allow yourself, you MUST check out Mr. Furry Fur Fur.  This delightful DVD moves at the glacial pace best for toddlers, but you will find yourself drawn in.  So much so, that you might be unable to look away from the screen!





Best Eco Movie to Entertain Kids and Utterly Mystify Adults
Bee Movie

This movie has everything.  It has a convoluted courtroom drama where talking bees sue humans for stealing their honey.  It has a vaguely uncomfortable love story between human Renee Zelweger and bee Jerry Seinfeld.  But it does have to nod to humanity’s destruction of the environment – we abuse the bees, they stop making honey, and all the flowers disappear.  So naturally, the bees save our butts by flying in flowers from the Pasadena Tournament of Roses parade to jump start honey production…..yes, you read that correctly.  But hey, your kids will love the talking bees!   





Best Eco Movie to Make Your Kids Respect Their Backyard
Over the Hedge
DreamWorks released this tale of suburban sprawl encroaching into a community of sly woodland animals.  As the trailer tells it, “their land has been developed….and their survival is at stake.”  Bring on the hilarity!  The kids get the see what we are doing to the land from the animal’s perspective.  And adults will have a laugh or two as well.  I mean, who doesn’t like a good SUV joke?




Best Eco Movie to Get Your Kids to Appreciate Mom and Dad
March of the Penguins
This award-winning documentary takes us through the lives of Emperor Penguins in Antarctica.  Your children must see this incredible journey depicting what the penguins go through to bring their babies into the world.  As narrator Morgan Freeman tells us, “In the harshest place on earth, love finds a way.”  Your kids will get an amazing view into one of the coolest (literally) environments on the planet.  And you will get to cry your eyes out at the sweet, heart-warming sentimentality.




Best Eco Movie to Get the Family Dancing
Madagascar 2: Escape to Africa
Kids learn what it means to be little people in our world.  What if animals had to learn how to be animals?  This is a great film to teach kids about how animals exist within their own natural environment.  Amidst slap-sticky fun and broad comedy jokes, of course.  Plus, you can’t help but get up and dance to the memorable soundtrack. 

Best Eco Movie.  Period.
Wall*E
Disney Pixar brought us this sweet tale of humanity’s redemption by robot.  The future has earth’s people in a giant spaceship.  We are all so fat that we travel around in mobile chairs, permanently connected to phones, screens and super-sized cups.  Why?  Because humans have trashed the earth through over-population and over-consumption.  And they have left behind little robot Wall*E to clean it all up.  Ultimately, humanity will reconnect with its eco-roots.  Watch this with your family, and you will reconnect with them!