Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Is Fighting for a Brighter Future
OUTSIDE MAGAZINE
An Optimist’s Guide to the Planet follows Coster-Waldau as he criss-crosses the globe, meeting individuals and communities who are working towards a more sustainable future. This season, Coster-Waldau travels to the top of Andean mountains and deep into the Ecuadorian rainforest, where he meets people creating extraordinary innovations from transforming trash into green energy, to harvesting drinking water out of thin air. Nature-based solutions—like a company in Chicago training fungi to break down building waste—take the spotlight.
Outside talks to Coster-Waldau about what drew him to trade battling dragons in Games of Thrones to fighting for a brighter future, where he wants to film next, and his love for getting outside—even if it’s just a bike ride in New Jersey.