The Environmental Media Association (EMA) celebrated the TV shows and films that helped move the sustainability conversation forward at the 2021 Environmental Media Awards, and Disney shows took several of the top honors.

The awards ceremony, hosted by actor Jeff Goldblum, recognized shows that address climate change, sustainability and other environmental topics through storylines, while also recognizing studios and productions for their efforts to be sustainable in front of and behind the camera.

Disney Channel's Sydney to the Max took home the Environmental Media Award in the Children's Television category for "Going the Green Mile." In this episode, after a field trip to the aquarium, Sydney can't stop thinking about plastic pollution in the ocean and decides to organize a protest at her school to ban the single use plastics used in the cafeteria.

Disney's other winner this year was the Hulu Original documentary I Am Greta, which follows the teenage climate activist from Sweden on her international crusade to get the world to take the urgent action needed to address the global climate crisis. Starting with her one-person school strike for climate action outside the Swedish Parliament, the film chronicles Greta Thunberg's rise to prominence and her galvanizing global impact as she sparks school strikes and climate activism around the world.

Several other Disney titles were named finalists for this year's EMA Awards, including The Simpsons (the show's record-breaking 15th nomination), Kal Penn Approves This Message, and LEGO Marvel Avengers: Climate Conundrum.

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