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Down to Earth with Zac Efron and Darin Olien
Traveling the world without leaving our couch
On July 10, 2020 Netflix released Down to Earth with Zac Efron. I’m a little too old to be of the High School Musical generation, but my 9 year old loves it. When we found out about Down to Earth with Zac Efron we thought, “Why not? Let’s see what he has to say.”
At a time when we can’t travel and the kids have been distance learning, the Netflix series has been a welcome reprieve. We travel around the world visiting different countries, while learning different ways to use natural energy, environmental concerns and healthy eating all without leaving our family room. While the ideal would be to do all of this in person, in a time of a pandemic, this suits us just fine.
Zac Efron and health guru Darin Olien travel to various countries and share with the viewers a little about the culture, the food, and the environment. The series is simple and the landscape is gorgeous. My children, ages 5–14, enjoyed the geography lesson and have started talking more about what they can do to help with the environment. Dinner conversations have centered around food and healthy eating.
Personally, I enjoyed the episodes surrounding Costa Rica and Peru, as a young woman I had visited both. I had done some of my student teaching in Costa Rica and it was fun to see…
