Time Switch: Protectors of Nature (Forever Nature Friendly)
Extinct or On the Brink Rescue Crew Multimedia Project & Series
In each episode members of the Extinct or on the Brink Rescue Crew along with five human Protectors of Nature, Eco Warrior children, will explore facts and attempt to rescue and save a species that is endangered through various factors such as habitat loss, poaching, pollution or human development. Each episode will feature a rescue mission, an interview with a panel of experts from the Forever After Lands, five human children who are training to be Protectors of Nature and an endangered species guest as well as an extinct guest along with tracking devices and wildlife gadgets to help the rescue crew in their mission. Every episode will explore one species that is endangered and one species that is extinct and look at ways to help the endangered species survive with important nature life lessons and lessons on living in harmony with nature, nature preservation and conservation. The episodes will also feature information about the dangers each species faces as well as a call to action at the end of the episode from the rescue crew to help viewers determine how they can help that species before the species becomes extinct and will also feature a song or song and dance that relates to the series segment topics. Written by Jill Thrussell
Each episode will explore one species that is endangered and one species that is extinct and look at ways to help the endangered species survive. Every segment will feature a rescue mission, information about the dangers the species faces and an exploration of their potential species extinction as well as feature an interview with the endangered animal character along with an extinct animal character then end with a call to action and song or song and dance as well as feature tips on pet care from Pet Care Inc. & Pet Rescue Inc. which two of the five Eco Warriors run.
Project Themes: discovery, self-discovery, friendship, problem solving, resilience/strength (emotional and mental wellbeing), wellness, thoughts, emotions, attitude, decision making, inclusion, participation, nature, care for others, care for nature, familial support and teamwork.
Age range: 5 to 11 years
Some example episodes include:
- Human Nets & Spills & Animal Threats & Ills: freeing a baby turtle caught in a fishing net & saving them from pollution due to a chemical spill from a plant (developed from Camp Wonders storylines)
- The Ivory Hunter & Hiding Tusks: Don’t Take My Tusk centres on helping an African Forest Elephant family to escape from a persistent Ivory Hunter, helping them to find a new home due to deforestation and helping the mother elephant to avoid poachers and hunters searching or ivory, who paints her baby elephant son, who is coming of tusk age (18 months), black and white to pretend he's a zebra and then sneaks him into a zebra herd to hide and protect him from ivory hunters. Written by Jill Thrussell
- Beware of the Poachers’ Snares: rescuing a baby red panda trapped in poachers’ traps for the illegal pet trade (exotic pets and parts) (developed from Time Switch storylines)
- Protecting the Protectors of the Forest: rescuing a pangolin family about to lose a forest home due to deforestation and avoiding the poachers and illegal traders that want to trap them and make them into medicine and leather goods
- The Circus of Cruelty/The Circus Ringmaster of Cruelty: saving a troop of Gibbons that are being held captive and the rest of the troop from a cruel circus ringmaster
- What a Waste of Waste: helping an Axolotls that is caught up in plastic packaging that is suffering due to waste dumping in a freshwater lake and making something useful out of the waste to convince the waste dumper who runs a local factory near the lake to recycle more and waste dump less
- The Wild Hearts Troop: saving some baby Marmosets and a troop of Marmosets from the illegal pet trade and a corporate research lab where some troops members are held captive by a pharmaceutical research team that want to use them as living specimens for unethical experimentations & research
- Escaping the Tusk Hunters & Finding Sanctuary: saving a Javan Rhino family crash from poaching gangs who hunt down rhinos for their tusks and finding a safe new home for the rhino family where they are not as easy to find or track.
- Hunter Dangers & a Gathering of Horns: saving and hiding a saola gathering from hunters that are hunting them for their horns which they sell or keep as hunting trophies.
- Hello Humans! I’m Back! I'm Not Extinct Yet, But Where My Truffles At?: The Return of the Potoroo & the Truffle Hunt: helping a potoroo (a species in recent times was thought to be extinct until a sighting in 1994) family to find truffle fungi food sources which are in short supply due to forest conversion and deforestation
Hosts on Rotation & Interviewee Panel with two special extinct or on the brink guests each segment:
Some first segment guests: Dodo Devine, Pandora Pangolin, Herby Diplodocus.
Protectors of Nature: Five human children
Extinct or on the Brink Rescue Crew (Protectors of Nature: Five human children & the Heroic Time Creatures Crew)
- Dodo Dawdledays Timeflaps
- Pangolin Promptfix
- Pterandingdong
- Diploclockus (Diplodocus)
- Eagle Swift Anibot
- Scenttrail Fasttracks
Some of the enemies of the Extinct or on the Brink Rescue Crew:
- Polly Misery (dark misery pollution water realmer)
- Queen Swarmy (worry insect)
- Problemina Swampina (problem creator creature)
- Misery Sulky Sandy (dark hourglass time being that can create misery sinking sands)
- Plodpace Wrecker (Woolly Mammoth Time Being)
- Instaswoop Bambi Raptor (Raptor Time Being Dinosaur)
- Trashful Rottie (dark time object being)
- Creeper Timevine (dark plant time being)
- Plus other troublemakers
Forever After Lands Extinct or on the Brink Rescue Crew Series
In this series a group of Extinct or On the Brink Rescue Crew help to rescue and protect wildlife species that are in danger with brave rescue missions as they follow the Eco Warriors handbook and face various obstacles and challenges such as poachers, polluters, contaminators, animal and human enemies.
Extinct or On the Brink
Save Our Species
Sometimes Our Wildlife Isn't a Straight Line (Sometimes You Have to Zigzag in Time) (from the Island of Wonders song collection)
**All children's projects will adhere to the I PERCCKS Value Framework developed under the Creative Life Sparks Brand which promotes the core values of Inclusion and Individualism, Positivity, Positive Participation, Problem Solving, Empathy, Respect, Care (care for oneself, care for others, care for nature), Critical Thinking, Kindness and Strength and will also support Social Emotional Learning (in terms of understanding, management and control of emotions, thoughts, actions and attitudes), Social Life Lessons and the frameworks of PSB and STEAM will also be woven in or applied where possible and suitable and every project will teach valuable social life lessons.
This project will have a storybook collection and song collection to accompany each season of the series.