In each episode of this highly-acclaimed series, Dr. Suzuki lead a group of children on a voyage to discover different aspects of the environment and learn how each individual is "connected" to nature. Through their adventures, the children and viewers learned to appreciate their relationship with the environment and what they can do to protect it. The series was designed to inform, stimulate and motivate parents and their children to take up an environmental project. It encouraged the natural instinct children have for discovery, and increased their awareness of the beautiful and complex web of life and our place in it.