Force of Nature

In this episode of Force of Nature, Clover sits down with Sacha Dench - an award-winning conservationist, adventurer and UN ambassador. Sacha has been called ‘the Human Swan’ since she took to the skies in 2016. Equipped with a propellor on her back and a piece of fabric to keep her airborne, Sacha migrated with the swans from Arctic Russia to the UK, crossing 11 countries, to find out why the bir...

In this episode of Force of Nature, Clover sits down with Pam Warhurst - founder of Incredible Edible. Pam’s history as an activist goes back four decades, but in 2008 she experienced a catalyst that ignited a global movement out of her backyard. In this conversation, Clover and Pam unpack people’s power, finding where you’re smartest, and building back communities to weather society’s biggest sto...

In this episode of Force of Nature, Clover sits down with Dr. Elly Hanson - a clinical psychologist who applies lessons from the way we think, and feel, to some of society’s messiest problems. From childhood abuse, to trauma, and more recently, the climate crisis, Elly doesn’t shy away from hard questions. In this conversation, we ask: what do you stand for? Who do you stand for? And who are you w...

In this episode of Force of Nature, Clover sits down with Farhana Yamin - an environmental lawyer who has been at the highest level of international climate negotiations for over 25 years. In early 2019, Farhana joined Extinction Rebellion to glue herself to the pavement outside the Shell building in London. In this episode, Farhana and Clover discuss when to fight, how the key to solving the clim...

In this episode of Force of Nature, Clover sits down with Marcus J Ball - who, in May of 2019, found his name splashed across every major news outlet around the world. Marcus had launched a crowdfunded private prosecution case against Boris Johnson. The case? Lying in politics. This episode is about truth, democracy, and the corruption of our leaders - as well as finding your obsession, facing up...

In this episode of Force of Nature, Clover sits down with Anna Jones, co-founder of RefuAid. In 2015, at the peak of the immigration crisis in Greece, Anna - just 25 - decided to pack up her life to help on the ground. She saw first-hand how badly NGOs were handling the crisis - which is why she now runs her own. In this conversation, Clover and Anna explore the path to befriending failure; the so...

In this episode of Force of Nature, Clover sits down with Caroline Hickman, an “eco-psychotherapist” who has committed her life to understanding the relationship between mental health and the health of our planet. They discuss the mental gymnastics we perform to make sense of the world; the role of grief and loss; and how we can begin to face up to climate and ecological crisis without losing our...

Clover Hogan has been on the planet 20 years, and spent the past 10 working to save it. She believes it’s possible. She also believes that the threat even greater than climate change is our feeling of powerlessness in the face of it. In this podcast, Clover sits down with the people who are leading the charge: from the woman who started a global movement out of her backyard; to the lawyer responsi...