Forces for Nature

Send Crystal a text letting her know what you thought about the show! What does it look like when conservation is not just a mission, but a lifetime practice? In this episode, I sit down with Beverly and Dereck Joubert, whose decades of filmmaking, photography, and advocacy have helped shape how the world sees Africa’s wildlife. Their new book, Wild Eye , is a retrospective of what they have witne...

Send Crystal a text letting her know what you thought about the show! This season of Forces for Nature featured alumni from the Emerging Wildlife Conservation Leaders community. Across very different ecosystems and roles, the same patterns kept showing up. I pull those threads together into a handful of practical lessons you can apply whether you work in conservation professionally or you just car...

Send Crystal a text letting her know what you thought about the show! For this special live conversation, Crystal sat down on stage with Rhett Ayers Butler, founder and CEO of Mongabay, one of the most trusted sources of environmental journalism in the world. Together, they explored the current state of conservation- from resilience and adaptation to the role of journalism, storytelling, technolog...

Send Crystal a text letting her know what you thought about the show! This is another episode of the Emerging Wildlife Conservation Leaders program series!  Affectionately known as the Manatee Man , Jamal Galves discovered his calling earlier than most. Growing up in the coastal village of Gales Point Manatee, he saw these gentle animals almost every day, never realizing they were endangered until...

Send Crystal a text letting her know what you thought about the show! When you imagine lions, you probably picture big prides sprawled across open savannas. But in northern Kenya’s Samburu landscape, lions live a very different life, often alone, slipping quietly through a patchwork of people, livestock, and shrinking wild spaces. It is a hard place to be a lion… and an even harder place to protec...

Send Crystal a text letting her know what you thought about the show! Most people have heard about elephants and rhinos being in trouble. But few realize that giraffes are quietly disappearing too. And also the hirola, a graceful antelope found only along the Kenya–Somalia border, is down to fewer than 500 left on Earth. In this episode, Dr. Abdullahi Ali shares how his journey from a nomadic chil...

Send Crystal a text letting her know what you thought about the show! Federal policy might seem distant from the forests, rivers, and wildlife we care about but, as Bentley Johnson of the Michigan League of Conservation Voters explains, its impact reaches straight into our daily lives. From an executive order that resulted in higher(!) energy prices to bipartisan efforts that ensure the water comi...

Send Crystal a text letting her know what you thought about the show! Wildlife filmmakers Justin Grubb and Alex Goetz have traveled from Costa Rica to Alaska capturing stories that connect people and wildlife in powerful ways. As co-founders of Running Wild Media, their work has appeared on National Geographic, PBS, Discovery+, and Disney+, and has been recognized with multiple awards and Emmy nom...

Send Crystal a text letting her know what you thought about the show! This is another episode of the Emerging Wildlife Conservation Leaders program series! In a place where moose wander through neighborhoods and grizzlies sometimes cross backyard fences, living alongside wildlife takes creativity, cooperation, and care. The Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation is proving that when communities come tog...

Send Crystal a text letting her know what you thought about the show! This is another episode of the Emerging Wildlife Conservation Leaders program series!  In 2011, Honduras declared all its waters a shark sanctuary. On paper, it looked like a major conservation win. But for the Indigenous Miskito fishers who had relied on sharks for generations, the law came without consultation- turning long-st...

Send Crystal a text letting her know what you thought about the show! This is another episode of the Emerging Wildlife Conservation Leaders program series! Whether you’re trying to protect a local park, rally donations for your nonprofit, or simply get your friends to recycle, one of the hardest parts of making change is inspiring others to care. How do you move people from awareness to action? Th...

Send Crystal a text letting her know what you thought about the show! This is another episode of the Emerging Wildlife Conservation Leaders program series! Across Africa, thousands of primates are finding themselves the victims of the illegal wildlife trade, bushmeat hunting, and habitat loss. For many, survival depends on the work of sanctuaries. These safe havens provide food, medical care, and,...

Send Crystal a text letting her know what you thought about the show! This season of Forces for Nature is extra special- all of the guests are participants in the Emerging Wildlife Conservation Leaders (EWCL) program, a global network of conservationists who are pushing the boundaries of how people and wildlife can thrive together. As EWCL celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, I’m spotlightin...

Send Crystal a text letting her know what you thought about the show! After a powerful series of conversations recorded at the EarthX Conference in Dallas, Texas, Forces for Nature host, Crystal DiMiceli, is taking this moment to pause, reflect, and share what she's carrying forward as the season ends. In this solo episode, she talks about the common themes that emerged across the EarthX seri...

Send Crystal a text letting her know what you thought about the show! Welcome to another episode of the EarthX Conference series! When you think of ocean conservation, coral reefs likely come to mind. But what if the real unsung hero of the sea is something far less glamorous—and far more vital? Filmmaker Adam Hussain brings us into the underwater world of kelp forests in his upcoming documentary...

Send Crystal a text letting her know what you thought about the show! This is another episode of the Forces for Nature, EarthX Conference series! What if the way we approach learning could shape not just our own success, but the future of our planet? In this episode, I sit down with James Keyes—former CEO of 7-Eleven and Blockbuster—who believes that education isn’t just about getting a degree; it...

Send Crystal a text letting her know what you thought about the show! This is another episode of the Forces for Nature, EarthX Conference series! The health of our oceans is critical—not just for marine life, but for our economy and future sustainability. Enter Ocean Exchange, an organization dedicated to accelerating solutions that improve ocean health and coastal resilience. And, one of only fou...

Send Crystal a text letting her know what you thought about the show! This is another episode of the Forces for Nature, EarthX Conference series! What if nature itself could help clean up our most toxic messes? That’s the promise of bioremediation, a groundbreaking process that uses living organisms—like microbes, plants, and fungi—to restore polluted environments. In this episode, we’re joined by...

Send Crystal a text letting her know what you thought about the show! This is another episode of the Forces for Nature, EarthX Conference series! As the president of the United Nations Association – Orange County Chapter - Dave Rice is committed to localizing the UN's global Sustainable Development Goals. To effectively achieve this, Dave founded the nonprofit Sustainable Impact Alliance (SIA...

Send Crystal a text letting her know what you thought about the show! This is another episode of the Forces for Nature, EarthX Conference series!  What if your home could do more than provide shelter—what if it could help heal the planet? In this episode, Eric Amyot, co-founder of Issho House, Oliizoi, and ReGen Earth Studio, talks about his visionary approach to sustainable and regenerative livin...

Send Crystal a text letting her know what you thought about the show! What does it mean to truly live a life of purpose, one that not only fulfills us but also helps regenerate our world? Lynne Twist, a legendary activist, philanthropist, and co-founder of the Pachamama Alliance, has an answer. Lynne shares powerful stories from her work alongside indigenous communities in the Amazon rainforest an...

Send Crystal a text letting her know what you thought about the show! This is another episode of the Forces for Nature, EarthX Conference series! How can the landscapes around us play a direct role in reducing carbon emissions? In this episode, we talk with Jim Blackburn, the CEO of BCarbon, about nature-based carbon sequestration. Jim shares how BCarbon is helping landowners restore prairies, for...

Send Crystal a text letting her know what you thought about the show! This is another episode of the Forces for Nature, EarthX Conference series! Daniel Cardenas is the founder of CarbonEx, a Native American-owned carbon solutions firm. With over 20 years of experience in the carbon management field, Daniel shares his insights into one of today’s most polarizing climate solutions—technological car...

Send Crystal a text letting her know what you thought about the show! This is another episode of the Forces for Nature, EarthX Conference series! Julie Thorstenson is a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Nation and the Executive Director of the Native American Fish and Wildlife Society. Julie's deep connection to the land began in her youth, growing up on her family’s ranch in South Dakota, w...

Send Crystal a text letting her know what you thought about the show! This is another episode of the Forces for Nature, EarthX Conference series! We're never going to create the healthy and humane world we want to see if we continue to be so divided from one another. Manu Meel is working to bring us together. He is the founder of BridgeUSA, an organization that empowers young people to foster...