The Ecoflix Podcasts

Rhett Butler founded Mongabay.com in 1999 with the mission of raising interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife. For the first ten years of the project, he operated Mongabay on his own, publishing thousands of stories and tens of thousands of photos. Today Rhett Butler serves as editor-in-chief of the web site as well as president of Mongabay.org, Mongabay's non-profit arm. Rhett...

When Azzedine Downes became President and CEO of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) in 2012, one thing was clear to him: "Talking to people who already agreed with us just isn’t enough to get real results." As IFAW’s Executive Vice President since 1997, Azzedine had worked closely with experts from across the sciences and decision makers from around the world. But when he b...

Ian Redmond talks to special guest Ugandan veterinarian and founder of Conservation Through Public Health Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka an organisation dedicated to the coexistence of endangered mountain gorillas, other wildlife, humans, and livestock in Africa in his Primate Podcast. A Whitley Gold Award for her conservation work, in December 2021 Dr Gladys was proclaimed a United Nations Environment...

Ian Redmond talks to Primate Podcast guest Dr Elodie Freymann who researches how wild chimpanzees use plants as medicine. Elodie spent 9 months observing chimpanzees in Uganda to gather behavioral and pharmacological information on these medicinal plants, specifically on their ingestion of tree barks which are also taken as medicine by local human communities. This has implications for the discove...

As a prominent nutrition scientist and leader of research on the positive benefits that a plant-based diet entails, Dr. Christopher Gardner has created the Stanford-led Plant-Based Diet Initiative (PBDI). This initiative, directed by Dr. Gardner, encompasses a series of seed grant research led by prominent Stanford scientists. Ultimately, the Plant-Based Diet Initiative would focus on science and...

Laurie Hood is the visionary behind Alaqua Animal Refuge. In 2007 Laurie discovered that countless animals were being euthanized due to the lack of a no-kill shelter in Walton County, she couldn’t reconcile this with her natural passion for animals, so she started Alaqua Animal Refuge. The refuge has expanded despite setbacks from hurricanes and COVID and Laurie has also spearheaded legislative ch...

In the first Ecoflix Primate Podcast, Ian Redmond chats to Professor Gilly Forrester about how she came to be studying apes. Gilly is a Professor of Evolutionary & Developmental Psychology at the University of Sussex. Her academic story began with a BSc in Cognitive Science from the University of California, San Diego (where she witnessed some of the invasive research methods used to study bra...

With over 30 years of experience in conservation, wildlife protection, environmental/wildlife crime investigations, management of nonprofit organisations, Andrea Crosta also has a broad cross-functional expertise in researching and investigating Environmental Crime Convergence including money laundering, human smuggling, narco-trafficking, corruption, transnational trafficking of wildlife and natu...

Carl Safina - Ecologist and author focused on human relationships with the natural world "we are a series of dilemmas inside a bunch of problems". Listen to this fascinating podcast which discusses Carl's early inspiration, his love of birds, his Covid era book on an owl named Alfie and so much more.

Captain Peter James Bethune is a New Zealand ship's captain with 500 ton master licence, published author, producer, and public speaker. Pete Bethune takes conservation to the extreme. As the founder of Earthrace Conservation, Pete is a world record holder, circling the globe four times on his powerboat Earthrace. From serving months in a maximum security prison for fighting Japanese whalers,...

David talks to Greg MacGillivray who has been producing and directing award-winning films for more than 50 years. Today, he has more than 60 films to his credit, including over 40 IMAX productions. Since the 1976 production of his first IMAX film, To Fly!, Greg has produced some of the most enduring films in the giant-screen genre. Greg has received two Academy Award nominations for Best Documenta...

David talks to Praveen Moman who grew up in the wilds of Uganda, where his family was part of the pioneering Asian community central to opening up East Africa. He then moved to the UK after becoming a refugee during the Amin expulsion. In 1997, Praveen returned to Uganda where he founded Volcanoes Safaris. Volcanoes Safaris has been at the forefront of reviving gorilla and chimpanzee ecotourism in...

Writer, filmmaker and adventurer, Jon Bowermaster is a six-time grantee of the National Geographic Expeditions Council. One of the Society’s ‘Ocean Heroes,’ his first assignment for National Geographic Magazine was documenting a 3,741 mile crossing of Antarctica by dogsled. His National Geographic-sponsored Oceans 8 project took him and his teams around the world by sea kayak over the course of te...

John Quigley is an educator, environmental advocate, aerial artist and founder of Spectral Q, an Aerial Art company that offers a unique medium of communication that is designed to build community and inspire creativity. Join John Quigley, a tree activist who climbed into a heritage oak and remained there for 71 days in 2002 saving the tree that was later relocated and thrives today. Quigley has s...

Kerry David has been working in the Hollywood film industry for over 25 years. In 2014, she raised over $500,000 crowdfunding for various non-profits, productions and artists. She was sidelined after learning about the silent war on endangered species due to commercial poaching and the human/wildlife conflict. It compelled her to get involved and in 2017 she launched her Non-Profit; OverandAboveAf...

A fascinating conversation with Argentinian Teo Alfero, who after time in the army and Patagonia moved to California. It was here he encountered his first wolf and on a whim with no prior expertise decided launch Wolf Connection. This sanctuary not only provides for wolves and wolf dogs but Teo has developed an incredible program to assist inner city children overcome life challenges through their...

Part 2 -Another fascinating Primate Podcast with Ecoflix Head of Conservation Ian Redmond OBE. In this second part episode Ian continues his conversation with the amazing Adams Cassinga. A wildlife criminal investigator, wildlife activist, permaculturist and writer. Adams is currently involved in the fight against wildlife trafficking in his native Democratic Republic of Congo where he heads a nat...

Part 1 -Another fascinating Primate Podcast with Ecoflix Head of Conservation Ian Redmond OBE. In this episode Ian speaks with Adams Cassinga. A wildlife criminal investigator, wildlife activist, permaculturist and writer. From Civil War to the mining industry, private jets and a reawakening, Adams' story is captivating as it is inspirational. Adams is currently involved in the fight against w...

Founder and CEO of Ecoflix David Casselman interviews h our very own Head of Conservation Ian Redmond about his incredible career in conservation with some brilliant stories about the legendary Sir David Attenborough.

David Casselman, Founder and CEO of Ecoflix interviews Robin Hanbury-Tenison OBE, DL, Dsc, Dhc, MA, FLS, FRGS. Robin is an explorer with a conscience. He has spent much of his life traveling in the world's rainforests and deserts and campaigning to protect both them and their people. One of the few remaining explorers who merits the name, he made the two first crossings of South America from E...

Gunter Pauli is an entrepreneur, economist, and author born in 1956 in Antwerp (Belgium). He is best known for his main work, The Blue Economy. He has lived on 4 continents, is fluent in 7 languages, has been a resident of Japan since 1994, and spends most of his time in South Africa. Gunter Pauli holds a degree in economics from Loyola University (today University of Antwerp) in 1979 in Belgium a...

National Geographic Explorer, biologist and front line conservationist Niall McCann speaks with Ecoflix founder David Casselman

Ecoflix founder David Casselman talks oceans, plastic pollution and uOcean with innovator Chris Desai, founder of uOcean.

Ecoflix CEO David Casselman speaks with children's author and publisher Christopher Lloyd. Ecoflix recently collaborated with Christopher to animate his book 'It’s Up To Us'. The book is based is based on the Terra Carta, a roadmap to sustainability issued by His Royal Highness The Prince Charles, Former Prince of Wales. Christopher also speaks about how is books are written through th...

Simon is an Executive Director at the Prince’s Foundation, overseeing the organisation’s education, health and other charitable activities. In addition to his role at The Prince’s Foundation, he serves on the Governing Board of the Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation at Kellogg College, University of Oxford, is a Research Fellow at the University of Grenoble, a Professor of Practice at th...