Forces for Nature

Do you care about environmental issues but feel overwhelmed by all the information out there? Forces for Nature is here to help. We provide a clear, accessible overview of the challenges our planet is facing and, more importantly, focus on solutions. Instead of dwelling on the doom and gloom that fills the news and social media, we answer the question, “What can I do about it?” With Forces for Nature, you’ll find practical steps and inspiring stories that empower you to make a difference so that you, too, can become a force for nature.

Forces for Nature is a science podcast hosted by Crystal DiMiceli, with 110 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Crystal DiMiceli hosts Forces for Nature, a science show with 110 episodes published.

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  Episode #109

  Wild Eye and the Work of a Lifetime with Beverly and Dereck Joubert, Ep. 109

  Mar 23, 202651 minS6

  <p>Send Crystal a text letting her know what you thought about the show!</p><p>What does it look like when conservation is not just a mission, but a lifetime practice?</p><p>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 witnessed—but our conversation is really about what you do with what you witness.</p><p>We talk about the shift from documenting nature to defending it...

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  Episode #108

  What This Season Taught Me: The Lessons That Rose to the Top with the Emerging Wildlife Conservation Leaders with Crystal DiMiceli, Ep. 108

  Feb 7, 202616 minS6

  <p>Send Crystal a text letting her know what you thought about the show!</p><p>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 care deeply and want to be useful in whatever you’re passionate about.</p><p><b>Highlights</b></p>Lesson 1: Listen first. Trust is needed before solutions.Lesson 2: Durability comes from local ownership.Lesson 3: Sm...

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  Episode #107

  The State of Conservation: What’s Changing, What’s Working, and What Comes Next with Rhett Ayers Butler, Ep.107

  Jan 12, 202654 minS6

  <p>Send Crystal a text letting her know what you thought about the show!</p><p>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.</p><p>Together, they explored the current state of conservation- from resilience and adaptation to the role of journalism, storytelling, technology, and informed optimism. The conversation also opened up to the audience, inviting questions from conservation practitioners working across ecosystems, regions, and disciplines.</p><p>This episode was recorded live at the Emerging...

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  Episode #106

  Manatee Rescue and Conservation with Jamal Galves, Ep.106

  Dec 9, 202535 minS6

  <p>Send Crystal a text letting her know what you thought about the show!</p><p>This is another episode of the Emerging Wildlife Conservation Leaders program series! </p><p>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 a team of researchers arrived and opened his eyes to their struggle. At just eleven years old, he stepped onto a manatee research boat for the first time and that moment reshaped t...

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  Episode #105

  Living With Lions in Samburu with Shivani Bhalla, Ep.105

  Nov 17, 202557 minS6

  <p>Send Crystal a text letting her know what you thought about the show!</p><p>When you imagine lions, you probably picture big prides sprawled across open savannas.</p><p>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 protect them.</p><p>For nearly two decades, Shivani Bhalla, founder of Ewaso Lions, has been working alongside Samburu communities to understand and safeguard this uniquely challenging popu...

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