Forces for Nature

About 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.

Publisher

Crystal DiMiceli

Category

kids & family · science · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Feb 2020

Latest episode

23 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

7 of 110 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   23 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

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

   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 witnessed—but our conversation is really about what you do with what you witness. We talk about the shi...

2. 

   7 Feb 2026TRANSCRIPT

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

   Crystal DiMiceli reflects on the Forces for Nature podcast season, extracting practical lessons from Emerging Wildlife Conservation Leaders alumni experiences across diverse ecosystems, offering insights applicable to both conservation professionals and passionate individuals; this is a solo episode.

3. 

   12 Jan 2026

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

   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, technology, and informed optimism. The conversation also opened up to the audience, inviting questions fro...

Inside a recent episode

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

Published 23 Mar 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And when we started looking at this for the Big Cats Initiative, there were 20,000 lions. So we had lost 95% of lions just in our lifetimes. So we knew how to do something. We started the Big Cats Initiative with National Geographic. But even then, we were saving one lion at a time, or maybe pride at a time, we realized that we needed to save the land that these lines were on. And so we started buying up leases on land and got to, we're now at about one and a half million acres of land. But once we started that, we realized that we were going to be bankrupt pretty soon. We were bankrupt before, but anyway. […]

Who has been a guest on Forces for Nature

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Adam Hussain
• James Keyes
• Millicent Pitts
• Cheyne Robertson
• Rudy Montes

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

662

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

34 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

9 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 55 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

31

Social presence

91

YouTube

66

Engagement

85

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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