Forces Of Nature
4 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsWhat have the world’s best-known environmentalists learned over the past 60 years? What are their biggest regrets? And what is the next generation of activists doing to tackle the threats facing our planet?
As WWF turns 60, the world’s largest conservation organisation is hosting a series of candid conversations between some of the biggest names in the environmental movement.
Through these conservation conversations, we’ll hear how action to save our planet has changed over six decades, what the next generation can learn from legendary trailblazers, and vice versa; and whether together, we can achieve more in the next ten years than we have in the last 60.
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Episodes
Green goals + regrets, with Juan Manuel Santos and Nkosi Nyathi
July 05, 2021 01:00 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MB“Every president, every prime minister, when you look back, you feel a bit frustrated because you understand that you could have done a lot more. That's a normal sense, a normal frustration that every president and every prime minister has. And looking back, I am very proud. But I could have done a lot more.” What words of wisdom does a former president who has been both praised and criticised for his approach to the environment have to share with the next generation? In this episode, 18-ye...
Indigenous rights + activism, with Princess Esméralda and Martina Fjällberg
July 05, 2021 01:00 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MB“Civil disobedience all through history has had a big impact. If it's non-violent but determined, it has a big impact and it has changed things. People say, how can you be against the law? I say, if the law is not right, of course you have to denounce it. That was the case for slavery. It was the case when women didn't have the right to vote. It was the case in South Africa with apartheid.” It’s not every day you get to tune in to a conversation between a member of the Belgian royal family ...
Prince Philip + religion, with Malaika Vaz and Martin Palmer
July 05, 2021 01:00 - 28 minutes - 26 MB“I was just wondering what it was like working with Prince Philip on environmental issues? Because from what I know - and this is a bit controversial - he had some very apparent contradictions in his love for conservation. For example, the year that he became the president of WWF was the same year that he was in Ranthambore, a forest that I love so deeply, hunting an eight foot tiger with local Rajasthani maharajas. How did those things balance out?” What do a 24 year-old filmmaker from Ind...
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May 05, 2021 11:17 - 2 minutes - 2.13 MBWhat have the world’s best-known environmentalists learned over the past 60 years? What are their biggest regrets? And what is the next generation of activists doing to tackle the threats facing our planet? As WWF turns 60, the world’s largest conservation organisation is hosting a series of candid conversations between some of the biggest names in the environmental movement. Through these conservation conversations, we’ll hear how action to save our planet has changed over six decades, w...