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 ed...

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 ...

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 w...

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 ...

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...

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...

Lek Chailert, the founder of Elephant Nature Park, shares her life stories about her career.

Saengduean 'Lek' Chailert reveals the highs and lows of the challenges of running an elephant sanctuary in Thailand. From gun threats to Covid, a seat at parliament and a very prestigious honor from the President of France. Hosted by Ecoflix CEO David Casselman.

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 m...

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 lau...

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 Paul...

David Mitchell is literally a rocket scientist, an author, an entrepreneur, a Hollywood consultant, and the proponent of an amazing new method for sequestration of carbon

After 15 years as a Television Producer and Cameraman for CBS News, RAI and ZDF John began to study ecology. In the mid-1990’s he began a participatory process with a number of media and broadcasting colleagues in Beijing that led to the creation of the Environmental Education Media Project for C...

Will Travers OBE is an English director, writer, broadcaster and animal rights activist. He is president of the Born Free Foundation, Born Free USA and Species Survival Network. He is the son of English actors and wildlife campaigners Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna, Will shares an intimate con...

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 f...

James Sawyer is the Executive Director UK for IFAW. He is an experienced senior director, with a strong history of building and maintaining partnerships with Governments, Heads of State, NGOs, corporate entities and academia. Capable of developing high-functioning global teams, across challengin...

Our Founder and CEO of Ecoflix, launch our first ever Podcast with our very own Head of Conservation Ian Redmond about his incredible career in conservation with some brilliant stories about the legendary Sir David Attenborough.

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 Charle...

David Casselman, Founder and CEO of Ecoflix interviews Ugo Mozie who shares his love for animals, his success working with celebrities, faux fur, leather alternatives, the importance of education so consumers make informed decisions and his work with his NGO in Nigeria which uses sustainable mate...

Toby Gad is a Los Angeles-based German music producer/songwriter, best known for co-writing John Legend's biggest hit, "All of Me", the fifth-highest certified single in RIAA history, and for co-writing and producing "Big Girls Don't Cry" by Fergie and "If I were a Boy" by Beyoncé.
Gad also pro...

Leah Garcés is the CEO and president of Mercy For Animals. She has nearly 20 years of leadership experience in the animal protection movement and has partnered with some of the world’s largest food companies on her mission to build a better food system.

Leah Garcés oversaw international campaign...

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/wi...

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 remai...

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 h...