Nature Solutionaries is a podcast about conservationists who do amazing things for nature and bring inspiration into our lives.
I’m Veronika Perková. I’ve always loved nature and admired people who protected it. I studied Environmental Studies, volunteered for different organizations and wrote extensively about conservation, sustainability and circular economics. I created this podcast to support inspirational conservationists and encourage listeners to do something good for nature. Click Play to learn more about this podcast.
Should a Vocal Minority Dictate Women’s Futures?
Being able to make decisions about when or whether to have children is among the most fundamental human rights. Yet when it comes to women and their bodies, suddenly so many people – complete strangers – feel they have the right to tell women what to do, like, “Contraceptive use is against our religion! “Abortion is …
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Madagascar: Conservation Works Best Alongside Reproductive Advocacy
If you want to be successful in any field, it’s a good idea to use every opportunity to meet people, learn from each other and cooperate. This doesn’t apply just to business but also conservation. Because as we all know, reinventing the wheel when you don’t have to is so ineffective! On the other hand, …
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4 Steps to Empowering Women Everywhere: A Lesson From Venezuela
Getting access to birth control — or any reproductive healthcare in a country in shambles — is harder than you can imagine. And that is especially true for families that live hand to mouth. But nothing is impossible, especially when there’s good will and a great team. Turimiquire Foundation has been able to help low-income …
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The Fight for Girls’ Education and Family Planning in Niger
It’s not easy being a woman in Niger. The odds are especially high for women to drop out of high school, get married young (17 is the average age), or be displaced due to climate change, insecurity or humanitarian crisis! What happens to women in Niger, though, doesn’t stay in Niger alone. It impacts the …
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Here’s Why Mountain Gorillas in Uganda Are Thriving!
Uganda’s first wildlife vet and award-winning conservationist, Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, shares her personal story about how her organization “Conservation Through Public Health“ has contributed to a steady growth of mountain gorillas in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda. That’s in addition to a major improvement in community health, a threefold increase in family planning use, …
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How Filipino NGO preserves nature and improves people’s lives
Natural conservation and making improvements in the health and livelihoods of our communities are not at odds, although sometimes it feels this way. In reality, they are inherently connected. For example, in many rural communities where access to quality health services is low and jobs are few and far between, poverty-stricken people depend on exploiting …
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How anyone can become a solutionary for systemic change
Many people feel desperate about the state of the world today. It’s no wonder because the number of negative news we hear is endless – biodiversity loss, resource depletion, increasing inequality, wars, and so on. The more informed we are, the more helpless we feel, thinking, “How can I make a difference?” It turns out …
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How PMC’s hot soap operas improved the lives of more than 500 million people
When soap operas are designed in a way that they not only entertain people but also educate about social issues, they can have a huge positive impact on society and the environment. This type of approach is called entertainment education and is at the core of what Population Media Center does. Through hot TV soaps …
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Why freshwater fish need as much or more attention than rhinos
Three fish conservation experts explain why we must urgently act to protect Critically Endangered freshwater fish in Southeast Asia.
How family planning programs help women live better lives and get involved in local protection of nature
When Colombian conservationist Sara Inés Lara started helping women from rural communities access family planning and education and become guardians of their own environment, she got a lot of pushback from local men and conservation colleagues. After all, it was a taboo to address environmental protection, women’s empowerment and population. Seventeen years later, her NGO …