Nature Is Speaking is an ongoing environmental awareness campaign by Conservation International that was launched in 2014. The campaign is developed by TBWA\Media Arts Lab and produced by RadicalMedia for Conservation International. It was conceptualized by Peter Seligmann and Lee Clow and its launch was led by M. Sanjayan.
Concept Each short film of the campaign personifies a different environmental aspect, such as the ocean, with its own celebrity narrator. The campaign is intended to raise awareness that nature is required in order for humans to survive. Each film ends with the slogan: "Nature doesn't need people. People need nature."
Languages As of 2023, the campaign has been released in 11 different languages: English, Mandarin, Portuguese, Filipino, Spanish, Cantonese, Indonesian, German, French, Dutch and Arabic. Language Title Debut air date Year Episodes Overall English Nature Is Speaking October 6, 2014 2014 8 14 2015 2 2016 2 2018 1 2021 1 Spanish La Naturaleza Nos Habla October 6, 2014September 21, 2017 2014 1 9 2017 6 2020 1 2023 1 Dutch Nature Is Speaking March 26, 2015 2015 1 1 Mandarin 大自然在说话 April 8, 2015 2015 7 13 2016 6 Cantonese 大自然在說話 May 6, 2015 2015 2 5 2016 3 Portuguese A Natureza Está Falando August 12, 2015 2015 7 13 2016 5 2023 1 Indonesian Alam Berbicara November 5, 2015 2015 4 4 German Die Natur Spricht November 30, 2015 2015 2 4 2016 1 2022 1 French La Nature Parle December 4, 2015 2015 3 4 2021 1 Filipino Nature Is Speaking October 7, 2016 2016 9 9 Arabic Nature Is Speaking November 16, 2016 2016 1 1
Films No. Original title Original voice actor Original language Year Versions 1 Mother Nature Julia Roberts English 2014 9 2 The Ocean Harrison Ford English 2014 6 3 The Rainforest Kevin Spacey English 2014 6 4 The Soil Edward Norton English 2014 6 5 Water / Agua Penélope Cruz English / Spanish 2014 7 6 The Redwood Robert Redford English 2014 2 7 Coral Reef Ian Somerhalder English 2014 6 8 Flower Lupita Nyong'o English 2014 5 9 Ice Liam Neeson English 2015 4 10 Home / La Maison Reese Witherspoon / Marion Cotillard English / French 2015 8 11 Mountain Lee Pace English 2016 5 12 Sky / 天空 Joan Chen English / Mandarin 2016 4 13 A Amazônia Camila Pitanga Portuguese 2016 4 14 El Páramo Carlos Vives Spanish 2017 1 15 Forest Shailene Woodley English 2018 1 16 The Wave Jason Momoa English 2021 3
Mother Nature Language Title Voice actor Release date English Mother Nature Julia Roberts October 6, 2014 Dutch Moeder Natuur Halina Reijn March 26, 2015 Mandarin 大自然母亲 (Daziran Muqin) Jiang Wenli April 8, 2015 Portuguese A Mãe Natureza Maria Bethânia August 13, 2015 Indonesian Ibu Pertiwi Christine Hakim November 6, 2015 German Mutter Natur Hannelore Elsner November 30, 2015 French Mère Nature Sophie Marceau December 4, 2015 Filipino Inang Kalikasan Lea Salonga October 7, 2016 Spanish Madre Naturaleza Salma Hayek September 21, 2017
The Ocean Language Title Voice actor Release date English The Ocean Harrison Ford October 6, 2014 Mandarin 海洋 (Haiyang) Jiang Wen April 15, 2015 Portuguese O Oceano Rodrigo Santoro 2015 Indonesian Samudra Lukman Sardi 2015 German Der Ozean Hannes Jaenicke 2015 Filipino Karagatan John Lloyd Cruz 2016
The Rainforest Language Title Voice actor Release date English The Rainforest Kevin Spacey October 6, 2014 Mandarin 雨林 (Yulin) Ge You April 22, 2015 Indonesian Hutan Tropis Pandji Pragiwaksono 2015 Portuguese A Floresta Pedro Bial 2015 French La Forêt Tropicale Nicolas Hulot 2015 Filipino Kagubatan Noel Cabangon 2016
The Soil Language Title Voice actor Release date English The Soil Edward Norton October 6, 2014 Mandarin 土地 (Tudi) Chen Jianbin April 29, 2015 Portuguese O Solo Gilberto Gil 2015 Filipino Lupa Robert Arevalo 2016 German Der Boden Oliver Mommsen November 17, 2016 Spanish El Suelo Juan Fernando Velasco 2017
Water Language Title Voice actor Release date English Water Penélope Cruz October 6, 2014 Spanish Agua / El Agua Penélope Cruz October 6, 2014September 21, 2017 Mandarin 水 (Shui) Zhou Xun May 6, 2015 Cantonese 水 (Seoi) Zhou Xun May 6, 2015 Portuguese A Água Maitê Proença September 2, 2015 Indonesian Air Najwa Shihab November 13, 2015 Filipino Tubig Cris Villonco October 7, 2016
The Redwood Language Title Voice actors Release date English The Redwood Robert Redford & Lena Redford October 6, 2014 Mandarin 红木 (Hongmu) Pu Cunxin & Zhang Jiadi 2015
Coral Reef Language Title Voice actor Release date English Coral Reef Ian Somerhalder October 27, 2014 Portuguese O Recife de Coral Max Fercondini October 14, 2015 Cantonese 珊瑚礁 (Saan-wu Ziu) Donnie Yen 2015 Mandarin 珊瑚礁 (Shanhu Jiao) Donnie Yen 2015 Filipino Bahura Piolo Pascual 2016 Spanish El Arrecife de Coral Rubén Blades 2017
Flower Language Title Voice actor Release date English Flower Lupita Nyong'o December 1, 2014 Cantonese 花 (Faa) Tang Wei 2015 Mandarin 花 (Hua) Tang Wei 2015 Portuguese A Flor Juliana Paes 2015 Filipino Bulaklak Angel Aquino 2016
Ice Language Title Voice actor Release date English Ice Liam Neeson November 12, 2015 Mandarin 冰 (Bing) Tony Leung Chiu-wai April 20, 2016 Cantonese 冰 (Ping) Tony Leung Chiu-wai 2016 Portuguese O Gelo Zeca Camargo 2017
Home / Earth Language Title Voice actor Release date English Home Reese Witherspoon December 10, 2015 French La Maison Marion Cotillard December 10, 2015 Mandarin 家园 (Jiayuan) Sylvia Chang April 27, 2016 Cantonese 家 (Gaa) Sylvia Chang April 27, 2016 Filipino Tahanan Jaclyn Jose October 7, 2016 Portuguese O Lar Vanessa Lóes October 17, 2016 Arabic Home Asma Lmnawar November 16, 2016 German Erde Marie Nasemann June 28, 2022
Mountain Language Title Voice actor Release date English Mountain Lee Pace March 15, 2016 Mandarin 山 (Shan) Feng Xiaogang May 18, 2016 Filipino Bundok Robert Seña 2016 Portuguese A Montanha Thiago Lacerda 2016 Spanish La Montaña Fonseca 2017
Sky Language Title Voice actor Release date English Sky Joan Chen April 18, 2016 Mandarin 天空 (Tiankong) Joan Chen May 11, 2016 Portuguese O Céu Lenine 2016 Spanish El Cielo Eugenio Derbez 2017
The Amazon Language Title Voice actor Release date Portuguese A Amazônia Camila Pitanga August 27, 2016 Mandarin 亚马逊 (Yamaxun) Jin Dong November 17, 2016 Spanish Amazonía Catalina García September 3, 2020 French L'Amazonie Mélanie Laurent November 6, 2021
The Páramo Language Title Voice actor Release date Spanish El Páramo Carlos Vives September 21, 2017
Forest Language Title Voice actor Release date English Forest Shailene Woodley October 4, 2018
The Wave Language Title Voice actor Release date English The Wave Jason Momoa June 17, 2021 Spanish La Ola Sofía Mulánovich June 8, 2023 Portuguese A Onda Carlos Burle June 24, 2023
Voice Actors Title Language English Dutch Mandarin Cantonese Portuguese Indonesian German French Filipino Arabic Spanish Mother Nature colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" The Ocean colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" The Rainforest colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" The Soil colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" Water colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" The Redwood colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" Coral Reef colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" Flower colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" Ice colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" Home / Earth colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" Mountain colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" Sky colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" The Amazon colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" The Paramo colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" Forest colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" The Wave colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1" colspan="1"
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