Nature Is Speaking
Nature Is Speaking is an ongoing environmental awareness campaign by Conservation International that was launched in 2014.[1] The campaign is developed by TBWA\Media Arts Lab and produced by RadicalMedia for Conservation International.[2] It was conceptualized by Peter Seligmann and Lee Clow[3] and its launch was led by M. Sanjayan.[4]
Concept
The campaign intends to raise awareness that people need nature in order to survive. It features a series of short films in each of which different aspects of nature are voiced by well-known personalities. Each film ends with the following slogan: "Nature doesn't need people. People need nature."[1]
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 |
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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, 2014 September 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 | Ref. |
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1 | Mother Nature | Julia Roberts | English | 2014 | 9 | [5] |
2 | The Ocean | Harrison Ford | English | 2014 | 6 | [5] |
3 | The Rainforest | Kevin Spacey | English | 2014 | 6 | [5] |
4 | The Soil | Edward Norton | English | 2014 | 6 | [5] |
5 | Water / Agua | Penélope Cruz | English / Spanish | 2014 | 7 | [5][6] |
6 | The Redwood | Robert Redford | English | 2014 | 2 | [5] |
7 | Coral Reef | Ian Somerhalder | English | 2014 | 6 | |
8 | Flower | Lupita Nyong'o | English | 2014 | 5 | |
9 | Ice | Liam Neeson | English | 2015 | 4 | [7] |
10 | Home / La Maison | Reese Witherspoon / Marion Cotillard | English / French | 2015 | 8 | [8] |
11 | Mountain | Lee Pace | English | 2016 | 5 | [9] |
12 | Sky / 天空 | Joan Chen | English / Mandarin | 2016 | 4 | [10][11] |
13 | A Amazônia | Camila Pitanga | Portuguese | 2016 | 4 | [12] |
14 | El Páramo | Carlos Vives | Spanish | 2017 | 1 | [13] |
15 | Forest | Shailene Woodley | English | 2018 | 1 | [14] |
16 | The Wave | Jason Momoa | English | 2021 | 3 | [15] |
Mother Nature
Language | Title | Voice actor | Release date | Ref. |
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English | Mother Nature | Julia Roberts | October 6, 2014 | [1] |
Dutch | Moeder Natuur | Halina Reijn | March 26, 2015 | [16][17] |
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 | Ref. |
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English | The Ocean | Harrison Ford | October 6, 2014 | [5] |
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 | Ref. |
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English | The Rainforest | Kevin Spacey | October 6, 2014 | [5] |
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 | Ref. |
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English | The Soil | Edward Norton | October 6, 2014 | [5] |
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 | [18][19] |
Spanish | El Suelo | Juan Fernando Velasco | 2017 |
Water
Language | Title | Voice actor | Release date | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | Water | Penélope Cruz | October 6, 2014 | [1] |
Spanish | Agua / El Agua | Penélope Cruz | October 6, 2014 September 21, 2017 |
[6][20][13] |
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 | Ref. |
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English | The Redwood | Robert Redford & Lena Redford | October 6, 2014 | [5] |
Mandarin | 红木 (Hongmu) | Pu Cunxin & Zhang Jiadi | 2015 |
Coral Reef
Language | Title | Voice actor | Release date | Ref. |
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English | Coral Reef | Ian Somerhalder | October 27, 2014 | |
Portuguese | O Recife de Coral | Max Fercondini | October 14, 2015 | [21] |
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 | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | Ice | Liam Neeson | November 12, 2015 | [7] |
Mandarin | 冰 (Bing) | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | April 20, 2016 | [11] |
Cantonese | 冰 (Ping) | Tony Leung Chiu-wai | 2016 | |
Portuguese | O Gelo | Zeca Camargo | 2017 |
Home / Earth
Language | Title | Voice actor | Release date | Ref. |
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English | Home | Reese Witherspoon | December 10, 2015 | [8] |
French | La Maison | Marion Cotillard | December 10, 2015 | [8] |
Mandarin | 家园 (Jiayuan) | Sylvia Chang | April 27, 2016 | [22] |
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 | [23] |
German | Erde | Marie Nasemann | June 28, 2022 | [24] |
Mountain
Language | Title | Voice actor | Release date | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | Mountain | Lee Pace | March 15, 2016 | [9] |
Mandarin | 山 (Shan) | Feng Xiaogang | May 18, 2016 | [25] |
Filipino | Bundok | Robert Seña | 2016 | |
Portuguese | A Montanha | Thiago Lacerda | 2016 | |
Spanish | La Montaña | Fonseca | 2017 |
Sky
Language | Title | Voice actor | Release date | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | Sky | Joan Chen | April 18, 2016 | [10] |
Mandarin | 天空 (Tiankong) | Joan Chen | May 11, 2016 | [26] |
Portuguese | O Céu | Lenine | 2016 | |
Spanish | El Cielo | Eugenio Derbez | 2017 |
The Amazon
Language | Title | Voice actor | Release date | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Portuguese | A Amazônia | Camila Pitanga | August 27, 2016 | [12] |
Mandarin | 亚马逊 (Yamaxun) | Jin Dong | November 17, 2016 | [27] |
Spanish | Amazonía | Catalina García | September 3, 2020 | |
French | L'Amazonie | Mélanie Laurent | November 6, 2021 |
The Páramo
Language | Title | Voice actor | Release date | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Spanish | El Páramo | Carlos Vives | September 21, 2017 | [13] |
Forest
Language | Title | Voice actor | Release date | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | Forest | Shailene Woodley | October 4, 2018 | [14] |
The Wave
Language | Title | Voice actor | Release date | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | The Wave | Jason Momoa | June 17, 2021 | [15] |
Spanish | La Ola | Sofía Mulánovich | June 8, 2023 | [28] |
Portuguese | A Onda | Carlos Burle | June 24, 2023 | [29][30] |
Voice Actors
Title | Language | ||||||||||
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English | Dutch | Mandarin | Cantonese | Portuguese | Indonesian | German | French | Filipino | Arabic | Spanish | |
Mother Nature | 2014 Julia Roberts |
2015 Halina Reijn |
2015 Jiang Wenli |
2015 Maria Bethânia |
2015 Christine Hakim |
2015 Hannelore Elsner |
2015 Sophie Marceau |
2016 Lea Salonga |
2017 Salma Hayek | ||
The Ocean | 2014 Harrison Ford |
2015 Jiang Wen |
2015 Rodrigo Santoro |
2015 Lukman Sardi |
2015 Hannes Jaenicke |
2016 John Lloyd Cruz |
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The Rainforest | 2014 Kevin Spacey |
2015 Ge You |
2015 Pedro Bial |
2015 Pandji Pragiwaksono |
2015 Nicolas Hulot |
2016 Noel Cabangon |
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The Soil | 2014 Edward Norton |
2015 Chen Jianbin |
2015 Gilberto Gil |
2016 Oliver Mommsen |
2016 Robert Arevalo |
2017 Juan Fernando Velasco | |||||
Water | 2014 Penélope Cruz |
2015 Zhou Xun |
2015 Zhou Xun |
2015 Maitê Proença |
2015 Najwa Shihab |
2016 Cris Villonco |
2014 Penélope Cruz | ||||
The Redwood | 2014 Robert Redford |
2015 Pu Cunxin |
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Coral Reef | 2014 Ian Somerhalder |
2015 Donnie Yen |
2015 Donnie Yen |
2015 Max Fercondini |
2016 Piolo Pascual |
2017 Rubén Blades | |||||
Flower | 2014 Lupita Nyong'o |
2015 Tang Wei |
2015 Tang Wei |
2015 Juliana Paes |
2016 Angel Aquino |
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Ice | 2015 Liam Neeson |
2016 Tony Leung |
2016 Tony Leung |
2016 Zeca Camargo |
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Home / Earth | 2015 Reese Witherspoon |
2016 Sylvia Chang |
2016 Sylvia Chang |
2016 Vanessa Lóes |
2022 Marie Nasemann |
2015 Marion Cotillard |
2016 Jaclyn Jose |
2016 Asma Lmnawar |
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Mountain | 2016 Lee Pace |
2016 Feng Xiaogang |
2016 Thiago Lacerda |
2016 Robert Sena |
2017 Fonseca | ||||||
Sky | 2016 Joan Chen |
2016 Joan Chen |
2016 Lenine |
2017 Eugenio Derbez | |||||||
The Amazon | 2016 Jin Dong |
2016 Camila Pitanga |
2021 Mélanie Laurent |
2020 Catalina García | |||||||
The Paramo | 2017 Carlos Vives | ||||||||||
Forest | 2018 Shailene Woodley |
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The Wave | 2021 Jason Momoa |
2023 Carlos Burle |
2023 Sofía Mulánovich |
External links
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