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Rare Earth
Episode 1 - Is Nature Better Off Without Us?
- Broadcast
- 2024 (52 mins)
Episode one sees Tom and Helen explore the thorny issue of humans’ relationship with nature. They ask: should we simply leave wild spaces alone to thrive, or must we carefully manage natural habitats for...
Rare Earth
Episode 2 - Can we live without waste?
- Broadcast
- 2024 (52 mins)
Rare Earth is a new weekly podcast and radio show from BBC Radio Four which digs deeper into the biggest issues for our planet. Each week, environmental journalist Tom Heap and physicist Helen Czerski will...
Rare Earth
Episode 3 - Can we build a better world with wood?
- Broadcast
- 2024 (52 mins)
From the emotional balm of a walk in the woods to the first wooden skyscrapers, Tom Heap and Helen Czerski ask if we can replace a world of concrete and steel with a wooden utopia. Will the Wood Age be...
Rare Earth
Episode 4 - Alien Invasion
- Broadcast
- 2024 (52 mins)
Should we celebrate the arrival of new species to the UK or drive them out? Tom Heap and Helen Czerski investigate the role of alien invasive species in the British countryside and beyond. Tom and Helen hear...
Rare Earth
Episode 5 - Can Politicians Save the Planet?
- Broadcast
- 2024 (52 mins)
Why do politicians have such trouble sticking to their environmental promises? Why are they happy to hug a husky one minute, desperate to ditch the ‘green crap’ the next? As Labour ditch their £28bn...
Rare Earth
Episode 6 - Can the Oceans Save Us from Climate Change?
- Broadcast
- 2024 (52 mins)
The world’s oceans have absorbed huge quantities of carbon dioxide, protecting us from the worst effects of climate change, but how much longer can they defend us? Join Helen Czerski in New Orleans at the...
Rare Earth
Episode 7 - How do we get our healthy rivers back?
- Broadcast
- 2024 (52 mins)
With river pollution more in the news than ever before, and sewage now a hot topic, Helen Czerski and Tom Heap investigate how we can restore the health of our rivers. They talk to the Rivers Trust, which...
Countryfile
Plant Britain ' Autumn Special
- Broadcast
- 2021 (68 mins)
Countryfile’s Plant Britain autumn special celebrates the magic of trees and hedgerows in combatting climate change, boosting wildlife and our own wellbeing. We also look at the future guardians of our...
Green Originals
Episode One - Rachel Carson
- Broadcast
- 2020 (13 mins)
Nature writer Conor Jameson reflects on the impact of Rachel Carson’s 1962 book Silent Spring and its role in the environmental movement.
Green Originals
Episode Two - Joe Farman
- Broadcast
- 2020 (14 mins)
Meteorologist Peter Gibbs looks at the impact of British Antarctic Survey scientist Joe Farman who first spotted the hole in the ozone layer.