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Rare Earth
Episode 11 - Can an oil rig be a nature reserve?
- Broadcast
- 2024 (52 mins)
What should we do with our old oil rigs? Can the relics of the fossil fuel age be good for wildlife? Helen Czerski and Tom Heap investigate the future for the steel and concrete that’s fuelled the modern...
Rare Earth
Episode 12 - The Future of Meat
- Broadcast
- 2024 (52 mins)
Can meat ever be environmentally friendly, or do we need better substitutes? Helen Czerski and Tom Heap discuss the cutting edge technology being developed to reduce the carbon cost of our diet.
Rare Earth
Episode 13 - World On Fire
- Broadcast
- 2024 (52 mins)
Is the rise in global wild fires unstoppable? Helen Czerski and Tom Heap discuss the terrifying march of the flames and search for fresh answers. They’re joined by John Vaillant, author of the award-wining...
Rare Earth
Episode 14 - The seabed: out of sight, out of mind?
- Broadcast
- 2024 (53 mins)
Over the centuries, bottom-trawling activities have transformed our coastal seas both ecologically and physically, mostly for the worse. As the habitat has declined, so has the success of fisheries. Is it...
Rare Earth
Episode 15 - How to Floodproof a City
- Broadcast
- 2024 (52 mins)
Tom Heap and Helen Czerski meet the people with fresh ideas to combat rising sea levels, from Enfield to Indonesia. Average sea levels across the world are rising fast. That puts 570 cities with a combined...
Rare Earth
Episode 16 - Save Our Seabirds
- Broadcast
- 2024 (52 mins)
Seabirds face many challenges - avian flu, plastic pollution, overfishing and climate change have all had an impact - but despite all of this, these resilient birds are surviving and in some cases, thriving....
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.
Green Originals
Episode Three - Petra Kelly
- Broadcast
- 2020 (14 mins)
Caroline Lucas explores the impact of the radical German politician Petra Kelly who founded Die Grünen and inspired a generation of European Green politicians.