Costing the Earth Podcast
Fresh ideas from the sharpest minds working toward a cleaner, greener planet
Episodes to download
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Introducing Rare Earth
Fri 19 Jan 2024
Tom Heap introduces Rare Earth, a programme exploring major stories about our environment.
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Steve Backshall Goes Off Grid
Tue 23 May 2023
Steve Backshall asks why it's so hard to have an energy efficient, fossil-fuel free home
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Save the Microbes!
Tue 16 May 2023
Whales and polar bears get all the attention, but how healthy is Earth's microbial life?
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Gardens of the Future
Tue 9 May 2023
James Wong asks if the way we garden could reduce the effects of climate change.
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Investigation DRS
Tue 2 May 2023
Tom Heap and Sepi Golzari-Munro investigate Scotland's controversial deposit return scheme
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Water pollution solutions
Tue 25 Apr 2023
Tom Heap asks what's gone wrong with our water system and how we can put it right.
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Losing Our History
Tue 18 Apr 2023
How to cope when climate change steals your culture. Qasa Alom reports from Norfolk.
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Costing the Earth - The Power of Nature Writing
Tue 11 Apr 2023
Costing the Earth - The Power of Nature Writing
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Energy Lessons
Tue 4 Apr 2023
Tom Heap asks what lessons we've learned from a winter of spiralling energy prices.
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The Sound of Nature
Tue 28 Mar 2023
Meet the Japanese scientists working to bring the soothing sounds of nature into the city.
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Jobs for a Green Future
Tue 21 Mar 2023
Do we have the skilled workers to transform the UK into a net zero economy?
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Greening the City
Tue 14 Mar 2023
Can the City of London finance the Green Revolution? Tom Heap investigates.
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Prawn Free
Tue 7 Mar 2023
Where do the prawns in your takeaway come from? Peter Hadfield investigates.
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Surrendering to the Waves?
Tue 28 Feb 2023
Qasa Alom asks how long we can go on defending our coastline from the rising seas.
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A Greener Government?
Tue 29 Nov 2022
What environmental policies should we now expect from the party of government?
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Community Energy
Tue 22 Nov 2022
Could community energy be the answer to the gas price crisis? Tom Heap reports.
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How can I be a more sustainable parent?
Tue 15 Nov 2022
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough juggles being a new parent while trying to be eco.
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COP27: Meeting the Promises
Tue 8 Nov 2022
As COP 27 begins, Tom Heap looks back to COP 26 and asks what we can expect next.
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The Lost World of Ice
Tue 25 Oct 2022
Jheni Osman learns how the world's glaciers are melting at an alarming rate.
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Saving Vietnam's Wildlife
Tue 18 Oct 2022
Meet the local hero helping to save Vietnamese wildlife from the Chinese medicine trade.
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The Prehistoric Hitchhiker's Guide to Climate Change
Tue 11 Oct 2022
How early humans navigated the trials of climate change
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An Environmental Paw Print
Tue 4 Oct 2022
Man's best friend or the planet's worst enemy? What is the environmental impact of dogs?
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The True Cost of Energy
Tue 27 Sep 2022
Tom Heap and his expert panel answer the big questions about energy prices.
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Wild Highway
Wed 21 Sep 2022
For 20 years conservationists have been trying to build a wildlife corridor across Europe.
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Future Tourists
Tue 13 Sep 2022
Is wildlife tourism good or bad for the world’s most sensitive environments?
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Steve Backshall Listens to the Whales
Tue 6 Sep 2022
How quieter oceans could benefit our most charismatic marine mammals.
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Ukraine: A War on Nature
Tue 24 May 2022
Tom Heap investigates the environmental impacts of the war in Ukraine.
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Sustainable Sport for the Future
Tue 17 May 2022
Can world sporting tournaments really be sustainable? Qasa Alom finds out.
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How Green Is My Money?
Tue 10 May 2022
Have you ever wondered what the money in your bank account is doing? It's not inert.
What has happened to the world's coral?
In 2016 reefs around the world the size of city blocks died. Here we explore why.
