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Costing the Earth

Fresh ideas from the sharpest minds working toward a cleaner, greener planet

Radio 4,414 episodes

Episodes

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Introducing Rare Earth
Tom Heap introduces Rare Earth, a programme exploring major stories about our environment.
19 Jan 2024,1 min
Steve Backshall Goes Off Grid
Steve Backshall asks why it's so hard to have an energy efficient, fossil-fuel free home
23 May 2023,28 mins
Save the Microbes!
Whales and polar bears get all the attention, but how healthy is Earth's microbial life?
16 May 2023,28 mins
Gardens of the Future
James Wong asks if the way we garden could reduce the effects of climate change.
09 May 2023,28 mins
Investigation DRS
Tom Heap and Sepi Golzari-Munro investigate Scotland's controversial deposit return scheme
02 May 2023,28 mins
Water pollution solutions
Tom Heap asks what's gone wrong with our water system and how we can put it right.
25 Apr 2023,28 mins
Losing Our History
How to cope when climate change steals your culture. Qasa Alom reports from Norfolk.
18 Apr 2023,28 mins
The Power of Nature Writing
Can writing about nature help to protect it?
11 Apr 2023,28 mins
Costing the Earth - The Power of Nature Writing
Costing the Earth - The Power of Nature Writing
11 Apr 2023,27 mins
Energy Lessons
Tom Heap asks what lessons we've learned from a winter of spiralling energy prices.
04 Apr 2023,28 mins
The Sound of Nature
Meet the Japanese scientists working to bring the soothing sounds of nature into the city.
28 Mar 2023,28 mins
Jobs for a Green Future
Do we have the skilled workers to transform the UK into a net zero economy?
21 Mar 2023,28 mins
Greening the City
Can the City of London finance the Green Revolution? Tom Heap investigates.
14 Mar 2023,28 mins
Prawn Free
Where do the prawns in your takeaway come from? Peter Hadfield investigates.
07 Mar 2023,28 mins
Surrendering to the Waves?
Qasa Alom asks how long we can go on defending our coastline from the rising seas.
28 Feb 2023,28 mins
A Greener Government?
What environmental policies should we now expect from the party of government?
29 Nov 2022,28 mins
Community Energy
Could community energy be the answer to the gas price crisis? Tom Heap reports.
22 Nov 2022,28 mins
How can I be a more sustainable parent?
Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough juggles being a new parent while trying to be eco.
15 Nov 2022,28 mins
COP27: Meeting the Promises
As COP 27 begins, Tom Heap looks back to COP 26 and asks what we can expect next.
08 Nov 2022,28 mins
CSI Oceans
Anna Turns investigates what’s killing sea mammals.
01 Nov 2022,28 mins
The Lost World of Ice
Jheni Osman learns how the world's glaciers are melting at an alarming rate.
25 Oct 2022,28 mins
Saving Vietnam's Wildlife
Meet the local hero helping to save Vietnamese wildlife from the Chinese medicine trade.
18 Oct 2022,28 mins
The Prehistoric Hitchhiker's Guide to Climate Change
How early humans navigated the trials of climate change
11 Oct 2022,28 mins
An Environmental Paw Print
Man's best friend or the planet's worst enemy? What is the environmental impact of dogs?
04 Oct 2022,28 mins
The True Cost of Energy
Tom Heap and his expert panel answer the big questions about energy prices.
27 Sep 2022,28 mins
Wild Highway
For 20 years conservationists have been trying to build a wildlife corridor across Europe.
21 Sep 2022,28 mins
Future Tourists
Is wildlife tourism good or bad for the world’s most sensitive environments?
13 Sep 2022,28 mins
Steve Backshall Listens to the Whales
How quieter oceans could benefit our most charismatic marine mammals.
06 Sep 2022,28 mins
Ukraine: A War on Nature
Tom Heap investigates the environmental impacts of the war in Ukraine.
24 May 2022,28 mins
Sustainable Sport for the Future
Can world sporting tournaments really be sustainable? Qasa Alom finds out.
17 May 2022,28 mins