Costing the Earth

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Costing the Earth

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Steve Backshall Goes Off Grid

Steve Backshall lives in a new build house which is very energy efficient and almost totally...

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Save the Microbes!

It's said that a teaspoon of soil contains more life than all of the humans on earth. Microscopic...

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Gardens of the Future

Climate resilient gardens are a feature of this month's Chelsea Flower Show, but how can the...

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Investigation DRS

Many of us can remember returning our pop bottles to the shop in return for cash and wonder why...

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Water pollution solutions

Sewage is now discharged into our rivers and seas on a regular basis. It's joined by agricultural...

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Losing Our History

When castles collapse into the sea or ancient burial places succumb to floodwaters we lose a...

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Energy Lessons

After a winter of spiralling energy prices, Tom Heap asks whether our attitudes to energy...

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The Sound of Nature

Waves crashing on the shore, footsteps crunching on the forest floor. Stress levels plummet when...

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Jobs for a Green Future

UK commitments to phase out gas boilers and petrol cars may be good news for the environment, but...

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Greening the City

New technologies are vital in the drive to turn our fossil fuel-based economies green and...

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Prawn Free

Where do the prawns in your takeaway curry or pad thai come from? Peter Hadfield travels to...

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Surrendering to the Waves?

As sea levels rise, tough decisions are going to have to be taken about the flood defences of...

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A Greener Government?

Months of governmental chaos have seen contradictory policies on the environment come and go....

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Community Energy

Community energy might conjure up images of off-grid villagers working together to put up solar...

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How can I be a more sustainable parent?

Since becoming pregnant, environmental historian and broadcaster Dr Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough...

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COP27: Meeting the Promises

The COP 27 summit in Sharm-El-Sheikh is welcoming world leaders and climate negotiators to Egypt....

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CSI Oceans

Anna Turns investigates what over 30 years of post mortems on dolphins, porpoises, and whales has...

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The Lost World of Ice

The world's glaciers are melting at an unprecedented rate. 2022 has been a particularly...

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Saving Vietnam's Wildlife

Life can be pretty tough for the pangolin. This scaly-skinned ant-eater is the most heavily...

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