Fresh ideas from the sharpest minds working toward a cleaner, greener planet
Radio 4,·414 episodes
The crew of the RRS James Cook explore the depths of the ocean in search of new life.
14 Apr 2010,·30 mins
Tom Heap finds out if it's really possible, or desirable, to put a price on nature.
07 Apr 2010,·30 mins
Tom Heap tests the limits of an eco-city being built in a desert.
29 Mar 2010,·30 mins
Do new rules make it profitable to make your own electricity? Tom Heap investigates.
22 Mar 2010,·30 mins
Tom Heap witnesses the worldwide police operation against the trade in endangered species.
15 Mar 2010,·30 mins
Tom Heap investigates the real potential of fusion power.
08 Mar 2010,·30 mins
We need to build new homes and schools on ex-industrial land, but how safe is it?
01 Mar 2010,·30 mins
Could it be time to put an end to our pets? Alice Roberts asks if Fido can ever be green.
22 Feb 2010,·30 mins
Alice Roberts investigates the threats posed to our great historic sites by climate change
15 Feb 2010,·30 mins
Our goods need to be delivered, but at what cost? Tom Heap goes trucking to find out.
08 Feb 2010,·30 mins
Alice Roberts meets the people making Britain's wasteland grow.
01 Feb 2010,·30 mins
Tom Heap on the prospects for the United Nations' crucial climate change conference.
26 Oct 2009,·30 mins
Can technology remove the guilt from flight? Tom Heap and Bruce Dickinson investigate.
19 Oct 2009,·30 mins
Tom Heap finds out if eco-activists are facing their toughest challenges yet.
12 Oct 2009,·30 mins
Are charity mountaineers damaging our highest peaks? Alice Roberts reports.
05 Oct 2009,·30 mins
Alice Roberts investigates the loss of vitamins and minerals from our staple foods.
28 Sep 2009,·30 mins
Tom Heap tests the notion of a 'Supergrid' linking renewable resources across Europe.
21 Sep 2009,·30 mins
Tom Heap asks if we are looking in the wrong place for solutions to climate change.
14 Sep 2009,·30 mins
Tom Heap finds out if dates on food are past their sell-by date.
07 Sep 2009,·30 mins
Can we break the log-jam holding back renewable energy? Tom Heap investigates.
31 Aug 2009,·30 mins
How the Carteret Islands are slowly being submerged by the rising sea.
25 May 2009,·30 mins
How arguments about the protection of the Amazon rainforest are playing out in Brazil.
18 May 2009,·30 mins
Tom Heap examines the carbon footprint of older people.
11 May 2009,·30 mins
Alice Roberts discovers the potential savings available by harnessing the power of sewage.
04 May 2009,·30 mins
Will political and vested interests shatter President Obama's plans for a greener future?
27 Apr 2009,·30 mins
The contribution to global CO2 emissions of huge ICT dataprocessing warehouses.
20 Apr 2009,·30 mins
Costing The Earth investigates the range of biomass heating schemes in the UK.
13 Apr 2009,·30 mins
Tom Heap reports on the Antarctic Treaty.
06 Apr 2009,·30 mins
Miriam O'Reilly investigates whether a crash in prices has made recycling a waste of time.
09 Feb 2009,·30 mins
Investigating the harmful effects of the over-use of air conditioning and chiller cabinets
02 Feb 2009,·30 mins
