Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEnvironment and the General Election
With the general election now two weeks away, Helen Czerski and Tom Heap take a look at how the environment is featuring on the political agenda. The…
1 year, 11 months ago
Can writers save the planet?
Nature-writing is going through a renaissance. What started largely with TV tie-ins has evolved into a genre encompassing books about climate change…
1 year, 11 months ago
Hush! Don't Mention the Environment
In the first edition of a new series of Rare Earth Tom Heap and Helen Czerski reveal a new phenomenon- 'Greenhushing'. Big corporations that once tr…
1 year, 11 months ago
How do we get our healthy rivers back?
With river pollution more in the news than ever before, and sewage now a hot topic, Helen Czerski and Tom Heap investigate how we can restore the hea…
2 years, 2 months ago
Can the Oceans Save Us from Climate Change?
The world's oceans have absorbed huge quantities of carbon dioxide, protecting us from the worst effects of climate change, but how much longer can t…
2 years, 3 months ago
Can Politicians Save the Planet?
Why do politicians have such trouble sticking to their environmental promises? Why are they happy to hug a husky one minute, desperate to ditch the …
2 years, 3 months ago
Alien Invasion
Should we celebrate the arrival of new species to the UK or drive them out? Tom Heap and Helen Czerski investigate the role of alien invasive specie…
2 years, 3 months ago
Can We Build a Better World with Wood?
From the emotional balm of a walk in the woods to the first wooden skyscrapers, Tom Heap and Helen Czerski ask if we can replace a world of concrete …
2 years, 3 months ago
Can we live without waste?
Rare Earth is a new weekly podcast and radio show from BBC Radio Four which digs deeper into the biggest issues for our planet. Each week, environmen…
2 years, 4 months ago
Is Nature Better Off Without Us?
Rare Earth is a new weekly podcast and radio show from BBC Radio Four which digs deeper into the biggest issues for our planet. Each week, environme…
2 years, 4 months ago