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Radio Show: Trees
Earth Beat, 4 May 2012. We go all arborophile, or tree-hugger, as we celebrate the joys of tree. What we use them for, how to climb them, how to chuck them out of an aeroplane… In-tree-gued? Listen to the show for more bad puns...
Radio Show: Artificial
Earth Beat, 27 April 2012. Everything is not as it seems, as we explore the artificial world. From robots that plough the fields then scatter, to man-made coral reefs. Faking it for nature. Comment on this show or listen to...
Radio Show: Necessary Evils
Earth Beat, 20 April 2012. Necessary evils, like the tar sands in Canada. The fact is, we could use the oil, but is it worth the obliteration of a once-pristine forest landscape? Hear from a woman who treats her painful arthritis with yet...
Video: Blue energy: water power
Blue Energy, the power generated by the difference between fresh and salty water molecules, could provide for the entire world’s energy needs. That’s right, 100%. But 'could' is the operative word; researchers at the...
Radio Show: Cunning Plans
Earth Beat, 13 April 2012. Cunning plans that try to change the way we do things. From using goats as lawnmowers, or cocaine as fertilizer, and making pâté out of squirrels, we examine people who take problems and turn them...
Radio Show: Going Places
Earth Beat, 6 April 2012. Things that are going places - from rubber duckies sailing the ocean seas for a couple of decades, to the world’s most gruelling marathon and the first man to walk around the world, we’ll take you...
Radio Show: War
Earth Beat, 30 March 2012. Fighting talk from the front line - from rats trained to sniff out landmines, to why creating compost on an army base in Iraq can be a bit of a bummer. Plus, restoring the Iraqi marshlands after Saddam, and...
Article: Help us find the Beat of Kenya!
Each week, Earth Beat look at the highs and lows of living on this planet. With its unique mix of global stories, the show makes you rethink your own surroundings and gives you a new window into other environments. Help us find The Beat...
Radio Show: Foreign Bodies
Earth Beat, 23 March 2012. Things that turn up in the unlikeliest of places. Like sea salt full of prescription drugs, or pesticides in the Arctic. And the man searching the Amazon for a tribe he’s not allowed to contact. Foreign...
Radio Show: Feeding Ourselves
Earth Beat, 16 March 2012. Food, glorious food - we examine the cost of a full belly. We look at clever new ways of putting stuff on our plate, protecting the traditional techniques for feeding ourselves, and why every third mouthful we...
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