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Saturday 11 February RNW - NEWS AND ANALYSIS FROM THE NETHERLANDS IN 10 LANGUAGES, WORLDWIDE 24/7 ON RADIO, TV AND ONLINE
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Earth Beat

Monitoring the Earth's heartbeat is our task. We look at our footprint on this big round world of ours and run stories about the people trying to make that footprint lighter. Marnie Chesterton is the...
John Greenwood panning for gold at Glen Ogle, Scotland

Radio Show: A Labour of Love

Earth Beat, 10 February 2012. We go all gooey on the inside, for people with a passion for what they do. There was the man who panned for gold to make a very special ring, two youn...

Artist's impression of one of the Dutch mountain designs

Radio Show: Out of Place

Earth Beat, 3 January 2012. Things that, at first glance, seem a little out of place. Like turning water into fire, or a man who can make a gas-guzzling car drive like it’s a...

Children in Akyremateng village in Ghana play on their electricity-generating me

Radio Show: Play

Earth Beat, 27 January 2012. A show full of fun and games. From forest kindergartens and forsaking a childhood in the woods for the concrete of the suburbs, to generating power on...

The Banfer-Harrison family, Vauban, Germany

Radio Show: Privilege

Earth Beat, 20 January 2012. We look at alternative ways of enjoying the high life. From sustainable foie gras to a state-of-the-art low-impact suburb. And things you wouldn't thin...

Skater in the Eleven Cities Tour, 1997

Radio Show: Winter

Earth Beat, 13 January 2012. It may be cold outside, but we’re warming to winter, meeting people who like to feel the chill. From a husky dog breeder to a lo...

Shane Steinkamp - the naked hiker

Radio Show: Best of 2011

Earth Beat, 6 January 2012. We showcase the best of 2011. A garbage anthropologist. Rats that sniff out landmines. Two men who crossed a landscape – in the c...

Neil Harbisson with his eyeborg

Radio Show: Producers' Picks 2011

Earth Beat, 30 December 2011. Our producers pick their favourite pieces from 2011. From spending summers looking for fire, to a man who sees in black-and-white and hears in colour,...

Christmas robin

Radio Show: Christmas Special

Earth Beat, 23 December 2011. 'Tis the season to be jolly. And we see who’s doing it sustainably. From Christmas trees you can rent, to making everything from scratch and rei...

Abandoned Polish church, built 1785

Radio Show: Left Behind

Earth Beat, 16 December 2011. Urban exploring in abandoned buildings, explosive underwater wrecks, what to do about the small problem of nuclear waste and coming back from the ashe...

A large 'kite' structure, a gazelle trap, seen from the air, Arabian desert

Radio Show: View from Above

Earth Beat, 9 December 2011. We’re heading up, up and away to take a look at the view from above. From using Google Earth to discover archaeological sites to a scientist with...

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