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Monitoring the Earth's heartbeat is our task. We look at our footprint on this big round world of ours and run stories of the people trying to make that footprint lighter. Marnie Chesterton is the host of the sustainably heated Earth Beat.
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Our selected shows of Earth Beat

Radio Show: Dying for the loo: a global tour of toilets

On this week's Earth Beat we mark World Toilet Day. Those of you who have a toilet rarely spare a thought for how the lowly lavatory increases your personal health and well being. But having access to a toilet can make the differ...

Radio Show: Mapping Presidents' Noses and the Rainforest

On this edition of Earth Beat: 3-D mapping helps preserve everything from Presidents' noses to the Amazon rainforest; Will divine intervention avert us from environmental catastrophe? And as the climate changes, find out what exo...

Radio Show: Dry Freedom! Fighting for the right to not use dryers

On this week's Earth Beat we air our clean linen in public, envision what highways of the future will sound like, and debate the potential of turning algae into biofuel.

Radio Show: The ecology of dying

On this week's first hour-long edition of Earth Beat, we explore the sounds of cities and tell you about the Positive Soundscape Project; we hear a personal story of climate change from Mali; and we delve into the ecology of dyin...

Radio Show: Eels under threat

On this edition of Earth Beat: This week's show is a bit of a mixed bag - something old and something new. There's a couple of stories that avid listeners may recognise. But they're so good we just had to air them again!...

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In this edition: Malnutrition threatens millions of children in the Central...
Bernard Hammelburg on Obama's Beijing visit
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Deforestation is a disaster for the environment
Deforestation on the Indonesian island of Sumatra is a major contributor...

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