Costing the Earth Podcast
Fresh ideas from the sharpest minds working toward a cleaner, greener planet
Episodes to download
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Gene Editing Nature
Tue 6 Apr 2021
Gene editing could revolutionise environmental conservation 鈥� but should we use it?
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Lockdown Planet
Tue 23 Mar 2021
How has one year of lockdown changed our environment in the UK and around the world?
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The Lorax
Tue 16 Mar 2021
Michael Rosen celebrates 50 years of Dr Seuss's environmental fable, The Lorax
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The New Environmental Sheriff in Town
Tue 9 Mar 2021
Meet the woman charged with keeping the government green.
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How to Halve Emissions by 2030
Tue 2 Mar 2021
We ask experts to imagine a world where we have halved global emissions by 2030
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China 2060
Tue 24 Nov 2020
Celia Hatton and guests discuss China's pledge to be carbon neutral by 2060.
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The Future of Environmentalism
Tue 27 Oct 2020
Jasmine Ketibuah-Foley looks to the future of the environmental movement
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A short history of environmental protest
Tue 20 Oct 2020
Tom Heap takes a look back at the evolution of environmental campaigning.
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Bushfire Animal Rescue
Tue 6 Oct 2020
Can Australia's unique animal life bounce back from bushfire devastation?
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The Great Leaky Loo Scandal
Tue 29 Sep 2020
How billions of litres of water are lost each week - from a system intended to save water.
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Swimming in Superbugs?
Tue 22 Sep 2020
Ellen Husain investigates how antibiotic resistant bacteria may be surviving in our seas.
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Build, Build, Build
Tue 15 Sep 2020
Peter Gibbs looks at how we respond to Boris Johnson's call to "build build build".
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Autopia to Utopia? Car-Free Cities
Tue 8 Sep 2020
Has the Covid crisis jump started us towards car-free cities?
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Flooding Britain
Tue 12 May 2020
How can the way we manage the environment help prevent flooding? Caz Graham investigates.
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Silencing with Noise
Tue 5 May 2020
How is the rising tide of man-made noise affecting our wildlife and what can be done?
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Music's Green Day
Tue 21 Apr 2020
Tom Heap asks what the music industry can do to reduce its carbon footprint.
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Covid-19: the environmental impact
Tue 14 Apr 2020
What effect is the coronavirus pandemic having on the environment? Tom Heap investigates.
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Fantastic Plastic
Tue 7 Apr 2020
How people in developing countries can turn plastic waste from a problem into a solution
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Plastic Burnout
Tue 31 Mar 2020
A new report reveals the scale of open burning of plastic waste. Are manufacturers liable?
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Eco Homes Now!
Tue 17 Mar 2020
Why aren't all the new homes being built meeting the lowest carbon impact?
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Fate of the Falcons
Tue 10 Mar 2020
Meet the Naga people of India who have turned from headhunters to conservationists.
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Mark Ruffalo vs Chemical Pollution
Tue 3 Mar 2020
Mark Ruffalo tells the story of one man's fight against a poisonous household chemical
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Election 2019
Tue 3 Dec 2019
Can Britain's political parties live up to their environmental promises?
What has happened to the world's coral?
In 2016 reefs around the world the size of city blocks died. Here we explore why.
