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Costing the Earth Episodes

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    Spiritual Greens

    Tom Heap assesses 50 years of green activism with leading members of the movement.

  2. The Growing Season

    The warmer climate is extending the growing season, Peter Gibbs asks if this is good news.

  3. Fruits of the Forest

    Can the growing of fashionable super fruits save the Amazon rain forest?

  4. Cities Without Cars

    Keeping cars out of the city: Chris Ledgard explores new plans in Paris and Barcelona.

  5. Big Oil Big Trouble

    Can the big oil companies re-invent themselves as climate saviours? Tom Heap reports.

  6. The Sun King of China

    Peter Hadfield meets Huang Ming, the undisputed leader of China's booming solar industry.

  7. Four Menus to Save the Planet

    How should we eat to reduce our carbon footprint? Four experts debate very different ideas

  8. After Chernobyl

    How the fallout from Chernobyl changed Germany forever. Julian Rush reports.

  9. The Mars of the Mid-Atlantic

    Peter Gibbs explores Ascension Island, a barren Atlantic rock made fertile by man.

  10. Digging Climate Change

    Professor Alice Roberts asks if archaeology can help us understand climate change.

  11. From Iceland with Love

    Tom Heap finds out how Iceland could solve Britain's energy crisis.

  12. Beasts of the Border

    Tom Heap examines the wildlife impact of Europe's new borders.

  13. Litter

    How do you persuade a throwaway society to use a bin? Chris Ledgard on litter campaigns.

  14. The Environment after Exit

    Tom Heap examines the potential impact of an exit from the EU on the environment.

  15. New York's Big Green Clean

    Tom Heap visits New York to find out how the city is cleaning up its dirty waterways.

  16. Acoustic Ecology

    Can the sound of the Amazon help to save it? Peter Gibbs reports.

  17. The City That Fell into the Earth

    How do you move a city? Lesley Riddoch travels to Arctic Sweden to find out.

  18. Requiem for a King

    Tom Heap tells the story of coal from the Industrial Revolution to its apparent demise.

  19. Britain Disconnected

    Is extreme weather pulling Britain apart? Tom Heap reports.

  20. In Conversation with David Attenborough

    David Attenborough and fellow experts join Tom Heap to preview the Paris Climate Summit.

  21. Murder in Cambodia

    Peter Hadfield investigates the illegal trade in Siamese rosewood.

  22. River Quality

    Tom Heap investigates claims England's rivers are under threat from 'insidious' pollution.

  23. Antipasto Agony

    Bad news for lovers of tapenade and pesto - olive trees are succumbing to a new disease.

  24. Coast: 50 Years of Change

    A new report reveals how the UK's coast has changed over the last 50 years.

  25. Paying For Our Parks

    The National Parks are exploring new commercial opportunities. How far should they go?

  26. Lungs, Lies and Automobiles

    Have we been lied to about air pollution? Tom Heap investigates.

  27. Where Have All Our Gardens Gone?

    Urban Britain is paving over its front gardens. Jheni Osman discovers the impact.

  28. Oceans of Acid

    Professor Alice Roberts asks how ocean acidification will alter sea life.

  29. Britain Rules the Waves

    Can Britain save the oceans by protecting its overseas territories? Tom Heap reports.

  30. Sounds of the Seas

    How noisy is the underwater environment? Tom Heap dips beneath the surface to find out.

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