The Environmental Cost of Ageing

Tom Heap examines the carbon footprint of older people.

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Whose Amazon Is It Anyway?

How arguments about the protection of the Amazon rainforest are playing out in Brazil.

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Carteret Island

How the Carteret Islands are slowly being submerged by the rising sea.

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Turbines or Tearooms

Can we break the log-jam holding back renewable energy? Tom Heap investigates.

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Sell-by Dates

Tom Heap finds out if dates on food are past their sell-by date.

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Buildings

Tom Heap asks if we are looking in the wrong place for solutions to climate change.

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Supergrid

Tom Heap tests the notion of a 'Supergrid' linking renewable resources across Europe.

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The Great Mineral Heist

Alice Roberts investigates the loss of vitamins and minerals from our staple foods.

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The Three Peaks Challenge

Are charity mountaineers damaging our highest peaks? Alice Roberts reports.

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The Art of Protest

Tom Heap finds out if eco-activists are facing their toughest challenges yet.

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Guilt-Free Flying

Can technology remove the guilt from flight? Tom Heap and Bruce Dickinson investigate.

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Countdown to Copenhagen

Tom Heap on the prospects for the United Nations' crucial climate change conference.

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The New Diggers

Alice Roberts meets the people making Britain's wasteland grow.

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Keep on Trucking

Our goods need to be delivered, but at what cost? Tom Heap goes trucking to find out.

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Protecting the Past

Alice Roberts investigates the threats posed to our great historic sites by climate change

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Greening Fido

Could it be time to put an end to our pets? Alice Roberts asks if Fido can ever be green.

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The Big Clean Up

We need to build new homes and schools on ex-industrial land, but how safe is it?

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Fusion Future

Tom Heap investigates the real potential of fusion power.

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Plants to Pills

Tom Heap witnesses the worldwide police operation against the trade in endangered species.

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Turbines in the Back Garden

Do new rules make it profitable to make your own electricity? Tom Heap investigates.

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Eco-City Limits

Tom Heap tests the limits of an eco-city being built in a desert.

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The Price of Nature

Tom Heap finds out if it's really possible, or desirable, to put a price on nature.

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Deep Sea Treasure

The crew of the RRS James Cook explore the depths of the ocean in search of new life.

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The Great Flood of Paris

Paris was devastated by flood 100 years ago. Tom Heap learns the lessons for today.

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Volcanoes: Friend or Foe

Could volcanoes be unlikely allies in the fight against climate change? Tom Heap reports.

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Cerrado

Brazil's Cerrado is one of the world's richest eco-systems. Can it be saved?

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Rethinking Climate Change

The battle against climate change needs a radical rethink. Tom Heap reports.

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Rare Earth Metals

Tom Heap finds out if the supply of metals vital to electronics could be exhausted by 2012

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Cleaning Up the Ganges

Tom Heap visits the holy Ganges river to discover if India's life source can ever be clean

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Katrina: An Unnatural Disaster

Five years after the devastation of Katrina, is New Orleans safe from hurricane and flood?

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