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Living Planet: Playing with food
22 maart 2018 · 30 min
From cultured cabbages to musical leeks, we explore the weird and wonderful ways that we use and produce food.
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Living Planet: After the storm
15 maart 2018 · 30 min
In 2017, two hurricanes of the highest intensity — Category 5 — wreaked havoc on the Caribbean islands. Irma came first, Maria followed, leaving a trail of destruction, displacing communities, and causing billions of dollars in damage. Now, six months on, the still-recovering island nations are having to prepare for the next hurricane season that's just months away. Lees meer
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Living Planet: Nuclear, post-Fukushima
8 maart 2018 · 30 min
Seven years on from Fukushima, we look at Japan's controversial efforts to send evacuees home, and battles raging in France and the UK over where to store nuclear waste. And we ask if, for all this, there's still a place for CO2-free atomic energy in a world threatened by climate change? Lees meer
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Living Planet: Surprise, surprise!
1 maart 2018 · 30 min
Our planet is full of surprises, from burning ice to clever fish! Expect the unexpected on this week's episode of Living Planet.
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Living Planet: The limits of exploitation
22 februari 2018 · 30 min
Our forests are rich in trees, our seas are full of fish, the earth holds a wealth of precious metals – but for how long?
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Living Planet: The cost of farming
8 februari 2018 · 30 min
From Kenyan coffee to Ecuadorian bananas - the price we pay for food from the land.
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Living Planet: In deep water
1 februari 2018 · 30 min
Climate change means the sea level is rising and storms are more frequent and intense. We visit communities around the world facing rising waters – from Fijians being forced to relocate to the Dutch marketing their flood-defense expertise.
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Living Planet: Sustaining nature
11 januari 2018 · 30 min
Climate change threatens India's most sacred river, Senegalese octopus come back from the brink, Chilean fishermen embrace sustainable practices, and we meet the volunteer who's been spearheading the world’s biggest beach cleanup.
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Living Planet: Earth, Ice, Water and Air
4 januari 2018 · 30 min
From saving tees in Poland, to defending Mesopotamian marshes, we look at how our planet's vital elements come together in precious ecosystems that are now under threat.
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Living Planet: Festive feast
28 december 2017 · 30 min
A rebroadcast of some of this year's best reports on food and drink: Wine producers vs. wild boars in Italy, bugs on the menu in Kenya, Costa Rica coffee growers go green and Louise Osborne attempts the vegan challenge.
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Living Planet: Harnessing nature
21 december 2017 · 30 min
Canada debates whether its Mounties should be wearing muskrat hats, French farmers try to come to terms with increased numbers of brown bears, and Florida's Everglades deal with the aftermath of hurricane Irma.
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Living Planet: Protecting nature's wonders
14 december 2017 · 30 min
The sea turtles of Fiji's Mana Island, cold-water corals in a warming climate, and monkey business and more in Japan's hot springs.
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Living Planet: The wonderful world of wood
7 december 2017 · 30 min
From burning it to building with it — could wood be the key sustainable resource of our future? We explore sustainable forestry to find out how it can support a bioeconomy, and how to best harness biomass as renewable energy.
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Living Planet: Our CO2 problem
16 november 2017 · 30 min
There's only so much CO2 we can release before we push the global temperature above 2 degrees – what scientists call our carbon budget. Do we stand a chance of weaning ourselves off fossil fuels in time?
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Living Planet: 1.5 to stay alive
9 november 2017 · 30 min
As the 23rd annual UN climate conference kicked off in Bonn this week, the message from small island states was loud and clear: 1.5 to stay alive. At COP23, Living Planet spoke with Pacific Islanders, climate activists and indigenous peoples campaigning for urgent climate action: Lees meer
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Living Planet: Energy
2 november 2017 · 30 min
Energy production and use account for about two-thirds of all greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. And carbon dioxide makes up the majority of those emissions. That means energy is a major driver of global warming. So how can we drastically cut these emissions and at the same meet the world's growing energy demands? Luckily, there are plenty of options. Lees meer
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Living Planet: Transportation
26 oktober 2017 · 30 min
Transport is one of the major drivers of global warming. We hear about local initiatives to bring down emissions — from efforts to pedestrianize Paris, to the Kabul mayor's bold plan for eco-friendly travel. And, are e-scooters the answer to Mexico City's pollution problems? Lees meer
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Living Planet: Agriculture
19 oktober 2017 · 30 min
Agriculture is one of the major contributors to global warming - it accounts for about a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions. As the global population continues to grow, so too does our demand for food, and the need for land on which to grow it. So, how do we meet this demand and at the same time reduce our emissions? Lees meer
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Living Planet: Forecasts & expectations
12 oktober 2017 · 30 min
After a summer of severe weather events, Europeans are asking: Is this the new normal and how do we prepare? Plus, the television show that's got Senegalese excited about farming.
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Living Planet: Eco freaky
5 oktober 2017 · 30 min
What does it mean to live sustainably? Is it enough to simply recycle our waste, or do we need to do more? We head into the domestic sphere to find out what some eco-freaks are doing to reduce their own carbon footprint - and discover just how hard it is. Lees meer
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Living Planet: Water is life
28 september 2017 · 30 min
On this week's show, could a risky dam project be the solution to Lebanon's water woes? Can the Dead Sea be brought back to life? Plus, we investigate what's behind hundreds of dolphin deaths in the Black Sea.
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Living Planet: Who decides?
21 september 2017 · 30 min
This week, can Norway wean itself off fossil fuels while pushing for Arctic oil? Who’s voting for the environment in Germany’s upcoming election? Plus, how climate lobbyists are blocking efforts to fight climate change.
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Living Planet: Save our seas
14 september 2017 · 30 min
Why plastic particles are contaminating our drinking water, how a temporary hotel made of ocean trash found its way to Cologne, and what’s got environmentalists so happy - all in one show.
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Living Planet: Cost of development
7 september 2017 · 30 min
Mongolia's miners consider the environmental cost of gold, Albania's hydropower plans threaten Europe's last large free-flowing river, and meet the pipeline protestor on a mission to save the planet.
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Living Planet: Creative solutions for pollution
31 augustus 2017 · 30 min
How European cities are getting cars off the road to combat air pollution - and meet the entrepreneurs embracing waste with taste.
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Living Planet: Food for the future
24 augustus 2017 · 30 min
With Europe's farmers facing crisis, creativity has become key to survival. While some are returning to traditional methods, others are turning to new technology – and in Kenya, future-proofing comes in the form of flying ants.
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Living Planet: What water?
17 augustus 2017 · 30 min
Water is life. From having too much to not enough, we explore the impact a warming world is having on access to water.
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Living Planet: Defending Mother Earth
10 augustus 2017 · 30 min
To mark International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, we find out how indigenous groups are fighting to preserve their native lands and resources.
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Living Planet: Tourism - paradise lost or found?
3 augustus 2017 · 30 min
Belize has to choose between ecotourism and agriculture, Galapagos' biodiversity is under threat, and Bali is caught between conservation and island development.
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Living Planet: Milk 'n' meat
27 juli 2017 · 30 min
This week, 21st century solutions for for sustainable food: From bio-hacking to crowd-butchering, solar-powered milk cans to livestock resilient enough for Africa's drought-ridden future. And two words: camel milk.
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Living Planet: Wolves & wilderness
20 juli 2017 · 30 min
As the world struggles with deforestation, should we be creating urban forests instead? Plus, wolves are returning to Germany, but age-old fears over the predator still persist.
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Living Planet: Under the sea
13 juli 2017 · 30 min
The world's oceans are full of weird and wonderful creatures. We splash down under the waves for a glimpse at some of the less charismatic species, we find out what's behind Europe's mysterious dolphin deaths, and we meet a tiny undersea sociopath who likes to smash things. Lees meer
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Living Planet: Our planet, our future
6 juli 2017 · 30 min
As world leaders debate how best to move forward with implementing the goals of the Paris Agreement, cities and civil society are wasting no time in taking action.
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Living Planet: The food we eat
29 juni 2017 · 30 min
Fishy business in Vietnam and alternatives to chemical pesticides. Plus, can we save our bananas? How safe is Europe’s food? And in Berlin, nightingales sing for their supper - all on this week's Living Planet.
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Living Planet: New horizons
15 juni 2017 · 30 min
Why scientists are worried about the collapse of Antarctica's ice shelf, how the Dutch have harnessed wind to power electric trains, and what green power means for refugees in the world's first solar-powered camp.
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Living Planet: Making waves
8 juni 2017 · 30 min
Oceans cover more than two-thirds of the planet. They are the lifeblood of the earth and crucial to our survival. But human activity is causing the health of our underwater worlds to deteriorate. Can we save our oceans before it's too late?
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Living Planet: A different game
1 juni 2017 · 30 min
From hunting pythons in the Everglades to chewing on alligator meatballs, we get a taste for the wild.
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Living Planet: Our future food
25 mei 2017 · 30 min
Why Germany's cheap food prices may need a rethink, French farmers look to natural pesticides to boost dwindling wine production, and Norway steps up climate protection of its "doomsday" seed vault.
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Living Planet: Creating change - and a Tinder profile
18 mei 2017 · 30 min
Uproar over new Polish law following tree "massacre," calls for fossil fuel lobbyists to be excluded from UN climate talks, and the last remaining male northern white rhino joins Tinder in a bid to find a suitable mate.
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Living Planet: Standing up for the planet
11 mei 2017 · 30 min
Trump climate threats can't hold up UN talks in Bonn, but can the Great Lakes survive his budget cuts? And, making cities fit for the future.
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Living Planet: Flying into spring
4 mei 2017 · 30 min
We talk about feathered friends flying in for Migratory Bird Day, the bees that buzz around downtown Toronto, and Greek guerilla gardeners greening up a dusty city.
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Living Planet: Climate crossroads
27 april 2017 · 30 min
As concerned citizens take part in the People's Climate March on April 29th – we take a look at some efforts to marching the world toward a green energy future. Plus, how did the toad cross the road?
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Living Planet: Doing our bit
20 april 2017 · 30 min
From sourcing superfoods to combating food waste, we explore the weird and wonderful ways people are living green.
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Living Planet: Green giants for the chop
13 april 2017 · 30 min
The fight to protect Romania's precious old-growth forests from logging, and how energy scarcity makes forest protection in Zambia put livelihoods at risk.
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Living Planet: Trees & Trump
6 april 2017 · 30 min
What Trump's executive order could mean for climate change policy, why fire-devastated communities in Chile are rethinking forests, plus meet the activists planting trees in the name of Trump.
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Living Planet: In the crosshairs
30 maart 2017 · 30 min
From hunters to the hunted: Why the colored game may soon be over for trophy hunters, Czechs get a taste for radioactive boar, plus the French tradition that's sliding towards extinction.
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Living Planet: Tampering with nature
23 maart 2017 · 30 min
Did human-made warming cause Peru's devastating flooding? Why alien eucalyptus trees have caused havoc in Cameroon, and is the weed killer glyphosate really safe for humans and the environment?
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Living Planet: Politics & Slime
16 maart 2017 · 30 min
The politics of climate change and why we all need to be desperately optimistic about our future. Plus, a luxury snail spa that's all about slime.
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Living Planet: Bold for change
9 maart 2017 · 30 min
Norway takes electric strides toward carbon neutrality, Kenya looks to micro-solar to meet its growing energy demands, and why climate change is a gender issue.
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Living Planet: How green are you?
2 maart 2017 · 30 min
As consumers, most of the choices we make leave behind an ecological footprint. So what does it really mean to be green?