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All Episodes

Living Planet — 108 episodes

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California's largest lake is turning to dust

2

Can we bury climate pollution?

3

Is carbon removal a fantasy?

4

How this super pollutant became as ‘lucrative as cocaine’

5

Europe’s chemical recycling gamble

6

The Feldheim experiment: The village that took back its power

7

Rats, revisited

8

Prescription for a superbug crisis

9

The dirty truth about laundry (Rebroadcast)

10

War-proofing Ukraine's power grid with solar

11

Something is wrong in the Arctic – Narwhals can tell

12

Why cities keep losing the war on rats

13

Pray or act? Churches at a crossroads

14

Geothermal could be huge, why isn't it?

15

Houston, we have a plastic problem!

16

Would the four-day work week kill productivity?

17

Arctic farming: Climate fix or future problem?

18

Rainforests’ invisible carbon problem

19

Why some men tune out climate change

20

Vegan leather: Green dream or plastic problem? (Rebroadcast)

21

The dark side of recycling

22

BONUS – The great American protein push, what's at 'steak'?

23

The classroom with no walls

24

AI can unlock nature’s symphony, but can it save biodiversity?

25

Bacteria to the rescue?

26

Let’s get quizzical!

27

And the award goes to...

28

The hidden toll of roadkill (Rebroadcast)

29

What we get wrong about eating protein

30

The Switch 3 | Bill McKibben: One big thing is going right

31

The Switch 2 | Blackout: What's really breaking energy grids

32

The Switch 1 | Deserted: Why solar power's failing where it should shine

33

The Switch — a miniseries

34

Breaking gold's toxic bond with mercury pollution

35

The resale illusion: Why second-hand isn't always better

36

Introducing: Boy Wasted

37

Can a cancer hotspot be saved from our addiction to plastic?

38

What are students really learning about climate change?

39

The truly amazing world of fungi (Rebroadcast)

40

Norway's big green lie

41

Message in a bottle: Saving Louisiana’s sinking coastline

42

Storms, science, and threats: The struggles of a local weatherman

43

What’s really holding back train travel?

44

The forgotten children of hurricane Katrina

45

Greener Living Ep 5 – Spilling the beans on tea vs. coffee

46

Greener Living Ep 4 – The real cost of smelling clean

47

Greener Living Ep 3 – Pets: A mirror on our mess

48

Greener Living Ep 2 – What to look for in your sunscreen

49

Greener Living Ep 1 – Should we all ditch our cars for EVs?

50

Greener living with Living Planet

51

Don't mention the climate!

52

Targeting indigenous land for nuclear waste

53

Epilogue: The true cost of climate change

54

Cold rush: The race to visit Antarctica

55

Introducing: Boiling Point

56

Breaking the chains of consumerism

57

Why are oceans getting darker? (Rebroadcast)

58

What do horses know that we don't?

59

The woman who ran toward wildfires and came out a hotshot

60

Part 5: What the economy gets wrong about nature

61

Part 4: Heatstroke economy — the rising cost of extreme heat

62

Part 3: Who should pay for climate action?

63

Part 2: Can we afford a transition to clean energy?

64

Part 1: How much does a hurricane cost?

65

Prologue: The true cost of climate change

66

Are PFAS affecting you? What you should know

67

Nature's healing touch: Fact or fiction?

68

Are your flowers bad for the environment? (Rebroadcast)

69

How far will governments go to stop climate protests?

70

What does 1 ton of CO2 look like?

71

Water, AI & the craic – Your questions answered

72

Who's scared of 15-minute cities?

73

Growing food in the dark

74

A Pacific island starts packing for metaverse move – but what to take?

75

Ireland's water dilemma: Protecting the River Shannon or powering the future?

76

Part 2: Light pollution – Rewilding the night

77

Telling landscapes: The Brontes, Stoker and Herriot

78

The winter secrets of bees

79

The call of the sea

80

BONUS: Your questions answered, plus our favorite moments of 2024

81

What's better – real Christmas trees or fake ones?

82

Introducing: Don’t Drink the Milk — The curious history of the lawn

83

Part 1: Light pollution – Bright lights, big, LED cities

84

Why woodpeckers are choosing the city over the forest

85

One country's shock solar revolution

86

The ticking time bombs at the bottom of the ocean

87

Introducing: Up from Dust

88

Can planting trees really offset my flight emissions?

89

What wild geese teach us about teamwork

90

How eco-friendly funerals are changing traditions

91

The battle to ban fossil fuel advertising

92

What’s better – leather or vegan leather?

93

Chirping from the crypt

94

Introducing: What on Earth

95

When ants invade

96

Suck, bury, store – Denmark wants your CO2, but why?

97

The dirty truth about laundry

98

What’s better – dairy or plant-based milk?

99

The fox's tale

100

Finding humanity beneath the Arches

101

The lost art of foraging

102

Murky waters - what's stealing the light from our oceans?

103

What's better - the 4 or 5 day workweek?

104

Why you’d better check the sunscreen you use

105

Can soccer go green?

106

Are we blind to our pets’ climate crimes?

107

The true cost of sugar

108

Could ocean viruses be used for carbon capture?