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Costing the Earth Episodes

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    Guilt-Free Flying

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

  2. The Art of Protest

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

  3. The Three Peaks Challenge

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

  4. The Great Mineral Heist

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

  5. Supergrid

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

  6. Buildings

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

  7. Sell-by Dates

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

  8. Turbines or Tearooms

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

  9. Carteret Island

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

  10. Whose Amazon Is It Anyway?

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

  11. The Environmental Cost of Ageing

    Tom Heap examines the carbon footprint of older people.

  12. Raising a Stink

    Alice Roberts discovers the potential savings available by harnessing the power of sewage.

  13. Obama's Green Dream

    Will political and vested interests shatter President Obama's plans for a greener future?

  14. Virtual Warming

    The contribution to global CO2 emissions of huge ICT dataprocessing warehouses.

  15. A Burning Solution

    Costing The Earth investigates the range of biomass heating schemes in the UK.

  16. Antarctic Treaty

    Tom Heap reports on the Antarctic Treaty.

  17. Crisis, What Crisis?

    Miriam O'Reilly investigates whether a crash in prices has made recycling a waste of time.

  18. Totally Uncool

    Investigating the harmful effects of the over-use of air conditioning and chiller cabinets

  19. Energy Use High

    Miriam O'Reilly investigates the government's school building programme.

  20. The Greens Revolution

    Tom Heap investigates whether golf courses are environmentally damaging.

  21. Black Monday, Green Tuesday?

    Tom Heap considers how the recession is likely to affect attitudes towards the environment

  22. Better Living Through Chemistry?

    How being exposed to a cocktail of pesticides could potentially damage our health.

  23. Hurrah for the Eco Car

    Tom Heap investigates the possibilities of a new generation of greener cars.

  24. Can you spare some change please?

    Are the food aid policies of many UK-based aid agencies actually making the problem worse?

  25. Old Bricks, New Tricks

    Miriam O'Reilly explores possible green solutions to housing problems.

  26. Green on Green

    Alternative sources of energy are needed, but at what cost to the environment?

  27. Gulls: Code Red

    Seagulls are breeding rapidly, thriving and moving inland to more benign conditions.

  28. Summer of Mud

    How much do festival-goers and performers really care about the environment?

  29. The Shipping News

    Miriam O'Reilly asks how the shipping industry can prevent disasters such as MSC Napoli.

  30. All Wrapped Up and Nowhere to Go

    Plastic bags and packaging are anathema to the environmentalist, but the issue is complex.

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