Radio, Television and other media

  

Costing the Earth, Radio 4, 3.30pm Tuesdays, repeated 9pm Wednesdays. New series started 14th Aug 2012 looking at our possible climate in 2060 - like Madeira, but elsewhere? Previous episodes also available - eg Tom Heap asks if nuclear power still has any hope - Wed 23rd March 2011 episode. Episode page. Costing the Earth website 

Food Programme – Cooking in Schools, BBC Radio 4, Sun 6/Mon 7 Feb. Threats to the subject, current approaches, and why it should be continued. Synopsis. Food Programme - Palm Oil, on the use of sustainable palm oil (but what is sustainable?) broadcast 31/10/11. Generation Food: The Food Programme hears from the people coming up with new ideas and fresh thinking about how and where we produce food for the UK's future, broadcast 21/1/12. See BBC Food Programme website
Home Planet: listeners ask questions on the environment. See Home Planet webpage. 

Sun 28th April

'The Reunion' features Centre for Alternative Technology Founders, Radio 4 programme, 11.15am. See http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s393k, available long-term.

Action at Huntington Lane proposed Opencast Coal Mine. They were served with an eviction notice on 15th July 2011. The protesters intend to stay put. See email copy. Visit http://defendhuntingtonlane.wordpress.com/ This protest seems very quiet now - for details of the mining see http://www.littlewenlock.org/surface-mining/index.html