Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW

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Living Planet: Environment stories from around the world

The half-hour radio show makes the environment matter to you.

Exploring topics that touch our lives every day, from the food we eat to the waste from products we consume - not to mention all creatures great and small - this award-winning program tells environment stories from around the world.

As humankind's impact on the planet becomes more evident, there is a growing need for independent and impartial environmental reporting. Living Planet delves into important environmental issues, investigates green technologies and visits innovative conservation projects to keep you up-to-date on the state of the planet's environment.

Living Planet has won top awards for environmental programming, including gold and silver medals at the New York International Radio Festival, and has received a special United Nations gold award for an "outstanding radio program which best exemplifies the ideals and goals of the United Nations." Hide full description

Exploring topics that touch our lives every day, from the food we eat to the waste from products we consume - not to mention all creatures great and small - this award-winning program tells environment stories from around the world. As humankind's impact on the planet becomes more evident, there is a growing need for independent and impartial environmental reporting. Living Planet delves into important environmental issues, investigates green technologies and visits innovative conservation projects to keep you up-to-date on the state of the planet's environment.Living Planet has won top awards for environmental programming, including gold and silver medals at the New York International Radio Festival, and has received a special United Nations gold award for an "outstanding radio program... Show full description


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Living Planet: Nuclear, post-Fukushima - Seven years on from Fukushima, we look at Japan's controversial efforts to send evacuees homes, and ba...

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  • Added: Mar 08, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 10
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This week on Living Planet: Caribbean after the storm - In 2017, two hurricanes of the highest intensity — Category 5 — wreaked havoc on the ...

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  • Added: Mar 15, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 11
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Living Planet: Playing with food - This week on the show: from cultured cabbages to musical leeks, we explore the weird and wonderful ways that...

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  • Added: Mar 22, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 12
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Living Planet: Nature in transition - On this week’s show: Colombia’s impressive birdlife has survived civil war. Can it now help save the cou...

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  • Added: Mar 29, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
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Living Planet: Our edible footprint - This week on the show: From wine to maple syrup, some of our most-loved delicacies could be at risk from...

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  • Added: Apr 05, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Living Planet: extreme weather and us Hurricanes, floods, fires, droughts – as our planet warms, extreme weather events are becoming more frequen...

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  • Added: Apr 12, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Living Planet: Bird's-eye view - What's happening to our birds? French songbirds are disappearing, Berlin's pigeons are thriving, and wetland...

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  • Added: Apr 19, 2018
  • Length: 29:59
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Living Planet: To the ends of the Earth - Our planet is full of remote and risky places — and some people will do anything to protect them or u...

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  • Added: Apr 26, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
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LLiving Planet: Walk the Walk - On the show this week: Climate protection is on the agenda at talks in Bonn. But back home, who's really ta...

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  • Added: May 03, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 4
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This week on the show: A journey to Africa - Rwanda’s mountain gorillas were once headed for extinction. Their numbers are now slowly recove...

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  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 29:57
  • Purchases: 3
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Living Planet: Batty about biodiversity - There’s bat appreciation day, international day for biodiversity and the day of endangered species – ...

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  • Added: May 17, 2018
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 4
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Living Planet: Spring cleaning - This week on the show. It's time for a bit of spring cleaning, whether it's your summer wardrobe, the local ...

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  • Added: May 24, 2018
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 4
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Living Planet: Battle over resources - In Nigeria, farmers and herdsmen clash over resources, as herdsmen need land for their cattle to graze o...

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  • Added: May 31, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Living Planet: Building eco-metropolises - Ever more people in the world are living in urban areas. But how can we make our cities sustainable? ...

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  • Added: Jun 07, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Living Planet: The new gold rush We live on a planet of finite resources but our demand for new consumer products and technologies keeps growing....

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  • Added: Jun 14, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Living Planet: Insects and us - On this week’s show: Most people think of insects as pests to get rid of — but our survival may be intimately...

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  • Added: Jun 21, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Living Planet: “Sisters are doin’ it!” - Women in Saudi Arabia made the headlines this week. They are now allowed to drive, thanks not least ...

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  • Added: Jun 28, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
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Living Planet: Animals, to cuddle or kill? - Shoot to kill or live and let live? We're not always kind to animals, unless perhaps they're in a z...

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  • Added: Jul 05, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 4
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Living Planet: Strokes of genius - When it comes to protecting the environment, sometimes the most unusual ideas are the best ones. From using d...

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  • Added: Jul 12, 2018
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 4
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Living Planet: Disgusting creatures - Tarantulas, scorpions and cockroaches are not appealing — but they are important! Eels in Canada are bei...

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  • Added: Jul 19, 2018
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 5