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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Why the survival of the Mexican axolotl matters for keeping Mexico City's temperature down. The special carbon-capturing capacities of clams. And a...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and Radio Kansas


  • Added: Dec 07, 2023
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
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Is indulging in a wee dram bad for the climate? We investigate whisky's peat problem from the Isle of Islay in Scotland. Later we drop into a repai...

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  • Added: Nov 30, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
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Did climate change start with the industrial revolution, or was it earlier than that? And how can the story of an everyday spice help us better und...

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  • Added: Nov 23, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Holding on: Holland's farmers, California's salmon & Germany's Ahr valley

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  • Added: Nov 10, 2023
  • Length: 29:59
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This week on the show: Making fuel out of food. Sounds like it could be pretty sustainable, right? But then again, does it make sense to be growing...

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  • Added: Nov 02, 2023
  • Length: 29:58
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This week on the show: Rethinking conservation (rebroadcast). We head to South Africa, Kenya and Namibia to look at different ways conservation has...

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  • Added: Oct 27, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on Living Planet we feature an in-depth report on the business of peat - Germany's push to keep it in the ground and the hunt for more su...

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  • Added: Oct 19, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
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They're beautiful. They're historic. But they're not really built for this new era of extremes. From Paris to Venice to Rotterdam, how European cit...

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  • Added: Oct 13, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Tweaks for the environment? From pills for burping cows, eyes on cows' butts & more Wait, what? From a "cow-burp tax" to pai...

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  • Added: Oct 05, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
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Introducing: The Big Switch on Europe’s energy crisis Putin's assault on Ukraine triggered an energy crisis that sent Europe's economies into a ta...

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  • Added: Sep 29, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
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  • Added: Sep 21, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: The growing microplastics problem. Microplastics have been found everywhere — from the deepest parts of the ocean to the hei...

Bought by WFHB, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and Radio Kansas


  • Added: Sep 13, 2023
  • Length: 29:59
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This week on the show: We hear from people in California whose home insurers have left them in the lurch as weather extremes intensify in the state...

Bought by Radio Kansas and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Sep 08, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Living Planet - Fast fashion's takeover. Writer and stylist Aja Barber on the imperialism of the fashion industry and how t...

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  • Added: Aug 31, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Life in the Arctic & Russia's exiled environmentalists. We hear from Russian climate activists and environmental organizatio...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WXDU, KMXT, and Radio Kansas


  • Added: Aug 18, 2023
  • Length: 29:59
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This week on the show: Water woes & how to combat water scarcity. What do you do if there isn't enough fresh drinking water around? According to th...

Bought by WBAA, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], and Radio Kansas


  • Added: Aug 24, 2023
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 3
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Living Planet – How did we become planet plastic? Each year, the world produces 430 million tons of plastics – and that figure is set to triple by...

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  • Added: Aug 10, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
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Thhis week on the show: When extreme heat & mass tourism collide. As the northern hemisphere’s summer heat intensifies; wildfires burn from Greece ...

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  • Added: Aug 04, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: We visit the state of West Virginia in the United States to hear from people grappling with the phase out of coal mining. Wh...

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  • Added: Jul 27, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: The power of solar. Solar energy is about to get a push in Croatia which has a lot of sunshine, but so far hasn't really don...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio] and Radio Kansas


  • Added: Jul 20, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2