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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This week on Living Planet — a controversial oil pipeline in Uganda stirs up strong reactions. We ask what fossil fuels have to do with our beauty ...

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  • Added: Jan 27, 2023
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 2
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This week on the show: Finding the cold on a warming planet - warming winter sports, cold supermarkets and ancient ice cores.

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


  • Added: Jan 19, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
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Today on Living Planet, we ask: Are activists going too far, harming their own cause? Or are they not going far enough, in light of climate realiti...

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  • Added: Jan 12, 2023
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on Living Planet — as Brazil welcomes its next president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, we reflect on the destruction the Amazon has experie...

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  • Added: Jan 05, 2023
  • Length: 29:59
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On today’s show, we’re sharing a few of our favorite moments from this year. The things that really made us go ‘ahhh’ and ‘ooooh’ and ‘wait, really?’.

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  • Added: Dec 29, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on Living Planet, we're getting a little festive – venturing to chestnut groves in Italy and to the Swiss Alps for an old-school weather ...

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  • Added: Dec 22, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: A betrayal of resources. Namibia's Fishrot scandal and a First Nation view of the global biodiversity conference.

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  • Added: Dec 15, 2022
  • Length: 29:59
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This week on the show: Have you ever wondered what happens to the stuff you throw away? In this episode, we follow the dirty trail of British waste...

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  • Added: Dec 08, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Is it time to end biofuels? As energy prices go sky-high this winter, any source of affordable energy may seem like a welco...

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  • Added: Dec 02, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
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This week about planting the seed of change. As the dust settles on COP27 climate talks in Egypt, we reflect on what was and what wasn't achieved t...

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  • Added: Nov 25, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
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Living Planet: Who’s gonna pay for climate change? In this special episode, five experts talk about how the world might pay for the harm inflicted...

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  • Added: Nov 18, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
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Living Planet: Headed in the wrong direction. What responsibility do rich, high-emitting countries have towards poorer, low-emitting countries? Jus...

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  • Added: Nov 11, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on Living Planet, we're tackling fire and ice. As wildfires get worse in a warming world, we venture to the Western United States to hear...

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  • Added: Nov 04, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
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Living Planet - The fashion industry contributes 4% of greenhouse gas emissions. This week on Living Planet, we look at the reasons why. We find ou...

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  • Added: Oct 28, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on Living Planet — How human activity transformed the mighty Araguari River. We also visit Uganda's capital, which has been designated as...

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  • Added: Oct 21, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: We take a listen to how the climate crisis is affecting people's lives in different parts of Africa — from profound societal...

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  • Added: Oct 15, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Thaw in the Arctic - Difficulties researching ice at the North Pole. Climate scientists agree that the Arctic is ground zero...

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  • Added: Oct 15, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
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Living Planet: Whale speak / nature’s opera /& tidal marshes. In today's episode, we’re giving you a taste of these resonant offerings, and, later,...

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  • Added: Sep 30, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
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Living Planet: Stopping monumental melting Glaciers may only exist in certain cold corners of the world, but just like tropical rainforests, peat...

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  • Added: Sep 23, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
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This week on the show: Can't sleep? You're not alone. A recent report highlights how much sleep we'll lose each year as temperatures continue to ri...

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  • Added: Sep 16, 2022
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3