ENVIRONMENT
Into the deep
ENVIRONMENT

Into the deep

This week we head to the French island of Corsica to investigate an almost invisible pollution choking the Mediterranean Sea. Up to 250 billion fragments of plastic are believed to be swarming just below the water's surface.
Dry Horizons
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Dry Horizons

Rising global temperatures mean drought is increasingly commonplace across the world. Farmers are seeing crop yields diminish as once-fertile lands dry up. This week we’re out exploring innovative water-saving techniques in France, Israel and Peru.
Green in the city
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Green in the city

Is it possible to be eco-friendly and live in a city? We check out the ways urbanites are changing their city lifestyles to become greener.
World Water Forum: thirst for change
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World Water Forum: thirst for change

This week we're in the French city of Marseille for the 6th World Water Forum. Over 25,000 leaders, experts and volunteers are gathering to discuss how to approach the most critical and endangered resource of all time: water.
Biofuels of the future
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Biofuels of the future

Finding a truly renewable energy source is a task scientists the world over are faced with. Transforming plants into "biofuels" was once a great hope, but the process requires energy and so may actually contribute to global warming. This week we explore whether a new generation of biofuels could succeed where the previous one failed.
Talking trash
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Talking trash

Changing lifestyles and population growth mean that we're producing more rubbish, faster than ever before. This week we take a look at some of the most exceptional and challenging responses to managing waste.
What 'wood' you use?
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What 'wood' you use?

It may come as a surprise that environmentalists are increasingly turning to wood as a renewable, alternative energy source. Find out why it's environmentally-friendly and how it could reduce your household energy bill in this week's show.
How fashion can be eco-friendly
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How fashion can be eco-friendly

Changing the way we make clothes could reduce our impact on the environment. From shoes made out of car tyres in Ethiopia to fabric produced from stinging nettles in The Netherlands, France 24 looks at how both protecting the environment and sporting the latest trends is possible.
Dreaming of a Green Christmas
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Dreaming of a Green Christmas

It's Christmas! The time of year for decorating trees, wrapping presents and eating delicious food. Yet more and more people are starting to become conscious of the huge amounts of waste generated by the festive season. This week, we show you how to have an eco-friendly Yuletide.
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Dithering in Durban over a new Kyoto
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Dithering in Durban over a new Kyoto

After all night talks - success. Delegates from 194 countries and the European Union at the UN Climate Change Conference in Durban finally hammered out a deal at the weekend to replace the Kyoto Protocol. The carbon-reducing pact is due to expire in 2012 and there had been fears that a new accord would not be made. However, a new plan is under way, meaning a new agreement could be in place and operational by 2020.
Kyoto: dead or alive?
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Kyoto: dead or alive?

In late November, environmentalists and world leaders will gather at the annual UN Climate Conference, being held this year in Durban, South Africa. 2012 will mark the end of the Kyoto Protocol, the 1997 agreement signed to reduce carbon emissions in developing countries. But has Kyoto left its mark on the world - and are its signatories likely to keep it going with a fresh agreement?
Green living, green dying
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Green living, green dying

It's one thing to live in an eco-friendly way, but is it possible to be environmentally friendly in death too? This week, we take a look at new ways to live and die green.
Going green - the deluxe way
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Going green - the deluxe way

Does being environmentally friendly mean having to give up on the finer things in life? Not necessarily. We take a look at how luxury can co-exist with green living.
Species under threat
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Species under threat

We head to the Indonesian island of Sumatra for this week’s special edition on some of the most threatened animals in the world.
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Eco-friendly alternatives to eating meat
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Eco-friendly alternatives to eating meat

In this week's show, we take a look at what some say is the food of the future. Meats traditionally eaten in the West, such as beef and pork, are becoming increasingly difficult to sustain. More farmland is needed to rear the number of cows and pigs required to provide enough meat for all of us, but it's in finite supply. And cow farming isn't good for the environment. So what are the alternatives?
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