Doing the maths...the 'swept area' of this is a stunning 16 football pitches! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Has the ban on North Sea drilling moved form a badge of honour to an easy target for others to shoot at? open.substack.com/pub/tomheap/...

His trade is extinguishing fires, his passion is reporting on climate change. Ethan Pitt knows fire risk. A pleasure to talk with him.

This makes crops and watts from the same field credible. A huge deal for land use

From solar sparkling in Morocco to happy old folks in Japan, @johnkampfner.bsky.social lines up the shots of hope and courage. Buy it and down 'em

So good to have you on the show @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social Freshwater isn't only about rivers you know...https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002sg5p?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

So pleased with the poster. Great Artwork by Dee Block. Now the talk has to match up...Gulp! March 11th Norwich Arts Centre norwichartscentre.co.uk/event/green-shoots-presents-the-mend-of-the-world-an-evening-with-tom-heap/ share.google/PYc0lcSCeWDw...

The 'Mend of the World' is nigh! Next Weds, 11th, @norwichartscentre.bsky.social. Come, share and find out why I'm bending wood!

I really enjoyed this chat with @marklynas.bsky.social. he seemed to relish putting me on the spot for a change!

So excited for the new play from the always excellent Steve Waters @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social dramatist www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Last night, I got properly "doored" for the first time. A car in the road to my right paused, and the rear left passenger threw open his door without looking, right into my path. I ended up on the floor, badly winded but ok. If you don't know what the "Dutch reach" is, NOW is the time to learn.

The @britishecologicalsociety.org conf' in Edinburgh renewed my mojo for pushing the battle scarred environmental message. So many passionate, active people dedicating professional lives to nature. Thanks @davyfalkner.bsky.social It is the foundation for an upcoming talk in Norwich bit.ly/49RtM2U

Ain't nobody fresher....than Mark Ridsdill-Smith who is genius small space food grower. Check out Vertical Veg. Five lessons from 2025: including growing basil, the best wormery & multisowing open.substack.com/pub/vertical...

Winter and hace we broken it? On Rare Earth onBBC Sounds now www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... with @helenczerski.bsky.social @valmcdermid.bsky.social meteorologist John Hammond and @hedgehoghugh.bsky.social

A shout out...The next Rare Earth on @bbcsounds.bsky.social is all about nature in our cities. Please reply with any surprising examples of creating living space for nature amongst living space for us - roundabout rainforest, skip salad plot, alley arboretum?

Remember the Shoe Event Horizon from the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy? (explained in pic) Is that where we are today with online clothes shopping? Listen now to this week's Rare Earth, on fast fashion, its effect on the environment, and options for what happens next: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Is 'Sustainable fashion' a contradiction in terms? Spoiler:yes. But there's so much more to chew on. Todays @bbcsounds.bsky.social Rare Earth with Kate Fletcher, @patrickgrantism.bsky.social, Simon Platts and of course @helenczerski.bsky.social

On Rare Earth this week: can the clothing/fashion industry ever be sustainable? Our 3 fab guests - Patrick Grant (Great British Sewing Bee), Prof Kate Fletcher & Simon Platts - all had LOADS to say. Sneak peak here before you can listen to it all on Friday: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

If you want to see what @helenczerski.bsky.social and I are chuckling about at the start of today's @bbcsounds.bsky.social Rare Earth. A hat on a hat and one that eats s**t

Is it a free kick? No it's dream team for new BBC Rare Earth taking on @cop30brazil.bsky.social @helenczerski.bsky.social @clequere.bsky.social @eamaberg.bsky.social and on as super subs @georginarannard.bsky.social and the @thecccuk.bsky.social chair Nigel Topping. Midday BBC sounds

Back in the studio for a new series of Rare Earth! First up: COP30, the big yearly global climate conference. What might come from COP30, where are we after 30 years of COPs, and how might COP evolve in the future? Join us on Friday (or any time afterwards) to find out: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Come and join in the chat at Nuneaton Library, this Thursday lunchtime. Your chance to SPEAK UP in a Library!

New tech will reveal individual travellers stories of triumph and tragedy. bit.ly/4nnrTAC

In this week's edition of Rare Earth on animal migration, @tomheap.bsky.social and I had a great time finding out about the incredible things we're learning as tech improves and what the future holds. Available now on BBC Sounds or wherever you get your podcasts: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

I'm in conversation about me' book linktr.ee/landsmartbook at the www.leistonbookfestival.co.uk this Saturday. Can't wait to return to this lesser known gem of the Suffolk Heritage Coast and hear from other authors. See you there

No, I’m not on Desert Island Discs! Recording session for BBC RADIO 4 Rare Earth on animal #migration with @willleohawkes.bsky.social @tomheap.bsky.social and @helenczerski.bsky.social Airs on Friday 19 September at 1200 GMT

Hello @fourteeneighteen.co.uk Chris Baker. Please follow me

If its not built of it its probably built by it but can #steel ever be green? Rare Earth @bbcsounds.bsky.social with @helenczerski.bsky.social @edconway.bsky.social @steelwatch.bsky.social @willarnoldengineer.bsky.social Also BBC R4 today midday

At last the #UKWA and govt have caught up with my Landsmart book linktr.ee/landsmartbook . Solar power on warehouses, is such low hanging fruit it's begging to be plucked bit.ly/42m4wyK. No new landtake and 89% public support.

In the 1950s, this (a scientist in a tie(!) pulling levers to influence the weather) was the image of geoengineering. But as the climate crisis advances, is it back on the table? In this week's Rare Earth, @tomheap.bsky.social & I take a look at the ideas around today www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Mirrors in space, blanket forestry, capturing gigatonnes of carbon. Can #geoengineering save us? on @bbcsounds.bsky.social with @helenczerski.bsky.social Shaun Fitzgerald from @climaterepair.bsky.social @peterbrannen.bsky.social @alexdavey.bsky.social

After high hopes, has the insurance industry become a deserter, possibly even an enemy in the fight against climate change? Just a thought tomheap.substack.com/p/insurance

A lively academic row has broken out following the Rare Earth broadcast @helenczerski.bsky.social and I did on #artificialintelligence and energy use. So I decidie to look further with a Substack tomheap.substack.com/p/is-using-a...

If you are thinking of fitting air-con in your home. please also display a banner saying 'I don't give a s**t about climate change' Here's why. tomheap.substack.com/p/warming-to... Medical need exempted #lovesweat

Are electric trucks joining the fast lane? open.substack.com/pub/tomheap/...

80 years on from the horror of Hiroshima should splitting the atom be seen as an environmental menace or asset? @BBCRareEarth @marklynas.bsky.social, Prof Tim Mousseau, Dr Fiona Rayment. The picture is from 1995 when I visited Hiroshimaon the 50th anniversary

Thar' she blows! Whales - their song, their slaughter, their survival and even their sewage. Rare Earth on BBC Sounds and R4 with newly elevated PROFESSOR @helenczerski.bsky.social

What's this plugged into? Ooh its a big'un. EV trucks are coming...fast. More soon

Today @helenczerski.bsky.social and I have turned metal heads with the help of @iolahughes.bsky.social @britgeosurvey.bsky.social Pierre Josso and @philipmarsden.bsky.social

My scribbling is now out in paperback. Landsmart: a practical guide to transforming our countryside. linktr.ee/landsmartbook

And how will our insect loving guests answer the question: with a pesky fly in the kitchen 'swat or not'?

Very happy to be in conversation with smart people driving more #regen farming especially Uwe Schroder from #Cefetra vimeo.com/1065041119/1...

There's a familiar face... @helenczerski.bsky.social further boosting the scientific heft of the @everythingelectric.bsky.social show

These guys know @everythingelectric.bsky.social the future runs with wires not fires. Come and see how. I'm going

Going back to my roots for this. Talkin' 'bout the roots in the man. Anyway... Hear how we can win the face for space on Earth at the Cambridge Literary Festival

New series of Rare Earth starts today at midday on Radio 4 and BBC Sounds. Look North for a new scramble for the Arctic

Land Smart came out in July from TV's @tomheap.bsky.social, and explores the urgent question of just how we can use the land we have so that it works for us and our diverse needs, and for nature. Packed with examples and studies, innovations & transformations - buy it here: https://buff.ly/49CF1fc

I'll buy this one!

Rare Earth...not down to earth as this week 'we have lift off...'

A rare iceberg of cool in a sea of dated pop. Do love a bit of GSH though