Green In The Media 5th - 11th December

Monday 5th December


One Planet
On: BBC World Service Radio
Time: 12:32 to 12:50 (Also Fri 1930, Sat 0430, 1830, 0030, Sun 0630)
One Planet looks at how we use our planet.


The Material World
On: BBC Radio 4
Time: 21:00 to 21:30
Quentin Cooper hears about the impact of thawing permafrost on climate change

Tuesday 6th December


Home Planet
On: BBC Radio 4
Time: 15:00 to 15:30
Richard Daniel and the team discuss listeners' questions about our world and our impact upon it.

Wednesday 7th December


Frozen Planet
On: BBC 1
Time: 21:00 to 22:00 (Also Sun 1800 BBC2)
On Thin Ice.
David Attenborough journeys to both polar regions to investigate what rising temperatures will mean for the people and wildlife that live there and for the rest of the planet. David starts out at the North Pole, standing on sea ice several metres thick, but which scientists predict could be open ocean within the next few decades. The Arctic has been warming at twice the global average, so David heads out with a Norwegian team to see what this means for polar bears. He comes face-to-face with a tranquilised female, and discovers that mothers and cubs are going hungry as the sea ice on which they hunt disappears. In Canada, Inuit hunters have seen with their own eyes what scientists have seen from space; the Arctic Ocean has lost 30% of its summer ice cover over the last 30 years. For some, the melting sea ice will allow access to trillions of dollars worth of oil, gas and minerals. For the rest of us, it means the planet will get warmer.

Thursday 8th December


Kevin's Grand Design
On: Channel 4
Time: 20:00 to 21:00
As part of The Great British Property Scandal season Kevin McCloud embarks on an epic battle to build his very own Grand Design. Britain needs more homes, but fed up with the poor quality of the country's identikit new houses, Kevin aims to prove that it wouldn't cost any more to build homes that are a lot nicer to live in. This first episode of the two-part series follows Kevin over five years as he sets out to prove that we can all have beautiful, affordable eco homes for the same price as low-cost social housing. Despite spending a decade watching other people build their own homes, Kevin has never built anything before.





Sunday 11th December


Countryfile
On: BBC 1
Time: 17:55 to 18:55
John Craven investigates our insatiable appetite for water - and asks whether, in the future, there will be enough to go around. 


Expedition Alaska
On: Quest
Time: 21:00 to 22:00
A team of world renowned scientists and filmmakers explore Alaska. Their aim is to document the impact of global warming, but will they be able to handle the extreme conditions?



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