Landsmart: A practical guide to transforming our countryside Tom Heap
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We need land for so many of humanity’s growing needs, such as food, renewable energy, carbon storage and housing. Traditionally, we’ve stolen it from nature, but this has led to a mounting toll of extinction and pollution that is now punishing us. So, as there’s no land left to take, how do we get more from the same, or preferably less.
Regular BBC Countryfile presenter Tom Heap, author of Land Smart, toured the British countryside meeting the farmers, scientists, conservationists and even warehouse managers who are solving the most pressing challenges facing our countryside and the world.
Hear how, if we use land cleverly, it can give both humanity and nature the space to thrive on just the one planet. If not, we’re in trouble.
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About the speaker
Tom Heap is a regular presenter on BBC1's Countryfile, specialising in the more investigative films, and has made many BBC Panorama documentaries on food, energy and the environment. Tom is also the presenter of BBC Radio 4's Rare Earth series and was the anchor of The Climate Show on Sky News. He was the creator and presenter of BBC Radio's flagship climate change podcast '39 Ways to Save the Planet'. He is the author of Land Smart: How to Give People and Nature the Space to Thrive (Atlantic Books 2024).
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