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...
So sorry Helen. Every riders nightmare
Illustration of the Dutch Reach. You should reach across with your non-door-side hand to open a car door, because it forces you to look behind you.
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.
Thanks Adam and looking forward to welcoming some of your readers in #norwich #norfolk @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social
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?
The Shoe Event Horizon is an economic theory that draws a correlation between the level of economic (and emotional) depression of a society and the number of shoe shops the society has. The theory is summarized as such: as a society sinks into depression, the people of the society need to cheer themselves up by buying themselves gifts, often shoes. It is also linked to the fact that when you are depressed you look down at your shoes and decide they aren't good enough quality so buy more expensive replacements. As more money is spent on shoes, more shoe shops are built, and the quality of the shoes begins to diminish as the demand for different types of shoes increases. This makes people buy more shoes. The above turns into a vicious cycle, causing other industries to decline. Eventually the titular Shoe Event Horizon is reached, where the only type of store economically viable to build is a shoe shop. At this point, society ceases to function, and the economy collapses, sending a world spiralling into ruin. In the case of Brontitall and Frogstar World B, the population forsook shoes and evolved into birds.
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
Tom Heap, Corinne Le Quere, Anna Aberg and Helen Czerski sitting in a BBC Rado studio
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:
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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
BBC studio with two guests and two presenters: Will Hawkes, David Barrie, Helen Czerski and Tom Heap
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
And we were very happy to have you. I discovered that insects don't spend winter in the loft with the xmas decs'
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
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That is the context every week and a good slab of the content on this show.
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
