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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

My gas boiler has left the building. No more fossil fuels in my home. It's cleansing! #burnlessstuff

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Tom Isitt @tomisitt.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

There are many books about travelling the length of the Western Front, some good (mine), some not so good (no names, no pack drill). But this, by Nigel Bruce, is very different, in a good way. It’s filled with wonderful photos and excellent maps, there’s a wealth of info, and visually it looks 👌

The front cover of The Road of Hope and Sorrow, by Nigel Bruce

The accompanying website www.nigelbruce.co.uk

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A guide to the most memorable bike ride you'll ever do and a great read by @nigelbruce.bsky.social. @tomisitt.bsky.social likes it too!

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Dive into wierd amphibian world on Rare Earth @bbcsounds.bsky.social with @helenczerski.bsky.social. They have superpowers - regrowing organs and tongue snagging flies faster than a blink but super vulnerable to pollution and prejudice. + James Herd, Jeanne Tarrant, Jeff Streicher Barkha Subba

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Are we entering a new energy age and seeing the beginning of the end of fossil fuels? @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social, Prof Helen Thompson, radical farmer Stuart Oates and @helenczerski.bsky.social BBC Radio 4 Rare Earth today

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

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

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The Carbon Countdown: Land Smart with Tom Heap

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

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

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

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

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

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...

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

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

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

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

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

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.

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.

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

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

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Green Shoots presents The Mend of the World: An Evening with Tom Heap - Norwich Arts Centre

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

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...

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Five lessons from 2025: including growing basil, the best wormery & multisowing

Plus how can we spread the word about the potential of container gardening - and help more people grow?

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

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

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

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?

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

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...

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.

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

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

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

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...

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

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

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

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

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

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...

Tom Heap, Corinne Le Quere, Anna Aberg and Helen Czerski sitting in a BBC Rado studio

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

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

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

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

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The Ice Climbing Midge

and other migration super-powers

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

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...

BBC studio with two guests and two presenters: Will Hawkes, David Barrie, Helen Czerski and Tom Heap

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

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

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Home | Leiston Book Festival | 20 Sept

The first Leiston Book Festival took place on 7 September 2024 and was a great success. In 2025 we continue the theme established last year as six renowned writers explore ideas about our changing lan...

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David Barrie @cuttlefisher.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

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

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

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

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

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.

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

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/...

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

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

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INSURANCE

A deserter in the fight against climate change?

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

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...

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IS USING Ai LIKE DRIVING A GAS GUZZLER?

We poked a digital hornets nest.

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

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

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Warming to the idea of air-con?

Sleepless nights

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

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

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

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

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

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

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

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

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

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

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

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

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

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

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

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

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