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Broadcaster, journalist and author. https://linktr.ee/landsmartbook

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · Jun 18

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 · 14d

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

The Ice Climbing Midge

and other migration super-powers

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 17d

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 · 20d

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

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...

www.leistonbookfestival.co.uk

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David Barrie @cuttlefisher.bsky.social · 23d

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 · 26d

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

Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · 26d

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 · 29d

And we were very happy to have you. I discovered that insects don't spend winter in the loft with the xmas decs'

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · Sep 8

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 · Sep 6

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 · Sep 5

That is the context every week and a good slab of the content on this show.

Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · Sep 5

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

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · Sep 3

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

INSURANCE

A deserter in the fight against climate change?

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · Aug 6

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...

IS USING Ai LIKE DRIVING A GAS GUZZLER?

We poked a digital hornets nest.

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · Jul 18

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

Warming to the idea of air-con?

Sleepless nights

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · Jul 11

Are electric trucks joining the fast lane?
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Are electric trucks joining the fast lane?

The road safety law now protecting the planet

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · Jul 4

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 · Jun 27

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 · Jun 27

Well done to 'The Prof'. She is brilliant

Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · Jun 26

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

Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · Jun 20

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

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · Jun 18

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 · May 28

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

Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · May 28

First day back in the studio with @tomheap.bsky.social for a new series of Rare Earth! This week we're looking at insects (including whether entomologists ever swat flies away & some very weird things about aphids).

Listen this Friday or on BBC Sounds afterwards:

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · May 12

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

Tom Heap Land Smart Interview

This is "Tom Heap Land Smart Interview" by Sergio Zapico Mena on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · Apr 11

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

Tom Heap @tomheap.bsky.social · Apr 9

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