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Number crunchers

6:00am Saturday 20th March 2010

With a huge focus on reducing our greenhouse gas emissions we need to know how much we’re creating before we can begin to cut down, but how accurate can we really be? Sarah Lewis-Hammond explores the confusing world of carbon calculators A couple of years ago I measured my carbon footprint using one of the many online calculators and quite smugly walked away with a score of about 2.5 tonnes per year.

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Be thrifty and thrive

2:20pm Saturday 13th March 2010

Growing your own veg, dressmaking, natural cleaning and furniture mending – a new series of course is looking at ways we can all live within our means. Sarah Lewis-Hammond explores One Planet Learning.

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Throw caution to the wind

6:00am Saturday 6th March 2010

With plans to pepper the Sussex coast line with giant wind turbines and ongoing objections to placing one on the South Downs, the wind energy debate has been reopened. Sarah Lewis-Hammond investigates

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The secret garden

6:00am Saturday 27th February 2010

As the community garden on Lewes Road faces closure, a nearby space is being offered a new lease of life. Sarah Lewis-Hammond finds out about Saunders Park

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Safety in numbers

3:40pm Saturday 20th February 2010

With heavy traffic making for treacherous cycling conditions, bike riders are taking matters into their own hands. Sarah Lewis-Hammond finds out about the Bike Train.

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War of the woods

1:20pm Saturday 13th February 2010

Marking nearly three years of protest, Camp Titnore is still fighting against a 120-acre development on Durrington’s Green Belt. Sarah Lewis-Hammond visits the site.

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The variety of life

6:00am Saturday 6th February 2010

A thousand people swapping vegetable seeds sounds innocent enough, but it hides a subversive protest against obstructive laws. Find out more with Sarah Lewis-Hammond’s beginner’s guide to tomorrow’s Seedy Sunday

Spring into action

6:00am Saturday 30th January 2010

As we hurl headlong into February, those green resolutions may be starting to fade, but don’t let them get lost behind the sofa. Sarah Lewis-Hammond looks at the campaigns, communities and events to get involved with in 2010

Pockets of resistance

6:00am Saturday 23rd January 2010

Ambitious housing targets for the South East are in danger of adding to overcrowding and destroying lush habitats. Sarah Lewis-Hammond investigates

Stranger than fiction

6:00am Saturday 16th January 2010

While some look at the science and some at society, others look further afield and believe climate change is part of a much larger plot. Sarah Lewis-Hammond explores the enduring allure of conspiracy theories.

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