Nature & the Environment

Journey into the elusive world of eels, where science, history, and personal memory illuminate nature’s mysteries and our search for meaning.

Rethink Rome’s fall through the climate shifts, pandemics, politics, and wars that combined to bring down one of history’s greatest empires.

Expose the exploitation and environmental damage behind cobalt mining, revealing the hidden human cost of batteries and clean energy.

Listen to nature’s timeless lessons on connection, resilience, balance, and living more fully and compassionately on our planet.

Understand how disconnection from nature affects mental health, and why restoring that bond can improve emotional well-being and help us thrive.

Examine how eating meat affects human health, culture, and the environment, and make more informed choices about what reaches your plate.

Expose the hidden labour, mineral extraction, and environmental costs behind AI, challenging its image as clean and neutral technology.

Question whether green technology alone can solve the environmental crisis—and confront the deeper impact of overconsumption.

Prepare for 2030 by understanding the demographic, technological, and economic forces reshaping how we live, work, and connect.

Join a young veterinarian in Yorkshire for heartwarming, humorous stories of rural life and the powerful bond between people and animals.

Enter the hidden world of trees to discover how they communicate, share resources, and support one another across the forest.

See the animal world with deeper compassion by exploring how creatures experience joy, fear, love, grief, and loyalty.

Uncover the chemicals hidden in modern clothing and their potential impact on human health, the environment, and everyday life.

Trace how the horse transformed warfare, travel, culture, and civilisation, leaving an enduring mark on human history.

Explore how opium, caffeine, and mescaline alter consciousness and why societies embrace some mind-changing substances while banning others.

Uncover how oil and gas power fuels corruption, weakens democracies, and quietly shapes political crises around the world.

Embrace life’s quieter seasons to find healing, restore strength, and move forward with greater clarity through rest and nature’s rhythms.

Follow the remarkable journeys of plants as they cross continents, adapt, survive, and quietly transform the natural world.

Witness how disappearing ice reshapes coastlines, disrupts weather, and reveals the accelerating consequences of a warming planet.

Understand the systems sustaining modern civilisation, from energy and food to materials and supply chains, through evidence rather than ideology.