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Can We Build a Better World with Wood?

Can We Build a Better World with Wood?

FromRare Earth


Can We Build a Better World with Wood?

FromRare Earth

ratings:
Length:
54 minutes
Released:
Feb 2, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

From the emotional balm of a walk in the woods to the first wooden skyscrapers, Tom Heap and Helen Czerski ask if we can replace a world of concrete and steel with a wooden utopia. Will the Wood Age be healthier for us and for the planet?Michael Ramage of Cambridge University explains how the development of Cross-Laminated Timber makes it possible to build pretty much any building with wood while Tim Searchinger of Princeton University argues that turning forests into construction material has a high carbon cost for the planet.Produced by Alasdair Cross for BBC Audio Wales and West in conjunction with the Open University
Released:
Feb 2, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (8)

Tom Heap and Helen Czerski tackle a major story about our environment, work out how we got here and meet the brave, clever people with fresh ideas to help us - and nature - thrive. They won’t shy away from the big stuff - temperatures rising while wildlife declines - but this won’t be a weekly dose of doom-laden predictions and tortured hand-wringing. Rare Earth is here to celebrate the wonder of nature and meet the people determined to keep it wonderful.