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to Earth is a 20-part BBC World Service
series of 15-minute programmes made with the participation of the Natural
Resources Institute and first broadcast in 1998. It
was made as an English language teaching series but is also appropriate for science
and environmental education use in schools and educational institutions. To
listen to the audio files, which are in MP3 format, requires an audio system such
as RealPlayer. You can download this for free at RealPlayer
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| 1 | The
Earth from Space (MP3) |
| 2 | The
Atmosphere (MP3) |
| 3 | The
Hydrosphere (MP3) |
| 4 | Soils
(MP3) |
| 5 | The
Gaia Theory (MP3) |
| 6 | Sustainable
Development (MP3) |
| 7 | The
Earth Summit plus 5 (MP3) |
| 8 | The
Environment and Development (MP3) |
| 9 | People-oriented
Conservation (MP3) |
| 10 |
Green Imperialism (MP3) |
| 11 |
The Ozone Hole (MP3) |
| 12 | Fresh
Water (MP3) |
| 13 | Desertification
(MP3) |
| 14 | Forests
(MP3) |
| 15 | Social
Forestry (MP3) |
| 16 | The
Work of an NGO (MP3) |
| 17 | Tourism
and the Environment (MP3) |
| 18 | Climate
Change (MP3) |
| 19 | Biodiversity
(MP3) |
| 20 | Eco
Villages of the Future (MP3) |
 | Further information: |
A booklet
was produced to go with the series and is available PDF
(5MB) . The booklet is for use in an educational
context and revises the content of the programmes in the series.
Dr.
Monica Janowski (m.janowski@sussex.ac.uk)
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