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The floating frontier - sea cities

How architects are planning to conquer the open ocean, plus a look around a floating town

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Why do we all own a lawnmower?

The rise of collaborative consumption and why sharing is good for business and the planet

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When green dreams meet reality

UK dilutes green housing plans as global cash woes continue to hurt eco-dreams

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Pumas and Pandas

The hidden cost of a pair of trainers, plus how to rent a panda

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Growing pains for population

Head of UN Population on world's carrying capacity and why control is out of tune

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The Vatican

The Vatican's new report on climate change, faith and science, and the Pope's solar panels

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Plastic waste and the begging robot

Plastic bottles, charitable giving and a robot that asks you for money

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The EU and the environment, plus the endless city

The EU's environment commissioner plus a look at urban growth around the world

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Asia - From Saver To Spender

Asia moves from saver to spender - changing the balance of global development

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At the Edge of Capitalism

The search for jobs, wealth and natural resources in the rainforests of Borneo

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Building a Nation

Development in a new country, South Sudan. Plus asking the poor for advice

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Carbon taxes, profits and a packet of crisps

Australia ignites the carbon tax debate, and China comes clean on its secret oil spill

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The battle over Welsh wind farms

Turbines are popping up around the world, but in the Welsh valleys, locals have had enough

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China 'green champion at home, but looter abroad'

Claims that China leads the green revolution at home, but lags behind abroad

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Hungary's Toxic Spill

We visit western Hungary and find out how the area hit by toxic sludge is recovering

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The $1bn Ganges project

Filthy and embarrassing, the Ganges needs help - we explore how the Thames can save it

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What slums can teach us

The world's slums are booming - so what can they teach us about enterprise and community?

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Is it time to embrace our slums?

For the second part of his series on slums, Paul Mason asks if they are here forever.

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Life under the Balkans

Three kilometres underground, the Dinaric Arc has been called Europe's Amazon forest.

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Obama leaves greens blue

The American president struggles to match his green aspirations with political reality.

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An Interview With Al Gore

The Nobel laureate talks false science, oil addiction and why victory is inevitable.

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On The Fracking Frontline

The critics and the defenders desperate to win the battle over shale gas.

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Forty Years On

It's 40 years since the birth of the green movement. How has it fared? We find out.

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More Than One Planet

What would we do if it turned out there was more than one planet like Earth?

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Forest fights and calming cities

The environmental battles over the paper industry, plus urban design and the London riots.

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The Search for Kyoto's Successor

Why we might not see a new deal on climate change until 2020.

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Seven Billion People

The world's population is due to hit seven billion next week - cause for joy or concern?

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Thailand's Floods

How Thailand is coping with its worst floods in decades.

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Asia's Next Disaster

A special debate from Bangkok on the future of disaster management in Asia.

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China, Banker to the World

How the world's most populous nation has become the world's favourite banker.

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