39 Ways to Save the Planet: Wood for Good
Seriously...
BBC
4.1 • 885 Ratings
🗓️ 20 January 2021
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Tom Heap introduces an episode of Radio 4's new environmental podcast which looks at 39 great ideas to relieve the stress that climate change is exerting on the planet.
Trees soak up carbon dioxide, trees store carbon dioxide. So why not build with wood instead of concrete and steel? The usual reason is strength, but Dr Michael Ramage at Cambridge University has what he thinks is the answer- cross-laminated timber. It's strong enough to build a skyscraper and replaces lots of that carbon from conventional building. Tom Heap and Dr Tamsin Edwards take a look at the global possibilities of cities built of wood.
Producer : Alasdair Cross
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| 0:00.0 | This was an impregnable fortress. The only way you get out was in a wooden box. |
| 0:05.0 | The controversial maximum security prison impossible to escape from. |
| 0:09.0 | And one of the duties of a political prisoner is the escape. |
| 0:12.0 | The IRA inmates who found a way. of a political prisoner is the escape. |
| 0:12.5 | The IRA inmates who found a way. |
| 0:14.5 | I'm Carlo Gableer and I'll be navigating a path |
| 0:19.5 | through the disturbing inside story of the biggest jailbreak in British and Irish history. |
| 0:25.0 | The narrative that they want is that this is a big achievement by them. |
| 0:28.5 | Escape from the maze, listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:35.0 | BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, Music Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:39.0 | Welcome to Seriously from BBC Radio 4. |
| 0:42.0 | This time we're bringing you one episode from 39 ways to save the planet. |
| 0:46.6 | The new podcasts from Radio 4 celebrating carbon cutting ideas and inventions |
| 0:52.1 | proving that human intelligence is the best vaccine against climate change. |
| 0:57.0 | This episode rests on a beautifully simple concept. |
| 1:01.0 | Let's build more with wood and less with steel and concrete. |
| 1:05.8 | Timber in a building, a home, a school, temple or office is carbon capture and storage right there |
| 1:12.1 | in our everyday lives, whereas producing cement and |
| 1:15.4 | steel emits masses of greenhouse gas. |
| 1:18.9 | Have a listen and see if you fancy going back to the trees. |
| 1:24.7 | We got ourselves into this climate mess with aviation, deforestation, |
| 1:30.3 | even too much procreation. But we can get out of it. There are so many solutions to climate change, |
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