Tom Heap
@tomheapmedia
Author 'Land Smart' https://linktr.ee/landsmartbook. Now a Substacker https://tomheap.substack.com/ Presenter 'Rare Earth' BBC Sounds, Countryfile BBC 1 🎤🎥🔊
The paperback is now out! Same wisdom from these folk but cheaper!
A man of good taste - at the launch of the @sciencemuseum food gallery Director Ian Blatchford said he listens to @BBCFarmingToday every morning. Great new display too.

If you fit air-con in your home please also display the banner saying 'I don't give a s**t about climate change'. Here's why tomheap.substack.com/p/warming-to-t… Medical need exempted. #lovesweat
Are electric trucks joining the fast lane? open.substack.com/pub/tomheap/p/…
I've joined @SubstackInc. So far jottings have covered Atomic Redemption, asking 'Was whaling ever noble?', and 'The story vs the world'. No paid subscription, so have a look for free and share if you like. tomheap.substack.com
Echoing @tomheapmedia recommendation to buy @mark_lynas superb new book exploring the grim reality of life on the planet after nuclear destruction has laid waste to society and why humanity’s leadership must do all it can to avoid it, which I reviewed for @BooksinFive below! 1/5
80 years on from the horror of Hiroshima should splitting the atom be seen as an environmental menace or asset? @BBCRareEarth with @mark_lynas @TimMousseau2 and Dr Fiona Rayment

My regular home harvest of clothes peg shrapnel. Pulverised by UV, spreading microplastic in the garden. My lesson #sticktowood

Thar' she blows! Whales back from the brink with @roamnjoe Jayne Pierce @SouthGeorgiaHT and Inbal Aron @EdinburghUni. @BBCRareEarth @BBCRadio4 today at noon. Also do toddlers talk like Humpback Whales?
What's this plugged into? Ooh, it's a big'un! Electric trucks are coming...and fast. More in days to come with @mantruckbusuk
This week, @helenczerski and I have become metal-heads. Copper, lithium, cobalt, nickel, and many more. Those elements so vital to our green energy future but their mining can harm people and planet. A necessary evil? With @philip1marsden @RhoMoIola @PJossoBGS
Enjoyed recording this with @helenczerski @tomheapmedia @Bankfieldbecky
Can the UK ditch its carbon emissions by 2050? Is the commitment made by all the major parties in 2008 even politically possible? Tom Heap and Helen Czerski discuss the future on this week's Rare Earth! Tune in today at 12:00, on BBC Radio 4. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
Enjoyed my chat with Uwe Schroder from @Cefetra. I learnt a lot about their plans for more #regen in their supply chain and I chatted abiut my book: LandSmart. Now out in paperback. vimeo.com/1065041119/149…
So good to see Reshu getting an @WhitleyAwards For plants 🪴! youtu.be/87IhC3DJGR4?si…
And, if you want more, check out the whole show. Everything Electric LONDON Programme 2025 issuu.com/everythingelec… via @issuu
Look who's here at the @Everyth1ngElec - lots of fascinating folks frequently chaired by my on-air partner @helenczerski . I'll be there

Can't wait for @Everyth1ngElec next week. They've got the watts for you too

Rare Earth is back for a new series today at 12 @BBCRadio4 and @BBCSounds - first up the Arctic- wildlife, minerals and people in a warming world