One Love One Planet

One Love One Planet

We’ve only got one planet. Let’s love it. BCfm Radio’s award-winning environmental programme.

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June 16, 2026 5 mins

Extinction Rebellion co-founder Clare Farrell and conservation scientist Dr. Charlie Gardner discuss the First International Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels. 

The conference took place in April 2026, in Colombia. Frustrated by the failure of UN, COP, climate summits, almost 60 countries, including the UK, convened to create concrete national roadmaps to phase out coal, oil, and gas.

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The UK faces a growing climate and nature emergency. Yet most people have never been fully briefed on what it means for our lives, our economy and our future.

This new film sets out the risks facing the nation - and the credible, positive responses available - in a clear and accessible account designed for screenings in communities across the UK.

Listen to the audience reaction to the film, and a conversation between one of the fil...

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June 16, 2026 7 mins

The UK Government plans to remove the right to trial by jury for thousands of criminal cases.

Juries protect us from unfair prosecutions, biased judges, political interference and state overreach.

Juries prevent power being centralised within corporations, institutions and those with privilege.

Juries have been a key part of our justice system for centuries.

Juries are a vital constitutional check on the government, no jury will co...

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Raw sewage is being dumped into our seas, lakes and rivers on an industrial scale – almost a million times last year alone. While people get sick and nature suffers, polluters profit and the regulators turn a blind eye. The system isn’t just broken, it’s rigged.

Listen to how protesters are putting pressure on government and water companies, and how they are getting results.   

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For centuries, many people in the Western world believed the Amazon to be an unpopulated and untouched forest. This has never been true. The Amazon has been managed by Indigenous peoples for thousands of years.  We explore how, through the creation of fertile soils and the selection and cultivation of plant and tree species over millennia, Indigenous peoples have transformed the Amazon rainforest into the most biodiverse ecosy...

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The UK faces a growing climate and nature emergency. Yet most people have never been fully briefed on what it means for our lives, our economy and our future.

This new film – The People’s Emergency Briefing - sets out the risks facing the nation - and the credible, positive responses available - in a clear and accessible account designed for screenings in communities across the UK.   As it is screened across ...

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Science is moving fast, and every year the risks become clearer.  The climate and nature emergency threatens all aspects of British life, from national security to the food supply - but solutions exist.

In this podcast, we hear from two of the UK’s top climate scientists and from climate activists calling for politicians and businesses to take the rapid action we need to protect our people, our prosperity and our childre...

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BCFM's One Love One Planet show explores the importance of the 'commons'; what it means, the thriving commons group in Bristol, why you might be involved in a common's project without even knowing it and a beautiful piece of common land near Bristol under dire threat from a giant corporation.  

Listen and learn about this increasingly important concept in our divided, transactional world... 

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British military leaders and security services, MI5 & MI6, tell us: Climate change is now a core national security threat.  This is not a future problem or a trade-off. Addressing climate change is central to national security today, not something to postpone.

It’s time to meet your MP and ask what they will do to protect us.  Join the campaign at  https://www.zerohour.uk/

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February 24, 2026 21 mins

If you are concerned about the climate emergency and the loss of nature, you may feel that there is little you can do about it.  But you are more powerful than you may think.  Over the years, activists have shifted the climate change conversation, leading to real, positive action.

In this podcast, we will look at how ordinary people in Bristol are peacefully campaigning to resist the forces that are driving climate change...

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As heat, drought, floods and fires increasingly affect global breadbaskets, we’re being called to rethink how food is made.

The good news? We have powerful solutions. Precision fermentation — think high-tech brewing — can produce abundant, affordable, animal-free dairy, eggs and meat, with high quality and low cost.

It might sound impossible — but listen in and come away surprised, inspired and hopeful.

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Top scientists warn the UK faces a climate–nature crisis more serious than COVID — worsened by misinformation and weak politics — but the government won't lead decisive action that can still change everything.

We voted for a Green Council in Bristol, but their draft Local Plan would allow develop...

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December 9, 2025 38 mins

Our stories:

  1. The COP 30 has just finished. Listen to the experts tell us - What are the COP meetings? Do they make any difference? How could we do things better? 
  1. Extreme heat and drought led to Europe’s forests becoming tinder dry. Research for a film found that criminal gangs often started the fires.   The communities affected worked together to stop them. 
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    Richard Ecclestone is a retired police officer who, for years, policed environmental protests.     Over time, he has seen how what were seen as minor offences that warranted no significant punishment can now lead to prison sentences.   

    Hear his journey from an establishment figure to a key player in Extinction Rebellion. 

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    On Saturday, 15th November, from 12 pm to 9 pm, at Temple Cloud’s Rockaway Park will be transformed for Sea Change: Unite with Light Festival, a day-long celebration that unites creativity, performance, and community action to highlight the importance of protecting our oceans.

    Visitors will be invited to take part in a series of creative workshops, performances, art exhibitions and talks, all raising awareness and funds for P...

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    Before the last election, Labour promised there would be no new oil fields in British waters. Two years ago, Ed Miliband called Rosebank' climate vandalism’. Now in government, he must decide whether to approve Rosebank, which would be the largest new oil and gas field in British waters for 20 years. 

    If we want a liveable climate, we can't allow any new oil and gas projects or licences. The UK must stop Rosebank and all...

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    We look at how the combination of solar; wind and batteries will give us very cheap and nearly unlimited energy.  AI, robotics and autonomous vehicles will change our working lives.  Finally, the threat to our food supply from climate change can be addressed by precision fermentation.  Each of these technologies offers ways to address climate change comprehensively, yet they present a major threat to our lives if we ...

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    The COP 30 being hosted in the Amazon means that world leaders will pay particular attention to highlighting the vital role of Indigenous communities in protecting the rainforest and combating the climate crisis.  Since the beginning of time, they have used their deep knowledge of the forests to harvest them sustainably and protect them.  

    On today’s show, our guests, Gabby and Mike, will call on the UK governm...

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    Talk is cheap; listening and acting seem to be too difficult.  In 2021, Bristol City Council spent £250,000 on a Citizens Assembly on Climate Change, Transport and Health, but then ignored the recommendations.  In 2024, a representative of the Bristol Green Party said on this radio programme that they were committed to enacting the recommendations. However, by August 2025, Bristol City Council had still not started to do ...

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    We talk to George and Charlotte about their project to fit an Air source Heat Pump, solar panels and a battery to their terraced home – From Retrofit West about the advice they can give and making your home warm on a low budget -  finally, we hear from someone who got a grant to pay all of the costs of retrofitting her home. 

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