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BONUS: Your questions answered, favorite moments of 2024

Kathleen Schuster
December 27, 2024

Before we ring in the New Year, Living Planet has some answers to your listener questions. Which is better for the environment: reusable or paper coffee cups? And what about the water footprint of the meat industry? Does it really take 15,000 liters of water to produce one kilo of beef? Plus, our favorite moments of 2024.

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Interviewees: 

Dr. Pippa Notten – Director, The Green House, South Africa 

Dr. Christian Moretti – Scientist, Technology Assessment Group, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland 

Dr. Tim Hess – Professor Emeritus, water and food systems, Cranfield University, UK 

Dr. Winnie Leenes – Faculty of Science and Engineering, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen 

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Kathleen Schuster Kathleen Schuster is a freelance producer and host of DW’s environment podcast Living Planet
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Looking to reconnect with nature? Want to make better decisions for the health of the planet? Every Friday, Living Planet brings you the stories, facts and debates on the key environmental issues of our time.

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