Extract 1 
    Woman: Hi, how are you? Still saving the planet?     Man: Hello! Thinking about holidays actually. Though I'm very glad to say that since I last saw you I've been cycling to work, sorting the rubbish -- I've even got a compost heap! It all takes time and a lot of energy -- especially the bike! I'm ready for a change, something different. I suppose I should go off on some work camp in the country -- you know, cleaning out canals, mending hedges, that sort of thing? What do you think?     Woman: No, no -- far too extreme. Remember the big polluter is air travel -- so be an eco-traveller -- you can easily go all arond Europe without boarding a plane at all. Don't forget trains, ferries, coaches. And when you are abroad, spread the tourism pound around. Don't stay in multi-national hotels -- choose locally run guest houses and hotels and eat in local restaurants. Buy food and souvenirs from markets or craft co-operatives rather than hotel lobby shops. That way you'll be continuing the good work -- and you'll get a decent vacation. 
Extract 2 
    Interviewer: Jane, tell us what you do.     Woman: It's called free climbing -- I just use finger stretch and balance, not climbing equipment. Of course, there's a rope to catch me if I slip -- which in free climbing happens frequently -- but otherwise, it's just me and the rock. It's more like chess than a dangerous sport -- there's so much strategy and skill involved. One of my first climbs was a huge rock that some people considered impossible to get up because of its steep flat surfaces. It took ages, but once I'd done it I felt I just had to climb it again -- just for fun.     Interviewer: What drives you?     Woman: When I was young I had this reputation for rebelling against tradition. It wasn't exactly true, but I just thought, 'well if I'm different then I'll just be e and do what I feel like doing'. I think making that choice gave me a certain freedom to do what I liked, and this was a bonus that I coul do an activity that meant something to me. When I finally reach the point where I can see the landscape spread out below me, it brings tears to my eyes. I hope that it's something I'll keep doing for years!
Extract 3 
    Man: You know, coming to California eight years ago was just a revelation for me, after the coral reefs of Florida.     Woman: Yeah?     Man: I didn't know there were these giant kelp forests underwater here. Now I like kelp diving best of all. I usually dive to the bottom of the seabed and look up at the sunlight coming down through the plants.     Woman: It's awesome. You don't just swim past the scenery, you're in it. You're like birds flying through the forest. Well, OK, you have a little more than feathers to keep you moving!     Man: And penetrating a kelp forest is actually not that hard once you know how, wouldn't you say?     Woman: There's pretty much always a way through. The hitch is that you and your buddy...     Man: Your diving partner, yeah.     Woman: ... have to go in single file.     Man: Which makes it easy for you to get separated, and you have to watch your air supply. There's no way you can share it!     Woman: And if you make the mistake of using your fins too hard, that sucks the kelp towards you. Still, you learn not to, pretty fast!     Man: What I found last week was... 
Part 2 
Kevin: If you met me in the street today, I think you'd find me a relaxed kind of guy, at ease with myself -- you might not even believe I run a chain of macrobiotic restaurants. But fifteen years ago... well, I was a highly accountant in Australia -- a real high flyer -- and over the years, I began to hate the routine of my job... crazy deadlines to meet. I even got tired of the life style: expense account lunches, a smart apartment.     It all changed one day when I got talking to a friend of mine, an architect who studies the homes of indigenous peoples, and found some interesting ideas about the relationship between people an their environment. They believe a building should put as little pressure on the earth as possible -- that's why in my house, only stilt-like supports make contact with the ground.     Anyway, this friend really inspired me... so, I bought some woodland on a fill above Sydney and cleared most of the cite myself. But it took fifteen men to cut down the twelve huge trees on the site, and it was important for me that they felt what they were doing was meaningful too. I wanted the place to be filled with positive energy right from the beginning, so, I used the trunks of those trees to build the supports for the house.     It's still quite an adventure to get to my house. First there's a very steep driveway. You get out of the car by a small hut where I generate my own electricity. Stacked outside, you'll find the surfboards I make use of in my free time! This is Australia after all. Then there are rocks and walkways across the stream to reach the house.     It's small and simple... but it's just right, on three floors. It's made mainly of wood -- originally light-brown coloured ash and pink-coloured gum wood -- but with time, both have gradually mellowed to the same warm golden brown. It's so easy to maintain inside -- I just wash the whole place down from time to time with a hose!    Let me describe the top floor to give you some idea of what it's like. Three of the walls consist of large, sliding glass windows, which can be pushed back so you're right in the tree-tops. The fourth wall is made up of sliding wooden panels that conceal a small cabin bedroom and bathroom. The main room is very simply furnished with a low wooden bed, a hammock and a chair made of driftwood and rope. Nothing extra.     Most people spend their lives half asleep -- I know I used to -- weighed down with rich food an never getting enough exercise, but now I get something positive out of every day. I'm not waiting months to have a holiday and a change of scene because I love where I live. I'm in touch with the elements and everything that is going on around me. Building the house was a bit like a personal journey and now I've arrived at a place where I feel calm and comfortable. 
Part 3 
    Interviewer: My guest today is Seth Jeavons, organiser of a large three-day pop-music festival. Seth, what should people bear in mind, especially those who are going to camp at the festival site? Have you got any tips?     Seth: Yes. The first thing is, although it's held in June, you can never rely on the local weather. Basics are -- check that your tent is intact before you go -- it'll keep you sheltered from wind, rain and a drop in temperature at night, but unfortunately what's often overlooked is that the terrain is really uneven at the site so you definitely need some sort of mattress. Even the smallest of tents can be adequate if it's good quality. Most areas are lit so bringing a torch, although not a bad idea isn't essential.     Interviewer: There were a few criticisms of last year's festival, weren't there? Have you managed to put those right?    Seth: Some of the complaints were well-founded and we've worked hard to put those problems right. There again some people said they were straining to hear the bands while others said they were being deafened, and that's just different expectations of noise levels. Where you stand when there's a huge audience can affect how well you hear too; that's why you get a bunching up of people standing in the middle. One concern we did have to address though was that of fans mobbing their favourite bands on stage. We've improved the cordon around the stage for the protection of both the fans and the bands. But I'm afraid the car park issue remains unresolved; we can't compromise on the space for camping and the space for people to watch the bands in reasonable comfort.     Interviewer: And who do you think it's a good idea to bring children to the festival or not?     Seth: Well, the seemingly obvious answer would be the big-name bands. The thing is, they can be seen in most places most of the time, so I'd say the artists whose appearances on stage are rather infrequent will be the ones that people flock to. The audience here are very discerning; they won't be fooled by the glitter and razzmatazz that some bands rely on. They want to hear good musicians play good music rather than have a poor band try to win them over with sing-alongs and lots of 'cosy' chats with the audience.     Interviewer: These days, of course, with the Internet, you could argue that you don't really need to go to the festival, you can watch it, read blogs about it, etc.     Seth: The TV coverage this year will be comprehensive with some gigs broadcast live and others recorded so that they can be shown later. But curled up on your sofa, you won't be part of it; you won't be able to look back in ten years' time and instantly relieve the moment. True, people can download what they like on the Internet: amateur film, blogs and so on -- even shots of some of more unusual people in the audience, but I'm not sure of the legal position of that.     Interviewer: So, the festival lives on. Are you thinking of making any changes for next year?     Seth: My daughter Sarah is managing a whole section herself this year and it's been rumoured that I'm planning to hand over full responsibility to her eventually, but let's not go into that now. We'll keep to the same number of events, stages and fields as this year; I can't remember how many that is off the top of my head. Even the main band has already been booked -- and the name's been leaked to the press. Some people complain about the annual hike in ticket prices but I'm afraid that's out of our hands. We have to pay whatever the going rate is for bands -- and they never get cheaper.  Speaker One
I remember how dubious I was about choosing a course on the web. I mean, choosing anything on the web is risky. But to my delight, we all got a first-class course at an affordable rate. My career has taken me a bit away from photography, but not completely. Whenever I travel, I take snaps of everything: statues, unusual structures, gardens. And it's surprising how often I use them for inspiration, like with the design of a school with a totally new approach to education that we worked on recently. We had to work hard to marry innovative construction with the practicalities of accommodating fifteen hundred children. 
Speaker Two
The thing I'll always remember from my course is how much difference Sean's comments on my work made. He used to speak to each of his students personally and would tell us exactly where we were going wrong. Take me, for example, I cover long distances and the regulations say I have to take regular breaks, which I use as photo opportunities. Before the course, I'd snapped away but with no sense of composition and was always a bit disappointed with the results. Now, I'm so enthusiastic that I'm encouraging my own kids to try photography. And you know what? They're producing highly original stuff; it's great! Even when I'm back behind the wheel on Mondays, it brings a smile to my face. 
Speaker Three
People didn't believe me when I said I was doing a photography course to help me with my job. They couldn't see the connection between dealing with copyright cases and photography -- not until I pointed out that I often have to take photos of products when one company is accusing another of making fakes -- a bit like being an undercover reporter. Doing the coursework was stimulating. I think of myself as quite intelligent but I can tell you some of the coursework we had to do really left me scratching my head! And when I looked back at the quality of the photos I took, I realised what an amazing course I'd found. 
Speaker Four
Everyone on the course, tutors and students, was tremendously busy and one hundred per cent involved. But I wasn't that impressed with the time it took for my tutor to get replied to my questions back to me. I mean, the course was fantastically interesting, it also made me look again at the way I worked in the classroom, and made me question whether I met the same professional standards myself. I was amazed that so many topics could be covered, and students were left with a feeling of having a good basis that they could always build on and develop their own unique style. 
Speaker Five 
Funnily enough, doing the course has led to some developments in my own work. I'm working on a huge clay turtle at the moment, which I'm hoping will be chosen for a big exhibition in the summer. And now that I can take really professional looking photos of my work, it's so much easier to get positive replies from exhibition organisers and galleries. A couple of the others on the course had much more experience than me and they provided me with a wealth of tips about how to make a photo say what you want it to say. In fact, they were so good I sometimes wondered why they were doing the course.