March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Series produced by Catalina Island Conservancy

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Fun, entertaining, science-based radio show exploring critical issues regarding our natural world.

Isla Earth, a production of the Catalina Island Conservancy, is a radio series exploring environmental issues of local, national, and global importance. Our mission is to increase ecological awareness, deepen understanding, and encourage environmentally sustainable choices.


22 Pieces

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The Climate Change Game
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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To the world-at-large, global warming is anything but a game. But if you happen to be on the Internet, it can be. That’s where you’ll find a game ...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
New Life for Old Growth
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In the early 1980’s, it looked like the Pacific Northwest might lose all its old growth forests to logging. Enter, The Northwest Forest Plan.

Bought by KQUA


  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Algae Biofuel
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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On top of everything else ailing Mother Earth these days, apparently she’s got gas. Lots of it. Specifically, carbon dioxide.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Manmade Photosynthesis
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Medieval alchemy -- you’ve seen it in the movies: A wizard-like figure hovers over a glowing vat adding mysterious ingredients in his quest to tur...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Welcome to Windy Acres
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Farming has always been subject to the uncertainties of weather and market conditions. But farmers in Huron County, Michigan, have found something...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Carbon Tracker
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Catch the news and weather at 10 tonight along with the day’s carbon report. Carbon report? That’s right. NOAA has developed a system to track carb...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
And the Winner Is – Us!
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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What would you do for $25 million?

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Mangroves for All
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Mangrove trees are simply amazing, in a sci-fi kind of way. They live in perhaps the most hostile plant environment imaginable -- a coastal war zon...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Seed Rain
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The world’s rainforests are disappearing at an alarming rate. But conservationists have a new trick that may help restore them. All it takes is so...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Keeping the Vision
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Have you ever been really bugged by a new ding in your car, but weeks later, you barely noticed it? We all learn to tolerate negative changes by ad...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
When Windmills Fly
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Up in the air -- it’s a bird; it’s a plane; it’s a -- flying windmill? That’s right, a flying windmill.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
The TDP Way
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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“Thermal depolymerization.” No, it’s not a code word for ‘global warming.’ But it IS a big buzz in alternative energy circles.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Storm Pilots
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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It’s no news to anyone that Hurricanes’ can be devastating. Luckily, hurricane forecasting has improved a lot over the years.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Seaweed to the Rescue
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Here’s a two-fer: A renewable fuel source that also reduces carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Four R's for Less Trash
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Wait! Stop! What’s that you’re throwing away? Each year, Americans dump nearly 180 million tons of trash into landfills.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Save an Umbrella Species
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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An umbrella is a handy thing to have around during a down pour. Likewise, an umbrella species protects other plants and animals that live in their ...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:28
  • Purchases: 1
Energy Wave
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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It's said that “time and tide wait for no man.” But it looks like there’s considerable power waiting for us in the tides.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Too Much Fertilizer
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Too much of a good thing. We all know the hazards of that: too much fat, too much beer, too much chocolate… (Maybe not too much chocolate…)

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Where the Buffalo Roam
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Home, home on the range only covers 20 percent of what it used to. That’s worldwide, according to a new study from the World Wildlife Fund.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Green Planning
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Ocean dead zones. Air and water pollution worldwide. All this bad news is enough to cause “Eco-phobia.”

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1