December 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Series produced by Catalina Island Conservancy
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.
23 Pieces
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Remember elementary school when the nurse checked everyone’s head for lice? Now, its fish farmers who need to keep sea lice in check.
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Oh no! We’re running out of helium! Soon, we won’t be able to talk like this anymore!
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Nemo was the cutest little animated fish. In the movie, he gets lost in the big blue ocean and dad goes looking for him. Well, it turns out that fo...
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
If you’re an endangered albatross, I have good news. You can fish without fear!
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Well, it seemed like a good idea. Replace paper grocery bags with plastic grocery bags. Save a tree! But, we know what happened.
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
After a forest fire, it’s common for salvage logging companies to clear out damaged trees. But taking the wood too soon may interrupt a beetle doin...
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
f you’re looking to save energy and cold, hard cash, check out the fridge.
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
A brilliant young professor invents a way to heat and cool homes -- for free. The president gives him a prestigious award, and he waits for the e...
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Tropical rainforests are home to a spectacular variety of frogs. This rich diversity of species helps drive conservation efforts in the tropics.
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
The next time your significant other complains about your stinky socks, just tell them you’re doing scientific research!
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Once upon a time in the West, there were 30 million American bison. Now, around Yellowstone National Park, there are only 3900 -- but that’s up fro...
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Nature has a few tricks up her sleeve that can teach us a thing or two about national security.
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
The decomposition of tiny sea animals and plants that died hundreds of thousands of years ago created enormous natural gas deposits under the seafl...
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
While cacti can really stick it to us, the plight of the giant saguaro is nothing to poke fun at.
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
You probably won't find Jimmy Nardello's Sweet Italian frying peppers or Amish Deer Tongue lettuce at your local supermarket.
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
What do you do when the land you love is ‘slip sliding away’? Luckily for folks in Louisiana, legislators and scientists are looking at several cre...
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
His name is Paul Stamets, but you can call him the Mushroom Man.
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
About two and a half million tons of old computers, televisions, cell phones, fax machines, and other equipment are trashed each year in the United...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
What’s better than a glass of cold milk? How about a glass of cold organic milk from a biodegradable bottle.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
In 1941, there were only fifteen Whooping cranes left in North America -- a flock from Canada that wintered in Texas.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Nov 24, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
