November 2011 - 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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Green Energy from Plants
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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U.S. Department of Energy scientists would hate to be called alchemists. But they’re trying something almost as miraculous. They want to turn sunli...

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  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
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Fertilizer Overload
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2011 - 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…)But, for...

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  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
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No Smelling Spells Trouble for Fish
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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When our noses are plugged, we sound stuffy and have trouble breathing. When fish noses are plugged, they get lost, and lose the ability to have s...

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  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
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Take Home Box
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Here’s a home that’s truly “outside the box” -- or inside, depending on where you stand. They’re made out of recycled steel shipping containers. Ye...

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  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
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Patent for Better Insulation
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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There’s a fungus among us that could become a more environmentally-friendly way to weatherize your home, or business. Eben Bayer, a recent graduate...

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  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
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Biodegradable Car
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Henry Ford had the right idea. Back in the early 1940s, he developed the world's first "bio-car."

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  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
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Boat Made of Plastic Bottles
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Call it a message in 12,500 bottles. Reclaimed plastic bottles, that is, used to build Plastiki, an ocean-going catamaran that crossed the Pacific,...

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  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
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Trash Talking
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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If you’re thinking of sending a message in a bottle, maybe you should reconsider. There’s some heavy traffic out there.

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Bird Friendly Turbines
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Wind turbines are a great source for alternative energy. They're less great, however, for birds.

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  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
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Penguin Poo at Pole Polluted
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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If you’re wondering how our penguin friends in the Antarctic are doing these days, here are the cold, hard facts. Their poo is getting mighty pollu...

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  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
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Creek Cleaning
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The fine folks of Omak, Washington, found themselves up a creek recently. Cleaning it up.

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  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
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The Endangered Iriomote
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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For over 200,000 years, the Iriomote Cat lived in isolation on a tiny island between Taiwan and Japan. More recently, however, Iriomote Island has...

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  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
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Protecting the Puffin
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Saving the puffins is a tough job. But folks in Maine miss the colorful little birds resembling miniature penguins that can fly. Still plentiful t...

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  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
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Room for Peace
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Bringing countries together to protect our natural environment looks good on paper. Real good, in fact.

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  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
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Prevent Disease With Trees
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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What does rain forest conservation have to do with preventing malaria? In the Amazon rainforest, the means to these two ends are virtually one in t...

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  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
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Creating A Better Commute
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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These days, Americans are driving three times as many miles per capita as they did in 1980. Not only are longer commutes driving us crazy, they’re...

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  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
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Be Environmentally Friendly in this Life and the Next
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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It’s possible to be eco-friendly in this life and the next, with “green,” or, “natural” burials. Bob Butz, author of “Going Out Green,” describes t...

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  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
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Better Tuna Fishing Methods
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Can you imagine a world without tuna? No more, "Chicken of the Sea?" Believe it or not, most tuna species have been heavily fished, some almost to ...

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  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:31
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Electric Fans For Cars
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Getting better gas mileage for the ride doesn’t have to mean hydrogen fuel cells, or a fancy hybrid. One solution already exists right under the ho...

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  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
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New Frog Discovery
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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A newly discovered frog in the remote mountains of Colombia has scientists hopping. Not only can they lay claim to its discovery, but they've also ...

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  • Added: Oct 26, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
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