August 2012 - 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.


23 Pieces

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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: Jul 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Most people don’t know it, but some plants go to extremes to defend their turf. Some even produce a kind of poison to kill off the competition...

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  • Added: Jul 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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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…)

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  • Added: Jul 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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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...

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  • Added: Jul 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Catch the news and weather at 10 tonight along with the day’s carbon report. Carbon report? That’s right. If the CarbonTracker system developed by...

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  • Added: Jul 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Over the years, treasure maps have been of such interest that the Library of Congress devoted a volume to them! Now, a new kind of map is proving t...

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  • Added: Jul 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Sometimes the devil makes for good company -- at least that's what they think in Tasmania. Since 1996, a deadly facial cancer has wiped out thousan...

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  • Added: Jul 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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If a tree at the bottom of a lake falls, does it make a sound? Either way, it doesn’t matter to lumberjacks at the Triton Logging Company. You see,...

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  • Added: Jul 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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There’s no doubt about it: our environmental problems can seem too overwhelming for one person to do anything about. But even our simplest actions ...

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  • Added: Jul 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Don't flush! At least not your ship's ballast tanks.

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  • Added: Jul 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Even if you don’t want to talk about the proverbial “elephant in the room,” you could at least count the number roaming around wild. Or so you’d t...

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Old tires. Mountains of rubber. What’s happening with to them these days? Well, in Pennsylvania, they’re hitting the road!

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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For some people, “used” is a four-letter word. They must have the latest goodies. “Pre-owned” just won’t do.

  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
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Now here’s a ride Little Miss Sunshine and her eccentric family would have appreciated.

  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
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So what should you do with your doggie's doo? Your dog Fido probably wishes you’d just leave it in the yard -- let the world know that somebody imp...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A rhinestone dog collar: $35 A doggy doo composter: Priceless... At least that's what Sharon Slack of Canada's Office of Urban Agriculture thinks....

  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
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It seemed like the right thing to do at the time. In India, tens of thousands of cows die each year. In the late 1980s, India’s largely Hindu popul...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
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Prairie tallgrass may soon make an electrifying comeback. Long considered one of the earth's most endangered ecosystems, today, prairie grass -- es...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
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Pass the fish and chips, please. Pardon me for eating on the radio, but I just can’t pass up the fish and chips. Neither can a lot of people it s...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 01:30
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Sometimes you don’t have to look far to find a solution. While 300 million people in Africa suffer from hunger and malnutrition, the most popular ...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 01:30