All Pieces for Catalina Island Conservancy

 
Keeping Nemo
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The real fish represented in the animated film Finding Nemo are disappearing. A recent study found that one in every six species featured in the mo...

Bought by KMXT, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KSKQ


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Mackerel Moving On
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Fish don't care about politics. And that's terribly inconvenient for Scotland, Denmark and Iceland, where ocean mackerel, a large migratory cousin ...

Bought by KMXT, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KSKQ


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Helios House
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Watch out, Hollywood, there's a new starlet in town. It's the nation's first green gas station, called, Helios House. It's in Los Angeles -- for no...

Bought by KMXT, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KSKQ


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Enzymes Lead To Bio-diesel
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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"Unleaded, super unleaded, or tree fungus." It could be an option someday! Alternative fuel experts have discovered a microbial fungus from one Sou...

Bought by KMXT, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KSKQ


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Encyclopedia Of Life
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The Book of Life: That book in heaven with the list of names? Well, biologists on earth have started their own version.

Bought by KMXT, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KSKQ


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Zoo On Ice
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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A frozen zoo...for all animals? Well, no one's making the Panamanian golden frog shiver in its terrarium. Instead, this is a unique way that the Sa...

Bought by KMXT, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KSKQ


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Off The Grid
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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We've all heard of individuals who go, "off the grid." You know, the folks who install solar panels or have their children ride stationary bicycles...

Bought by KMXT, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KSKQ


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Is That A Mouse In Your Pocket?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The Pacific pocket mouse loves the beach! Surf and sun make fabulous real estate for humans, and, these mice. And therein, lies the rub!

Bought by KMXT, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KSKQ


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Shady Behavior
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Grandma's pearls are priceless and to keep them safe, a big tree might be in order. Sure a tree is great for shade and shelter, but urban forest ec...

Bought by KMXT, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KSKQ


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Beetle Juice
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The African Stenocara beetle has learned a thing or two about water conservation. Living in the Namib desert, it uses its wings to capture water va...

Bought by KMXT, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KSKQ


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
EWaste
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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There's gold in them thar -- cell phones!? 'Tis true: Precious metals such as gold, copper and silver are found in the mounds of electronic waste w...

Bought by KMXT, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KSKQ


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Coolin' It
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In the summer, an air conditioner can be a necessity. However, cooling down a house can be expensive, but there are ways to reduce the cost.

Bought by KMXT, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KSKQ


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Green Independence
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The Fourth of July is almost here complete with picnics and fireworks. How do you honor the red, white and blue while honoring the environment at t...

Bought by KMXT, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KSKQ


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Fish Fix
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Some projects seem simple only to reveal a huge complication later on. I was hemming pants and cut one leg shorter than the other -- yeah, you get ...

Bought by KMXT, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KSKQ


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Defrag Nature
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2014 - 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." Sadly, fragile ecosystems are disappearing...

Bought by KMXT, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KSKQ


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Keeping Sea Urchins In Check
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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An ecosystem is like a finely woven garment -- pull out one thread, and the entire thing might come apart. An unraveling, of sorts, happened off th...

Bought by KMXT, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KSKQ


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Emission-Free Ride
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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If your friends call you an "early adopter," you'll want to take note of MIT student Ben Gulak's way-cool emission-free vehicle. It looks like a cr...

Bought by WXPR, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KKRN


  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Greenlight For Saiga?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Remember playing with animal match books? By flipping the left- or right-hand pages you could match the picture of an animal's head with its body. ...

Bought by WXPR, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KKRN


  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Futures For Future Species
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Can a stock market tool save a species? Conservationists often struggle to project animal populations because they hinge on complicated, interdepen...

Bought by WXPR, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KKRN


  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Be Environmentally Friendly In This Life And The Next
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2014 - 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...

Bought by WXPR, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KKRN


  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3

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