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Seaweed to the Rescue

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

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

Beetle Inspired Water Technologies

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

The African Stenocara beetle has learned a thing or two about water conservation and scientists are hoping to capitalize on the beetle’s adaptation...

Bought by KOSU

Added: Jan 29, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Strange Creature Feature

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

It’s time for the creature of the week when we introduce you to the strange, the wonderful, the astonishing variety of life here on Isla Earth.

Bought by KOSU

Added: Jan 29, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

More Power to Sunshine Van

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Now here’s a ride Little Miss Sunshine and her eccentric family would have appreciated…

Bought by KOSU

Added: Jan 29, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Sugar Battery

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

i-Pods powered by Kool-Aid? Yep. They might be just around the corner -- no kidding!

Bought by KOSU

Added: Jan 29, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

When Fish Can’t Smell

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

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...

Bought by KOSU

Added: Jan 29, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

A Plant’s Natural Defense

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

“Get out of my space--or else!” Most people don’t know it, but some plants go to extremes to defend their turf.

Bought by KOSU

Added: Jan 29, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Potable Water to Drinking Water

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Okay -- so it sounds pretty disgusting when you first hear about it. But, well, here it goes. We may be able to get drinking water from treated sew...

Bought by KOSU

Added: Jan 29, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Natural Pesticide

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Mother Nature doesn't fly a crop-duster -- she doesn't need to. A research team recently discovered a natural protein that could work as well as an...

Bought by KOSU

Added: Jan 29, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Sink the Carbon

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Most of us have heard that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, and a major contributor to global warming. But is there a way to capture the carbon ...

Bought by KOSU

Added: Jan 29, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Futures for Future Species

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Can a stock market tool save a species?

Bought by KMXT

Added: Dec 24, 2008
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Saving Seeds: Svalbard

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

I don’t know if Santa Claus ever collected seeds, but one of his neighbors sure does.

Bought by KMXT and KOSU

Added: Dec 24, 2008
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 2

The New Power Suit

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

The Power Suit is back. Yep. Thanks to scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Bought by KMXT and KOSU

Added: Dec 24, 2008
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 2

Elephant DNA Maps

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

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...

Bought by KMXT and KOSU

Added: Dec 24, 2008
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 2

Down With Carbon

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

There’s a bounty on carbon dioxide molecules these days. And for good reason.

Bought by KMXT and KOSU

Added: Dec 24, 2008
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 2

Tuning Into Elephant Sounds

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

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...

Bought by KMXT and KOSU

Added: Dec 24, 2008
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 2

Rubber Road

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Old tires. Mountains of rubber. What’s happening to them these days?

Bought by KOSU

Added: Dec 24, 2008
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Credit the Environment

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

When the government wants to control pollution, it usually imposes regulations on polluters. Then it enforces those regulations -- at least in theory.

Bought by KOSU

Added: Dec 24, 2008
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Solar Cell Breakthrough?

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

The biggest power plant on earth is high in the sky -- it’s the sun. But, we only get one percent of our energy from it because it typically costs...

Bought by KOSU

Added: Dec 24, 2008
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Energy Fields

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

When it comes to discovering sources of renewable energy, Penn State engineering professor Bruce Logan is outstanding in his field. A corn field, ...

Bought by KOSU

Added: Dec 24, 2008
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Solar Cell Sets a New World Record

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Here’s something that probably won’t be in the Guinness Book of World Records. But maybe it should be since it could impact more people than anyth...

Bought by KOSU

Added: Dec 24, 2008
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Green at Home and Abroad

From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio

Leaving a green home, staying in a hotel and being green.

Added: Dec 03, 2008
Length: 04:00

We All Benefit from Biodiversity

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series

The business of conservation -- preserving and protecting an ecosystem and all of the plants and animals in it -- is often characterized as interfe...

Bought by KOSU