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November 29th, 2008
Greener Floors
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Replacing your floor with wood? Sounds very, well, natural. But, could your wood floor be destroying forests?

  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
Virtuoso Voices - Canadian Brass (Nice Wig)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: The Canadian Brass
When brass players audition for a rare opening in the Canadian Brass, playing the notes is only one part of the process. You've got to show them y...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: :19
Save Energy -- Shower with Someone!
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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We all know divorce can be painful for those involved. And now, researchers at the University of Michigan have determined that divorce also hurts t...

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  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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Virtuoso Voices - Canadian Brass (No Problem)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: The Canadian Brass
The days of men ruling the brass instrument world are mostly over. More women are playing trumpets, trombones and French horns in high school band...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: :26
Auto Recycling
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Here’s some good news for Japan's landfills. Piles of scrapped cars are becoming a thing of the past.

  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
Kelp Forest Health
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2008 - 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...

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  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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Virtuoso Voices - Canadian Brass (Off We Jingle)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: The Canadian Brass
Jingle Bells – what could be more familiar at Christmas time? Arranger Howard Cable made a new version of Jingle Bells that Canadian Brass tuba pl...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: :20
Alien Mussels Muscling In
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Alien mussels are muscling their way into our waterways. And like unwelcome guests, once the move in, they’re almost impossible to move out!

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  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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Saving Money and Energy
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Does it really pay to be energy-efficient? The folks at Clarum Homes hope so.

  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
We All Benefit from Biodiversity
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The business of conservation -- preserving and protecting an ecosystem and all of the plants and animals in it -- is often characterized as interfe...

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  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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Water Logging
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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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.

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  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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Virtuoso Voices - Canadian Brass (Tuba or Not Tuba)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: The Canadian Brass
Everybody deserves a break, and every tuba player should get to shine now and then. Normally, the tuba holds up the base line part of the musical ...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: :25
Virtuoso Voices - James Galway (Better Practice)
From: Listener Directed Productions, Inc.
Series: Virtuoso Voices(tm)
Caption: Sir James Galway
The road to Carnegie Hall may be paved by practice, practice and more practice, but ask any musician - nothing is more boring, tedious and uninspir...

  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: :22
Cleaning Up PCB
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Batman step aside! You're no match for these polluting villains. Polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, make the Riddler look like a saint.

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  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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Advantages of Hibernation
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Believe it or not, sometimes, it’s a good idea to be “as cold as ice.”

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  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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A Whale of a Shark
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Smile, whale shark, you’re on candid camera -- the high seas version.

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  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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First Place Polluter
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the biggest polluter of them all?

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  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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Saving the Rare Fisher
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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It’s stocky and dark brown with a long bushy tail, and fur softer than a mink’s. Meet the Pacific Fisher.

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  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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Algae’s Back, as Biodiesel
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Looking back on an argument, it’s nice when it turns out they were wrong and you were right -- and it’s tempting to say “I told you so.”

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  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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Beetle Inspired Water Technologies
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The African Stenocara beetle has learned a thing or two about water conservation.

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  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1