March 2007 - 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.
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Ireland is poor in fossil fuel resources, and nearly 90 percent of its total energy needs are met by imported fuels. But the country is rich in win...
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
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Who could guess that a shovel of dirt would reveal a long-lost treasure?
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 01:30
Six hundred million desktop and laptop computers in the United States will soon be obsolete and thrown away.
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 01:30
According to a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere could boost the grow...
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
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The Ashtabula River in Ohio flows into Lake Erie, one of the four Great Lakes.
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Farmers are turning to "companion planting," an agricultural trick that Native Americans came up with centuries ago.
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 01:30
You might say carbofuran is an equal-opportunity killer. It takes out Eagles, Red-tailed Hawks, and migratory song-birds of all types.
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 01:30
Well, today, the inventive folks at Adobe Systems are putting their clever minds to work for the environment.
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 01:30
The place is America?s Wetland -- millions of acres along Louisiana?s Gulf Coast that teem with life
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Organic food is becoming trendy, and you?ll be seeing more of it at your supermarket, it?ll probably be cheaper to.
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
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Who's the longest-lived human on record? Jeanne Calment of France -- 122 years!
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
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They sighted him wandering through the Bavarian Alps, and the German media named him "Petzi" -- the first brown bear known to roam through super-po...
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Cougars are important predators in many ecosystems. But the magnificent cats are elusive by nature, making it tough for conservationists to track t...
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
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The year 2006 was a heady one for the Laotian rock rat, a rodent thought to have gone extinct about 11 million years ago.
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
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Who's afraid of the big, bad wolf? Certainly not wildlife lovers in eastern Germany...
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
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Speedos -- those tight, very brief bikini swimsuits -- may not be ideal for every male physique. And they're a fashion disaster for dolphins.
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 01:30
Next time you travel, forget renting that gas-guzzler. A few rental car companies are offering hybrids and cars that run on biodiesel.
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 01:30
On average, each of us scarfs up about 140 pounds of this delectable tuber a year. It's a $2 billion industry, but just a fraction of the potatoes ...
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
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Lighting accounts for about a quarter of all the electricity that's consumed in the United States. Here are some ways to lighten the energy load...
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
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Benjamin Franklin said 'nothing is certain except death and taxes.' Well, today you can at least reduce your taxes...
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 01:30
