October 2009 - 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.


22 Pieces

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Bees Move Elephants Along
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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If you ever need to shoo a herd of elephants out of your backyard, new research suggests that you may want to unleash: the bees!

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Name That Fish
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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How about a nice piece of Pacific Red Snapper. The truth is, you can't have one.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Goby Fish Catch a Ride
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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By 1991 the Round Goby, a harmless-looking little bug-eyed fish from the Black Sea, was found in all five of the Great Lakes. And it was wreaking ...

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Going Bananas
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Did you know bananas might soon slip into history? That's because from Paris to Peoria, we all eat only one variety, and it's vulnerable to a fungu...

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Goby Fish Invades Great Lakes
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In April of 1990, biologist David Jude pulled a little bug-eyed fish from the Saint Claire River near Detroit. It was a Round Goby. Immediately, al...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Northwest Passage Open for Shipping
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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There’s now a shortcut between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, courtesy of climate change.

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Green Buildings Everywhere
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Green buildings are cropping up everywhere. That's because environmentally sustainable, or "green" construction is becoming more affordable, and, d...

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Discovering New Species
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Remember these lyrics from Joni Mitchell’s Big Yellow Taxi? "Don’t it always seem to go, That you don’t know what you got till it’s gone?"

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Oceans of Energy
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Interest in developing new sources of renewable energy is on the rise, and scientists at Florida Atlantic University are going with the flow.

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Hatching Hydrogen
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Engineers at Ohio State University are cracking up over a new way of separating gasses. And they've possibly created a new process to produce a cle...

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Pollution Connection
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The latest air pollution discovery reads like a murder mystery.

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Forest Viewer
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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If a tree falls in the forest, these days someone hears it. At least in the Eastern United States.

  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Bright Future for Passive Lighting
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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How many environmentalists does it take to screw in a passive light bulb? None! And that’s the beauty of it.

  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
The Year of the Cat
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Deep in a Borneo rainforest, a mysterious catlike creature pads across the jungle floor. It has dark red fur, a bushy tail, and could be the first ...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Saving with Solar
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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You don’t have to an eco-activist to switch to solar power anymore. Just a savvy consumer.

  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Greener Wind Turbines
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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With wind turbines popping up all over the world, wind power is quickly becoming one of today’s most popular renewable energy sources.

  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Save White Rhino
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Veterinarians at the San Diego Zoo who breed white rhinoceroses are finding themselves, well, on the horns of a dilemma.

  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Plant Decline
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Remember Pete Seeger’s song, “Where have all the flowers gone?” He blamed their disappearance on young girls picking them. But with 8,000 flowers a...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Saving Real-life Furbys
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Remember Furbys? Those toy robots with big eyes and ears? Well they're back, but this version doesn't take batteries, because it's the real-life eq...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Smart Meter Matters
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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So how much did you pay for that last electron? Probably a lot more than you think if you add in the environmental cost to make electricity.

  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30