March 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Series produced by Catalina Island Conservancy
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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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.
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- Added: Feb 23, 2011
- Length: 01:30
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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. But in the m...
- Added: Feb 23, 2011
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
What’s better than a glass of cold milk? How about a glass of cold organic milk from a biodegradable bottle.
- Added: Feb 23, 2011
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
What do you do when the land you love is ‘slip sliding away’? Luckily for folks in Louisiana, legislators and scientists are looking at several cre...
- Added: Feb 23, 2011
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Tropical rainforests are home to a spectacular variety of frogs. This rich diversity of species helps drive conservation efforts in the tropics.
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- Added: Feb 23, 2011
- Length: 01:30
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Once upon a time in the West, there were 30 million American bison. Now, around Yellowstone National Park, there are only 3900 -- but that’s up fro...
- Added: Feb 23, 2011
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Looking for a five-star dinner tonight? Check out the greens.
- Added: Feb 23, 2011
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
This isn’t how fertilizers are supposed to work. You’d think that more nutrients in water would be good for aquatic life. But, they’re actually con...
- Added: Feb 23, 2011
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
You probably won't find Jimmy Nardello's Sweet Italian frying peppers or Amish Deer Tongue lettuce at your local supermarket. But, a growing commun...
- Added: Feb 23, 2011
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
The next time your significant other complains about your stinky socks, just tell them you’re doing scientific research!
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- Added: Feb 23, 2011
- Length: 01:30
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Maybe there’s hope for troublemakers. Some creatures thrive in hot water...
- Added: Feb 23, 2011
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Shakespeare called it “a precious stone set in the silver sea.” Can you name the country?
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- Added: Feb 23, 2011
- Length: 01:30
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The forests of America face double jeopardy these days. First, there’s pressure to harvest wood from native forests. And second, some non-native tr...
- Added: Feb 23, 2011
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
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...
- Added: Feb 23, 2011
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Well, it’s back to the future again. Farmers are turning to “companion planting,” an agricultural trick that Native Americans came up with centurie...
- Added: Feb 23, 2011
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
"Unleaded, super unleaded, or tree fungus." It could be an option someday! Alternative fuel experts have discovered a microbial fungus from one Sou...
- Added: Feb 23, 2011
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Paper book or e-reader? Which is greener? Digital readers may save trees. But are they better environmentally overall than good ol’ book books?
- Added: Feb 23, 2011
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
What if we traded asphalt jungles for grass-phalt jungles? That's happening. One September day each year, on National Park(ing) Day.
- Added: Feb 23, 2011
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
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...
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- Added: Feb 22, 2011
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
What's autumn without acorns? Residents of Eastern states, unfortunately, found out.
- Added: Feb 22, 2011
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
