January 2012 - 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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Beat Home Energy Costs
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Is that monthly home heating bill burning a hole in your wallet? I thought so. With the economic uncertainties of recent months, we all get that si...

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Pacific Fisher Update
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2012 - 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. This handsome, otter-like critter related...

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Climate Change and Fish Bones
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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To prepare for climate change, sometimes it’s good to get down to the bare bones. Fish bones, that is.

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Habitat Preservation Strategies
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In the early 1980’s, it looked like the Pacific Northwest might lose all its old growth forests to logging. Enter, The Northwest Forest Plan.

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Plastic or Cloth: The Better Bag
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Reusable cloth grocery bags are popular, but are they really better than paper or plastic?

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Better Wind Turbines
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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With wind turbine blades approaching 90 feet in length whipping around at 150 miles an hour, they’ve been called everything from “raptor-matics” to...

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  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
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Farming the Wind
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Farming has always been subject to the uncertainties of weather and market conditions. But farmers in Huron County, Michigan, have found something...

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Tracking Pandas
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Giant pandas are about as cute as an animal can get -- and, just as endangered. Population estimates of pandas in the wild range from just 1,600 t...

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Elephant Photo ID
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Probably the last place you’d expect to see a photo I.D. would be in the wilds of India -- featuring a photo of a male Asian elephant no less.

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Earth Friendly Resort
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Welcome to Isla Earth. Or should I say, Aloha? It turns out that one of the world’s top Earth Friendly getaways is the Mauna Lani Resort on the Koh...

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  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
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Pond Scum Energy
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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To anyone who’s ever gone skinny-dipping in a pond, the green stuff floating on top is really disgusting. But to Professor Dave Bayless, blue-green...

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  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
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Nano Flakes
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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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...

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  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
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Airborne Windmills
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Up in the air -- it’s a bird; it’s a plane; it’s a -- flying windmill? That’s right, a flying windmill. Who knew.

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Bee Virus
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In the groovy 60s we were singing “Where have all the flowers gone?” Could a day come when we’ll sing the same about the honeybees?

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  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
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Plug-and-Play Solar Array
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Rooftop solar panels are finally becoming affordable, for the rest of us.

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  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
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Habitat Change Adaptation Difficult for Certain Species
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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You know the saying “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks” Well, looks like it holds true for long-established species coping with deforestation.

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Dogs Help with Conservation Study
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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What's furry, barks, and sniffs out rare species like a Sherlock Holmes? Yep -- it's a dog! As it turns out, man's best friend knows a bear or a b...

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Foja Mountain Range Creatures
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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“Pygmy possum” and “giant rat.” They sound like rock groups, but no! These are two mammals new to science found recently in a pristine jungle in th...

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  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
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Go Native in the Garden
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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So, you want to get out and freshen up your garden a tad. Great! But, before you begin planting willy nilly, take a moment and consider if what you...

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  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
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Caribbean Reef Balancing Act
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2012 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The parrot fish with its colorful, multi-patterned designs and parrot-like beak is credited with being the sandmaker of the sea -- perfectly suited...

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  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
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