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Nature Deficit Disorder

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Remember the days when kids hiked into the woods? Caught tadpoles in a stream, and played tag on the playground? Well, those days are fading fast.

Bought by KOSU

Added: Oct 22, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Fertilizer Dead Zones

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

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...

Bought by KOSU

Added: Oct 22, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

A Pesticide Banned

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Rachel Carson warned us.In 1962, she spoke out against the use of DDT in her book Silent Spring. I wonder what she would say about carbofuran today...

Bought by KOSU

Added: Oct 22, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Pollution Connection

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

The latest air pollution discovery reads like a murder mystery.

Bought by KOSU

Added: Sep 22, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Markets for Farmers

From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad

Caption: Farmers ready to Bid, Credit: Beatrice Murch

The Feria de Mataderos in Buenos Aires is the biggest cattle market in the world. Monday through Thursday 45,000 head of cattle pass though it's p...

Bought by KWMR

Added: Aug 06, 2009
Length: 10:29
Purchases: 1

Giving Tuna a Break

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Can you imagine a world without tuna? No more, "Chicken of the Sea?" Believe it or not, most tuna species have been heavily fished, some almost to ...

Added: Jul 24, 2009
Length: 01:31

Reducing Road Pollution

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

If you’re stuck in traffic, here’s something you might be interested in knowing. A University of Southern California research group reports that ne...

Added: Jul 24, 2009
Length: 01:30

Observations on the Type A Personality

From: The humble Farmer

Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang

One does not argue with a person afflicted with a Type A personality

Added: Jul 14, 2009
Length: 01:33

E-Waste

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

What happens to our consumer electronics after they've served their useful life? Discarded computer monitors often get shipped to Asia or Africa.

Bought by KMXT and KOSU

Added: Jun 17, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 2

Bees Disappearing Act

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

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?

Bought by KMXT and KOSU

Added: Jun 17, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 2

Yangtze River Dead Zone

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

One of every 15 people in the world relies on China’s Yangtze River, the third largest river on Earth. How big is it? Well, people used to say the ...

Bought by KOSU

Added: May 28, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Global Air Pollution

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

When it comes to air pollution, every little particulate has a green card. It can just board the next wind current and take a ride to greener pastu...

Bought by KOSU

Added: May 28, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Doing Right by the Right Whale

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

The Marine Mammal Protection Act celebrated its 35th birthday recently. Thanks to that legislation, more marine mammals have also celebrated birthd...

Bought by KMXT and KOSU

Added: Apr 28, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 2

One Story of Disability Care in New Mexico

From: Rogi Riverstone
Series: KUNM News

Interview with a single mom of two developmentally and physically challenged daughters on her struggles with the medical profession and the Childre...

Added: Mar 12, 2009
Length: 11:27

Green Planning

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Ocean dead zones. Air and water pollution worldwide. All this bad news is enough to cause “Eco-phobia.”

Bought by KOSU

Added: Feb 25, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

America Receding

From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad

Caption: There is no mud, Credit: Muriel Murch

The global economy and global warming both bring changes to Northern California

Bought by KVMR

Added: Feb 04, 2009
Length: 09:01
Purchases: 1

"Green" Energy

From: Marc de Giere
Series: The Digital Divide

Interview with Brian Sloan of North American Rising Tide on "green" energy.

Added: Jan 29, 2009
Length: 26:32

There Was No One There

From: The humble Farmer

A visit to the Endagered Species booth at the Common Ground Fair

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920

Added: Dec 13, 2008
Length: 01:02
Purchases: 1

He Joined the Army after 9-11

From: The humble Farmer

A young man was so upset over 9-11 that he immediately joined the army.

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920

Added: Nov 21, 2008
Length: :20
Purchases: 1

No Parallel Between Hitler and Bush

From: The humble Farmer

Americans do not think like Europeans

Added: Nov 05, 2008
Length: :55

Vultures Critically Endangered

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series

It seemed like the right thing to do at the time. In India, tens of thousands of cows die each year. In the late 1980s, India's largely Hindu popul...

Bought by KOSU