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Extreme Urban Makeover
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Don't you love urban sprawl? Right. Thirty years ago, car-friendly developments, and the freeways to get us there, were smart planning. Today? They...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
National Parking Day
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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What if we traded asphalt jungles for grass-phalt jungles? That's happening. One September day each year, on National Park(ing) Day.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
More Rice, Please
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Did you know rice doesn’t need to grow in water? In fact, the main reason for rice paddies is to prevent weeds.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jul 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Checkup for Leopards
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Veterinarians made a house call on the world’s rarest cat recently to give it a high-tech medical examination. It was one of thirty Amur leopards b...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
“Good Onya, Oz”
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Think you know how to conserve water? Not like Australia, mate, it's in its worst drought on record. Some toddlers Down Under don't even know what ...

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Apr 28, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
And the Winner Is – Us!
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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What would you do for $25 million?

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Futures for Future Species
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Can a stock market tool save a species?

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Cleaning Up PCB
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Batman step aside! You're no match for these polluting villains. Polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, make the Riddler look like a saint.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Advantages of Hibernation
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Believe it or not, sometimes, it’s a good idea to be “as cold as ice.”

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Other Side of DDT
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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For many who are environmentally-minded, the mere mention of DDT sets them on edge. Yet, like so many environmental issues, there is another side.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Last Tree Standing
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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You know, I'd like to meet the person who cut down the last palm tree on Easter Island. What were they thinking?

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Africa's Lost Crops
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Sometimes you don't have to look far to find a solution. While 300 million people in Africa suffer from hunger and malnutrition, the most popular ...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Something Good From Mud Floods
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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When life gives you lemons, make lemonade -- or so the saying goes. But what if a river of mud were to swamp four towns, 20 factories and many acre...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Seeds Escape Test Plots
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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It started off routinely enough -- at least in this day and age of genetic engineering and other laboratory efforts to "improve" upon nature.

  • Added: May 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
Brian Eno 60th birthday profile
From: John Diliberto
Series: Echo Location: Soundings for New Music
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A profile of rock producer, ambient musician and music conceptualist Brian Eno, for his 60th birthday

  • Added: May 07, 2008
  • Length: 03:30
The Clot Thickens
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The latest air pollution discovery reads like a murder mystery. Thousands died from strokes and heart attacks within 24 hours after jumps in partic...

Bought by WYOU


  • Added: Feb 28, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Green House Gasses Make Rain
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Recently, a group of scientists comparing rainfall over the last century with global production of greenhouse gases and aerosols reached a startlin...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
Up a Tree With CO2
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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If you're looking for nature to somehow save us from global warming, don't bank on trees.

Bought by KUAC


  • Added: Dec 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:28
  • Purchases: 1
Virus Used to Track Cougar Movements
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Viruses don't win many popularity contests. But a virus is helping wildlife biologists protect one of nature's fiercest and most elegant animals.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 19, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Houses Made from Shipping Containers
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Here's a home that's truly "outside the box?" - or inside, depending on where you stand.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
Retired Tires On the Road Again
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Old tires. Mountains of rubber. What's happening with them these days?

Bought by KUAC


  • Added: Sep 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Natural Pesticide
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Mother Nature doesn't fly a crop-duster -- she doesn't need to. A research team at the University of Warwick, England, recently discovered a natura...

Bought by KMXT and KUAC


  • Added: Sep 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 2
PCB Possible Cleanup Solution
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Batman step aside! You're no match for these polluting villains. Polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, make the Riddler look like a saint.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Aug 27, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Do Hurricanes Nourish Coastal Wetlands?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Killer storms may actually stabilize coastal wetlands.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: 01:32