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For Earth Day I wanted to talk with someone who is committed to nature, has a zestful attitude towards life and has shown resilience in her life de...
- Added: Apr 30, 2024
- Length: 28:01
We hear a lot in the news about the Antarctic ice sheet melting – but what else threatens a place so cold, so remote, and so seemingly barren? In t...
- Added: Jul 05, 2017
- Length: 21:32
With its harbor closed because of silt and other sediment -- and no help in sight from the federal government -- the town of Leland found an unusua...
Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCPN, and WBFO
- Added: Apr 19, 2017
- Length: 03:16
- Purchases: 4
- Added: Jan 28, 2017
- Length: 05:51
- Purchases: 1
Put-In-Bay, on an island in Lake Erie, is a summer destination for vacationers and tourists. But when winter comes and ferry service to the mainlan...
Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, WKSU, and WBFO
- Added: Dec 15, 2016
- Length: 03:27
- Purchases: 5
Trained dogs are helping localities find leaky sewer pipes that are polluting Great Lakes tributaries.
Bought by WXXI Rochester, WRVO Public Media, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, and WBFO
- Added: Sep 23, 2016
- Length: 03:29
- Purchases: 5
Near dusk, you can often find Shirley Doell at Oakland Civic Center, staring at the tops of skyscrapers through her big telescope. But she isn’t sp...
- Added: Dec 29, 2013
- Length: 15:48
When we think of garage scientists, the eccentric, gray-haired Dr. Emmett Brown from Back to the Future might come to mind. But these days, garages...
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Oct 09, 2013
- Length: 08:47
- Purchases: 1
There is a breed of modern day treasure hunters who need the Internet, a knack for orienting and solving puzzles, and a sense of adventure. They w...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Mar 28, 2013
- Length: 04:29
- Purchases: 1
Michael Sistig Creates the Anti Ark at El Segundo Beach. The open air art installation consists of shipping containers, an emaciated polar bear and...
- Added: Feb 19, 2013
- Length: 07:48
From: Deborah Van Fleet
While much of Iowa is now dealing with drought, last summer Hamburg, IA residents held up to 17 feet of floodwater at bay. Eight feet of dirt was ...
- Added: Jul 23, 2012
- Length: 03:54
Garbage is not generally the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about fuel sources. However, commentator Mark Blackmon says that where he...
- Added: Sep 01, 2010
- Length: 02:52
The idea of keeping shopping close to home is picking up speed, with local foods increasing in popularity and availability. Harder to understand mi...
- Added: Jan 06, 2010
- Length: 06:37
Peanut Butter and Jelly can save the world from global warming.
Bought by WTIP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WFUV
- Added: Aug 06, 2007
- Length: 04:11
- Purchases: 4
Making the best use of the things in your own backyard.
- Added: Jul 24, 2007
- Length: 03:59
- Added: Nov 02, 2005
- Length: 07:48
