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Citizens wielding pry bars and thermometers turn parking lots into rain gardens and change city policy to favor green over grey.

Bought by WFHB, WFHB, KRZA, KICI Iowa City, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Jan 10, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 5
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I think it’s fascinating that there are several species of winterfat found in Eurasia and Europe. That’s where the genus was first described by a G...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2019
  • Length: 05:43
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This the start of my “mud dauber research” as I have much to learn about these wasps that fly around the Mesquitey collection of cool stuff (the ki...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2019
  • Length: 05:12
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I don’t know any poultry fanciers that don’t have a guinea fowl story or two or three. Chickens are where it usually starts as they are the gateway...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2019
  • Length: 05:10
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I know that being in the moment or being here now is important, but I confess to spending a lot of time wanting to be there now and I’ll be happy t...

  • Added: Jun 19, 2019
  • Length: 05:03
Caption: The photo is mine and that’s Ms. Mesquitey along the San Pedro River. The bird song along that riparian corridor is unbelievable and we spent some time trying to identify certain calls and songs.
I guess I don’t have a whole lot more to add about this show. Well, I have been known to sing a little better than this.

  • Added: May 16, 2019
  • Length: 04:37
Caption: The photos of Penstemon fendleri are mine and taken at our little homestead.
Well, I was a little worried, but I was pretty close on the number of Penstemon species in Arizona. There are close to forty. Arizona Flora lists t...

  • Added: May 16, 2019
  • Length: 04:47
Caption: The photo is mine of a white flower atop a branch of Fendlera. Around you and me in the borderlands, you find this tall stemmed woody shrub from 4,000’ to 7,000’ on rocky slopes. It usually done blooming come June, so there is still time to catch it in bl
I sure talk about a lot different flora and fauna. From three species of quail, to canyon wrens, to Yarrows spiny lizards, to bristlehead (Carphoch...

  • Added: May 16, 2019
  • Length: 05:30
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There are 13 species of oaks found in Arizona and they range from 3,000 to 8,000 feet in elevation across the state. The only one I haven’t seen i...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2019
  • Length: 05:07
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Mike McGrath welcomes Sebastian Kretschmer of the United Nations as our special guest this week to talk about SUSTAINABLE Gardening systems around...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2019
  • Length: 54:59
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In this episode of ThinkRadio Presents host Alan Wartes spoke with author and holistic farmer Joel Salatin.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Jan 25, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
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In this episode of ThinkRadio Presents ThinkBusiness host Alan Wartes spoke with herbalist, author, and educator Briana Wiles.

  • Added: Jan 17, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
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Anisacanthus thurberi or desert honeysuckle is in the Acanthus family, Acanthaceae. I do like the common name cola de gallo, because it captures th...

  • Added: May 30, 2018
  • Length: 05:27
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House finches are pretty darned cute and that’s why pet stores back in New York City in 1939 were selling them as “Hollywood Finches”. The Migrator...

  • Added: May 02, 2018
  • Length: 04:43
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The scientific name for jaguar is Panthera onca and these large wild felines range from Sonora, Mexico down to portions of central and South Americ...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2017
  • Length: 02:23
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I think I revealed most of my chicken history in this show.

  • Added: Aug 03, 2017
  • Length: 04:45
Caption: Funeral service in front of Barrett's Market 1942
A community garden project at Barrett Brothers Park in north St. Louis prompts memories of the Barrett family, who came to Missouri as Irish famine...

  • Added: May 28, 2017
  • Length: 03:23
Caption: Jeremy instructing the student farm interns on the Yale farm., Credit: Elif Erez
Jeremy Oldfield is the farm manager at Yale University's urban farm. After running away from the world of elite East Coast colleges for a farm in C...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Mar 14, 2016
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 1
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In this episode, Lola Garcia and Jack Paradise explore the world of sound through games, interviews, a sound collage and more. Listen and enjoy!

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 30, 2015
  • Length: 07:53
  • Purchases: 1
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A city girl, Sophie finds a tiny gap between her house and the next, wriggles through it and finds herself in a magical, secluded fairyland.

  • Added: Dec 21, 2015
  • Length: 02:49
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A random bike ride leads Eliot to a glorious hidden park. He just has to be sure not to go there too often, so that he never really knows how to ge...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2015
  • Length: 02:34
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What are the keys to feeding the world sustainably? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her interview wi...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Ashara Ekundayo on MIW, Credit: Oddua Productions
Ashara Ekundayo has made big splashes developing urban gardens as well as developing community artist as the Chief Creative Officer at Impact Hub O...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2015
  • Length: 25:47
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There’s a lot of talk in education circles these days about changing to the common core curriculum or changing from books to computers. But at Life...

  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 08:23
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San Francisco’s Mission District. It’s a neighborhood where Mark Zuckerberg now owns a home, and a place where an affluent, whiter population is di...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2015
  • Length: 06:23