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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss the evolution of the petition concept and outline some of the most successful i...
- Added: Aug 18, 2014
- Length: 05:12
In Part 2 of a multi-part series on the final report released by the Global Ocean Commission, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill explains the first...
- Added: Jul 16, 2014
- Length: 05:36
The National Flood Insurance Program has paid more than $38 billion in claims since 1978. It was meant to be a self-supporting system, but currentl...
- Added: May 07, 2014
- Length: 05:14
From farm to fork, few things matter more than the food we eat. We all want the freedom and opportunity to choose what ends up on our plate- but wh...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Feb 06, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
A recent legal case involving a man from Kiribati claiming refugee status from the impacts of climate has captured world media attention. In this e...
- Added: Dec 11, 2013
- Length: 05:33
Author, radio host, and scientist David Suzuki has spent a lifetime working to protect the environment. But he says that work is failing, and a pa...
- Added: Feb 11, 2013
- Length: 29:00
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss a system which does on occasion fail us, if we don't fail it first; and he'll a...
- Added: Aug 14, 2012
- Length: 05:37
Because of historically cheap energy rates and lots of poorly insulated housing, Kentuckians’ average home electricity use is one of the highest in...
- Added: Jul 18, 2012
- Length: 12:49
- Added: Jun 13, 2012
- Length: 29:45
- Purchases: 2
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will suggest that we must begin thinking like an island--wherein communities of individuals ...
- Added: Apr 16, 2012
- Length: 06:29
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will argue for the ocean as the true commons, a reservoir of natural capital without which t...
- Added: Mar 09, 2012
- Length: 05:34
On this edition of "Don't Cha Know" Jim Gurley stops by KQAL to talk about Frac-Sand Mining and what it has to do with Winona County, and Winona Mi...
Bought by KPVL
- Added: Nov 23, 2011
- Length: 31:52
- Purchases: 1
A report by leading international scientists concludes that human activities are causing a much more rapid deterioration of the ocean than previous...
- Added: Jul 05, 2011
- Length: 02:00
Heather Rogers is the author of "The Hidden Life of Garbage" which happens to be the 2010-2011 Common book for Winona State University. Rogers was ...
- Added: Apr 18, 2011
- Length: 40:19
The tragic environmental and nuclear catastrophe in Japan is not the only example of world leaders ignoring obvious perils. The catastrophic effec...
- Added: Mar 29, 2011
- Length: 02:01
Rachel Carson would not be happy to see how pervasive the endocrine disrupter BPA has become, and the deleterious effects it is having on our health.
- Added: Mar 02, 2011
- Length: 02:00
A little-known crisis is brewing: by seizing Tibet, China has gained control of the headwaters of rivers serving the water needs of almost half...
- Added: Feb 01, 2011
- Length: 02:00
Coral reefs are the "canary in the coal mine" for the oceans, and they are not doing well.
- Added: Dec 13, 2010
- Length: 01:59
As the rainforest is being depleted, two new areas of concern arise.
- Added: Oct 30, 2010
- Length: 02:00
Stand-alone segment of Planet Warning Series. With the earth heating up with global warming, the polar ice sheets are melting. But nobody knows ho...
- Added: Sep 30, 2010
- Length: 02:00
Reverend David Bechmann, president of Bread for the World, speaks at the National Press Club about the problem of global hunger
- Added: Sep 17, 2010
- Length: 54:01
We're paying too little attention to he workers who were seriously injured or killed in the explosion that spilled tons of oil into the Gulf of Mex...
- Added: May 14, 2010
- Length: 03:48
A generational discussion on the issues revolving around public trasportation
- Added: Dec 07, 2009
- Length: 56:00
Dr. Zieve talks with international consultant and nutritionist Larry Wilson MD about understanding and rebalancing the stress response using hair a...
- Added: Nov 27, 2009
- Length: 48:08
Peter Annin, journalist and author, discusses the Great Lakes, the history of the Chicago Diversion and how that reversal of the Chicago River affe...
- Added: Sep 18, 2009
- Length: 09:44
