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Conversations and live musical performance based on international themes.

  • Added: Jun 05, 2012
  • Length: 01:56:29
Caption: Laying fiber optic cable, Credit: Cable & Wireless Worldwide
Communications move at astonishing speed along a global network (much of it underwater) owned wholly or in partnership by Tata Communications, one ...

  • Added: May 28, 2012
  • Length: 06:04
Caption: Climate Talks Durban (COP17), Credit: Courtesy inhabit.com
While many countries are at work analyzing the challenges for conservation and management, international and national governance of ocean issues ha...

  • Added: May 07, 2012
  • Length: 06:15
Caption: An Indonesian collecting plastic goods amidst a pile of rubbish.  Ciliwung River, Jakarta, Indonesia., Credit: Ardiles Rante
Today, one of the most startling manifestations of waste is the vast accumulation of petroleum-plastic thought to be no longer useful enough to eve...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 05:39
Caption: Peaks Island in Casco Bay, offshore from Portland, Maine.
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
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss outcomes and solutions from the World Water Forum which took place in Marseille...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2012
  • Length: 06:16
Caption: Coastal mega-city Mumbai. Mumbai lies on the Arabian Sea on the west coast of India and is the most populous city in the country and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million. Along, Credit: http://thegreatindian.tripod.com/mumbai.htm
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss these places of development, industry, and manufacturing and will argue that we...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2012
  • Length: 06:18
Caption: The Delray Beach ocean outfall discharges 13 million gallons per day of treated sewage up-current of a coral reef. , Credit: Steve Spring | Marine Photobank.
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss the invisible impacts of our actions, will argue against the exploitation of Na...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2012
  • Length: 05:13
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We at the World Ocean Observatory use the belief "The Sea Connects All Things" as the basis for our work to inform citizens and unite to sustain th...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2012
  • Length: 05:09
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This week marks the 150th episode of World Ocean Radio. In honor of this anniversary, we've chosen to re-broadcast our very first World Ocean Radio...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2011
  • Length: 04:27
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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
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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
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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
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The Copenhagen climate summit saw fierce jockeying for advantage among the great powers but few tangible results.

  • Added: Mar 02, 2010
  • Length: 55:03
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We enter a slippery ethical slope when we begin to make distinctions between victims. When can an individual's rights be set aside?

  • Added: Aug 21, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Why farmers should pay attention to renewable energy

  • Added: Jul 16, 2005
  • Length: 05:00