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Shark Photo ID
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Smile, whale shark, you’re on candid camera -- the high seas version.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Mar 26, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Pacific Fisher Update
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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It’s stocky and dark brown with a long bushy tail, and fur softer than a mink’s. Meet the Pacific Fisher. This handsome, otter-like critter related...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Mar 26, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Biodiesel Comeback
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Looking back on an argument, it’s nice when it turns out they were wrong and you were right -- and it’s tempting to say “I told you so.”

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Mar 26, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Tracking Pandas
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Giant pandas are about as cute as an animal can get -- and, just as endangered. Population estimates of pandas in the wild range from just 1,600 t...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Mar 26, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Energy Efficient Homes
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Does it really pay to be energy-efficient? The folks at Clarum Homes hope so. The company plans to build more than 400 “net-zero” homes over the ne...

Bought by WMNF and KOSU


  • Added: Mar 26, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Health Factors Threaten Gorillas – But Why?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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What's a significant threat to the survival of captive gorillas? Surprisingly it's heart disease.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Feb 24, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Penguin Poo at Pole Polluted
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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If you’re wondering how our penguin friends in the Antarctic are doing these days, here are the cold, hard facts. Their poo is getting mighty pollu...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Feb 24, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Prevent Disease With Trees
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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What does rain forest conservation have to do with preventing malaria? In the Amazon rainforest, the means to these two ends are virtually one in t...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
Underground Power
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Ever think to yourself, “California and Iceland sure have a lot in common”? Probably not. But if you dig beneath the surface, they both harbor lots...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
A Place for DDT
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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For many who are environmentally-minded, the mere mention of DDT sets them on edge. After all, it disrupted ecosystems around the globe crashing bi...

  • Added: Feb 24, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
Golden Rule: Recycle
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Who’s more environmentally responsible? Seniors? Young Adults? Men? Women?

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jan 25, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Better Water
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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American’s have been hitting the bottle a lot lately – to the tune of 9 billion gallons of water in 2007.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jan 22, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Off the Grid
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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We've all heard of individuals who go, "off the grid." You know, the folks who install solar panels or have their children ride stationary bicycles...

Bought by KMXT, KMXT, and KOSU


  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
A Class Students Dig
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Ever wanted to go organic in your garden, but didn’t know how? Well, students in East Palo Alto, California, are learning.

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Climate Change Game
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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To the world-at-large, global warming is anything but a game. But if you happen to be on the Internet, it can be.

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Futures for Future Species
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Can a stock market tool save a species? Conservationists often struggle to project animal populations because they hinge on complicated, interdepen...

Bought by KMXT, KMXT, and KOSU


  • Added: Dec 17, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Recycling Electronics
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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About two and a half million tons of old computers, televisions, cell phones, fax machines, and other equipment are trashed each year in the United...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Bright Ideas
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In the race to energy efficiency it looks like CFLs, or compact florescent lightbulbs, are slowly gaining on traditional incandescents. But, there’...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Shade Trees Save Money
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Cool lemonade under a shade tree? Priceless. Well, not quite priceless. Shade has a value, and it’s a lot more than a lemon.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Fuel Duel
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Face it. We’re energy junkies -- and our fix is getting more expensive.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Green Job Makeover
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Can mid-career professionals realistically switch to "green" careers? One certainly did.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Invasive Tallow Turned Particleboard
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The forests of America face double jeopardy these days. First, there’s pressure to harvest wood from native forests...And second, some non-native t...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Leave it to Beaver
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Nab a New York apartment with a river view? That's easy -- for a beaver named Jose.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Plant Trio
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Well, it’s back to the future again. Farmers are turning to “companion planting,” an agricultural trick that Native Americans came up with centurie...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Going Bananas
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Did you know bananas might soon slip into history? That's because from Paris to Peoria, we all eat only one variety, and it's vulnerable to a fungu...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1