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Home of Steel

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Here’s a home that’s truly “outside the box” -- or inside, depending on where you stand. They’re made out of recycled steel shipping containers. Ye...

Bought by KMXT and KOSU

Added: Mar 24, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 2

Beat Home Energy Costs

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Is that monthly home heating bill burning a hole in your wallet? I thought so. With the economic uncertainties of recent months, we all get that si...

Bought by KMXT and KOSU

Added: Mar 24, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 2

Disaster at Sea

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

What do you get when you cross a whale with a ship? A disaster at sea.

Bought by KMXT and KOSU

Added: Mar 24, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 2

Algae Biofuel

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

On top of everything else ailing Mother Earth these days, apparently she’s got gas. Lots of it. Specifically, carbon dioxide.

Added: Feb 25, 2009
Length: 01:30

And the Winner Is – Us!

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

What would you do for $25 million?

Added: Feb 25, 2009
Length: 01:30

Mangroves for All

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Mangrove trees are simply amazing, in a sci-fi kind of way. They live in perhaps the most hostile plant environment imaginable -- a coastal war zon...

Added: Feb 25, 2009
Length: 01:30

Keeping the Vision

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Have you ever been really bugged by a new ding in your car, but weeks later, you barely noticed it? We all learn to tolerate negative changes by ad...

Added: Feb 25, 2009
Length: 01:30

Four R's for Less Trash

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Wait! Stop! What’s that you’re throwing away? Each year, Americans dump nearly 180 million tons of trash into landfills.

Bought by KOSU

Added: Feb 25, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Save an Umbrella Species

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

An umbrella is a handy thing to have around during a down pour. Likewise, an umbrella species protects other plants and animals that live in their ...

Bought by KOSU

Added: Feb 25, 2009
Length: 01:28
Purchases: 1

Too Much Fertilizer

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Too much of a good thing. We all know the hazards of that: too much fat, too much beer, too much chocolate… (Maybe not too much chocolate…)

Bought by KOSU

Added: Feb 25, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Where the Buffalo Roam

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Home, home on the range only covers 20 percent of what it used to. That’s worldwide, according to a new study from the World Wildlife Fund.

Bought by KOSU

Added: Feb 25, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Green Planning

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Ocean dead zones. Air and water pollution worldwide. All this bad news is enough to cause “Eco-phobia.”

Bought by KOSU

Added: Feb 25, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Greenlight for Saiga?

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Remember playing with animal match books? By flipping the left- or right-hand pages you could match the picture of an animal’s head with its body. ...

Bought by KOSU

Added: Feb 25, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Cleaning Up PCB

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Batman step aside! You're no match for these polluting villains.

Bought by KOSU

Added: Jan 29, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

What to Do with Dog Doo

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

So what should you do with your doggie's doo? Your dog Fido probably wishes you’d just leave it in the yard.

Bought by KOSU

Added: Jan 29, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Aspen Disappearing from American West

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

The American West conjures up images of cowboys, cattle ranches and unspoiled mountains under bright blue skies. But one icon of the west -- the a...

Bought by KOSU

Added: Jan 29, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Manatees Need a Brake

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Ever seen a manatee? Well, they look kind of like a tusk-less walrus -- BIG, slow, and pretty darn chunky. Makes you wonder why Christopher Columbu...

Bought by KOSU

Added: Jan 29, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Facts on Flex Fuels

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Car companies say that flex-fuel vehicles reduce our dependence on foreign oil. But how do they measure up where the rubber meets the road?

Bought by KOSU

Added: Jan 29, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Zap The Trash

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Here’s a conundrum. What do you do with three thousand tons of smelly garbage a day? Could you just, well, vaporize it?!

Bought by KOSU

Added: Jan 29, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Paint Plastics

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Have you ever bathed in paint? Canary yellow or baby blue? Well of course you haven’t! But almost three million Americans could have last year, sin...

Bought by KOSU

Added: Jan 29, 2009
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Futures for Future Species

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Can a stock market tool save a species?

Bought by KMXT

Added: Dec 24, 2008
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 1

Where Are The Caves?

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Nature builds neighborhoods in the most interesting places. Caves, for example, are pretty spectacular neighborhoods.

Bought by KMXT and KOSU

Added: Dec 24, 2008
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 2

Saving Taz

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Sometimes the devil makes for good company -- at least that's what they think in Tasmania.

Bought by KMXT and KOSU

Added: Dec 24, 2008
Length: 01:30
Purchases: 2

Hope Floats (and it’s Slimy!)

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series

To anyone who’s ever gone skinny-dipping in a pond, the green stuff floating on top is really disgusting. But to Professor Dave Bayless, blue-green...

Bought by KMXT and KOSU