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Because of persistent drought and water crises due to unsustainable practices, California is facing many challenges to its very existence. It is wa...
- Added: May 11, 2015
- Length: 05:23
"Virtual water" is used to produce everything that we incorporate into our lives each day but is not listed on labels or calculated into price. Whe...
- Added: May 05, 2015
- Length: 05:19
Do natural systems belong to the public or do they belong to corporate and private interests? Do corporate entities have an obligation to sustain r...
- Added: Apr 20, 2015
- Length: 05:30
What would the American landscape look like if we had no legislation? Would it be habitable today? In this episode of World Ocean Radio we discuss ...
- Added: Apr 13, 2015
- Length: 05:34
After wrapping up the multi-part “Planning with Water” series, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill returns to the fresh water discussion with a wate...
- Added: Mar 30, 2015
- Length: 05:24
The “Planning with Water” series continues this week with discussion of the current water crisis in Brazil. In this episode of World Ocean Radio ho...
- Added: Mar 16, 2015
- Length: 05:19
In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill continues discussion of the global water crisis. This week he talks about water audits conduc...
- Added: Mar 16, 2015
- Length: 05:31
In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill continues a discussion about the most important issue facing the world today: the global wate...
- Added: Mar 02, 2015
- Length: 05:32
In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill discusses the most important issue facing the world today: the global water crisis. Is it pos...
- Added: Feb 24, 2015
- Length: 05:13
In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill discusses the most important issue facing the world today: the global water crisis. This epis...
- Added: Feb 16, 2015
- Length: 04:40
In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill will discuss the shift away from oil dominance and will attribute it to a number of factors, ...
- Added: Feb 12, 2015
- Length: 05:37
The Japanese word "Mottainai" refers to the essence of things, and suggests that objects do not exist in isolation, rather that they are intrinsica...
- Added: Feb 02, 2015
- Length: 05:31
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill talks about current efforts to recycle and re-purpose trash in efforts to slow contribution ...
- Added: Jan 05, 2015
- Length: 05:28
As the world population has grown, the demand for food has increased, technologies for more efficient harvest have evolved, and our natural systems...
- Added: Dec 29, 2014
- Length: 05:46
They rock and roll them. We're talking about those boulders we all see in the woods. Geologists call them "erratics."
- Added: Dec 17, 2014
- Length: 03:53
Toxic chemicals released into watersheds and waterways remain a persistent problem despite the sounding of alarms, which for decades have railed ag...
- Added: Dec 15, 2014
- Length: 05:27
At a recent conference and planning workshop sponsored by the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, participants took part in a clim...
- Added: Dec 09, 2014
- Length: 05:27
An article published by The Guardian in October provides a stark exposé of one of the largest Chinese suppliers of premium tuna to the Japanese mar...
- Added: Nov 24, 2014
- Length: 05:16
In an effort to combat climate change and the exploitation of the planet’s resources, Bolivia is becoming the first country on Earth to give compre...
- Added: Nov 17, 2014
- Length: 05:15
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will argue that the energy industry has transformed the American landscape and cannot be tru...
- Added: Nov 11, 2014
- Length: 05:18
The distribution of fresh water to meet growth and increased demand has historically relied on massive planning structures. The impacts of climate ...
- Added: Oct 27, 2014
- Length: 05:22
Sectarian conflicts in the Middle East have been ongoing for what seems like forever. The latest violence in Syria and Turkey brought Peter Neill t...
- Added: Oct 20, 2014
- Length: 05:03
In Part II of a 2-part series on the Global Water Contract, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill explains the Committee's progressive recommendations...
- Added: Oct 14, 2014
- Length: 05:21
In 1998, a private commission was assembled to create a framework for worldwide understanding of fresh water as an inalienable human right. In this...
- Added: Oct 06, 2014
- Length: 05:04
Clean air is as valuable as clean water: both are essential requirements for human health and survival. Statistics and data on emissions from burni...
- Added: Sep 22, 2014
- Length: 05:10
