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Shrimp is America’s most popular seafood product. Yet, the industry is rife with problems, from human slavery to ecological devastation. This week ...
- Added: Oct 25, 2022
- Length: 29:00
This week on the show: Innovative perspectives and ancient forests -
An illegal bus ride with Palestinians to the beach. Cameroonian Baka indig...
- Added: Nov 19, 2021
- Length: 30:00
Move your money from big Wall Street banks that finance fossil fuel to community banks with better values.
Bought by WFHB and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]
- Added: Sep 10, 2021
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 2
Building a house in 24 hours.
- Added: Aug 24, 2018
- Length: 02:30
World in Progress: Battling inequalities -
On this week’s show: Cape Town's building boom pushes people out of their homes in the city center...
- Added: Jun 13, 2018
- Length: 30:00
Canada is moving to legalize recreational use of marijuana, and officials predict that it’s likely to happen by the end of the year. As pot supplie...
Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WVBI-LP, North Country Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more
- Added: May 29, 2018
- Length: 04:11
- Purchases: 7
Historically high water levels on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River are presenting the shipping industry with both challenges and opportunitie...
Bought by WLPR , WMUK, WCMU Michigan, WKSU, North Country Public Radio and more
- Added: Jul 03, 2017
- Length: 01:10
- Purchases: 8
Spring flooding along Lake Ontario is damaging many homes along the shoreline. It’s also hurting people who have businesses there. As Veronica Vol...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, WRVO Public Media, North Country Public Radio and more
- Added: May 25, 2017
- Length: 03:45
- Purchases: 7
Each year, ports on the Great Lakes dredge tons of material to keep shipping lanes open. One Port's new project aims to explore a potential use fo...
Bought by WSKG, WCMU Michigan, WRVO Public Media, WXXI Rochester, WKSU and more
- Added: Aug 30, 2016
- Length: 01:11
- Purchases: 6
On this episode of Wish We Were Here, we take a close look at all sides of a controversial land deal and that bitterly divided the Colorado Springs...
- Added: Jun 20, 2016
- Length: 58:58
Colorado is one of many states that has tried to create a cash for recycling program, or bottle bill. However, opposition from some surprising sour...
- Added: Jul 10, 2015
- Length: 06:31
There’s a new push to get tourists in New Orleans off bourbon street and into nature. Eco-tourism is the new way to explore Louisiana according to ...
Bought by WABE
- Added: Dec 08, 2014
- Length: 04:34
- Purchases: 1
“The goal is Zero Waste by 2020, and we think that is an achievable goal.”
Those words from former San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom back in 2009 p...
- Added: Oct 27, 2014
- Length: 06:04
The drought that settled into Oklahoma last year is getting worse. And it’s hurting business owners such as Harold Blackledge, an agricultural pilo...
- Added: Aug 20, 2012
- Length: 03:30
OLYMPIA, Wash. - Scores of Peninsula business owners are joining local farmers, clergy and elected officials in applauding a measure introduced Thu...
- Added: Jun 22, 2012
- Length: 02:01
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - It started in Texas a year ago: grassroots pressure on the nation's leading retailer to recycle hazardous electronic waste (e-...
- Added: Jun 04, 2012
- Length: 02:10
LIVINGSTON, Mont. - Adjacent public lands, and how they're managed, provide insight into the economic health and well-being of rural counties in Mo...
- Added: May 29, 2012
- Length: 01:51
DENVER - A clean-energy economy is essential - but so are Colorado's natural attributes, according to a new survey of Colorado small-business owners.
- Added: May 16, 2012
- Length: 01:49
We hear about hip-hop and change in Cuban society, and what people on the ground are saying about new phases in the Cuban revolution.
- Added: Sep 21, 2010
- Length: 30:00
In Detroit, the price of water is so high that for some, it’s out of reach. In response, citizens have come together to form the Detroit People’s ...
- Added: Sep 16, 2010
- Length: 09:03
We go to Michigan, where from the city of Detroit, to the farmlands and countryside, citizens are battling to gain greater control over the bounty ...
- Added: Sep 16, 2010
- Length: 28:56
The local food movement is beginning to threaten global agricultural brands like the iconic Idaho potato.
- Added: Sep 08, 2010
- Length: 06:12
A new business helps local restaurants save money and help the planet by composting.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: May 19, 2010
- Length: 03:51
- Purchases: 1
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
Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...
- Added: Mar 06, 2009
- Length: 29:03
