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Newfangled Retrofitting: BlocPower’s Donnel Baird
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Donnel Baird
Compared with new buildings, older buildings tend to eat up a lot more energy and produce and trap a lot more pollution. Whether it’s an old church...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 22, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 1
Takin' It To The Streets: Solar Roadways Update
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Scott and Julie Brusaw
What if the roads we drove on, instead of being made of carbon-intensive petroleum sludge, were actually solar panels? And what if whenever electri...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
Anya Cherneff + Moira Hanes: Empowering A Generation
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Anya Cherneff
In physics, electricity is power. Electricity can also be power, though, in the sense that it creates opportunity for the pursuit of social capital...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 18, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Trump on Energy: A Collection Of Contradictions
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Amy Harder
Even the most astute followers of the news may have missed that the Trump Administration is touting a series of self-proclaimed focal areas. With c...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
Ships deal with high water levels on Great Lakes
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Port of Oswego, 2016, Credit: WRVO file photo
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
Nev Hyman: Shelter From The Storm (re-broadcast)
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Nev Hyman
Many people living in Pacific nations, like Vanuatu, Indonesia, and the Philippines, struggle to find adequate shelter, a challenge compounded by t...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2017
  • Length: 30:00
Barret Werk: Bamboo Bikes
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Barret Werk
“I guess the grass is itself a child, the produced babe of the vegetation.” Perhaps Walt Whitman had this week’s guests on Sea Change Radio in mind...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
Ted Nordhaus: U.S. Leaves Paris
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Ted Nordhaus
Are the cries for a complete transition to renewable energy from environmentalists like Bill McKibben actually undermining the work to combat clima...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 21, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 1
Fart-fegnugen: Jack Ewing on VW Emissions Scandal
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jack Ewing
When a West Virginia University research team won a grant in 2012 to run some tests on diesel cars, they could not have imagined that their relativ...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 14, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 1
John Wilson: Finance of the Future
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: John Wilson
Many sports fans are familiar with this dilemma: do I want my team to put everything on the line to win now or would I prefer that my team take its...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 07, 2017
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 1
Businesses along Lake Ontario hurt by flooding
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Fran Beth took over the bar for her mother-in-law, the original Marge., Credit: Veronica Volk
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
Mark Murray: California Recycling in Decline
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Mark Murray
In 2013 California boasted a recycling rate of 85%. In 2017 that number is now 79% - that is the first time it has dipped below 80% since 2008. Why...

Bought by WMUU-LP, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 23, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 3
Rahwa Ghirmatzion: Green Buffalo Soldier
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Rahwa Ghirmatzion
What’s a great way to lift up an impoverished population within a struggling city where utility bills can cost twice as much as rent itself? Local,...

Bought by WMUU-LP and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 25, 2017
  • Length: 29:20
  • Purchases: 2
Kaz Makabe on Japan's Nuclear Shutdown
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Kaz Makabe
In 2011, in the wake of the devastating nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi reactor, thousands of Japanese people relocated, the world held i...

Bought by WMUU-LP and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 28, 2017
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Anonymous Engineer Discusses Gold Mining
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
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Did you know that a metric ton of electronic waste can contain 8 to 16 ounces of gold? Whether we like it or not, precious metals show up in more t...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 21, 2017
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Kirk Lombard, Sea Forager
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Kirk Lombard
As more of us are becoming aware of the dark side of the seafood industry, the locavore revolution has been moving full throttle into seafood. This...

Bought by WMUU-LP and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 01, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 2
Sammy Roth: Rewiring the West
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Sammy Roth
What do you think of when you hear the word, "billionaires?" Ruthless capitalists? Decadent narcissists? Evil cheese-puffs? What about renewable po...

Bought by WMUU-LP, Yellowstone Public Radio, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 07, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 3
Sustainable Investing in the New Gilded Age
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Mark Tulay
This week on Sea Change Radio, we get an update on the sustainable and responsible investment community from Mark Tulay, the Director of the Strate...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 17, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 2
Great Lakes shipping slumped in 2016
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: The SS Calumet on the Cuyahoga River, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
The Welland Canal closed in December and the Soo Locks will close January 15, which marks the end of shipping season for most vessels on the Great ...

Bought by North Country Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCPN, and WBFO


  • Added: Jan 13, 2017
  • Length: :49
  • Purchases: 4
Four Strong Winds: First US Offshore Wind Project Launches
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
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As the public learned of the recent opening of America’s first offshore wind power project, many wondered why it took so long? This week on Sea Cha...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 03, 2017
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 2
The “F” Words: Talking Fossil Fuel with Daniel Dicker
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Dan Dicker
Fossil fuel is sort of a dirty word in environmental circles, but it still comprises over 80% of the world’s energy consumption. This week on Sea C...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 25, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 2
Unlocking The Kigali Amendment
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Durwood Zaelke
The Montreal Protocol that was signed in 1987 is widely regarded as one of the most important pieces of international cooperation on environmental ...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 18, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 2
Sono Motors: On The Sunny Side Of The Street
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jona Christians
You know how hot your car gets on a sunny day? Wouldn’t it be great if all that sun-absorption could actually fuel your ride? Well, this week on Se...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 11, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Saving Our Skin: Conservation on Land and Sea
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Paul Salaman
There’s more than one way to support ecological conservation. Today on Sea Change Radio we talk with two individuals working on different fronts fo...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 04, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Scientists and Community Members Speak Out During Climate March
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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The organization, ReInvest IU, held a climate march last week on the Indiana University campus to advocate for the university’s divestment from sto...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2016
  • Length: 08:29