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Decrease In Plant Species
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Remember Pete Seeger's song, "Where have all the flowers gone?" He blamed their disappearance on young girls picking them. But with 8,000 flowers a...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Endangered Iriomote
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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For over 200,000 years, the Iriomote Cat lived in isolation on a tiny island between Taiwan and Japan. More recently, however, Iriomote Island has ...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Tofu Glue Is Sticking
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Easing fossil fuel dependence involves more than energy-efficient cars and light bulbs. It also involves tofu.

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  • Added: Dec 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Author Redmond O’Hanlon travels a mile deep in “Trawler"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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British naturalist and jungle survivor of Borneo, Amazonia and the Congo, O’Hanlon sets off this time on a commercial fishing ship in the harsh wat...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Dec 02, 2014
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 2
New Plastics From Old Paint
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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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 KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
XptA1: Nature’s Pesticide
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Mother Nature doesn't fly a crop-duster -- she doesn't need to. A research team at the University of Warwick, England, recently discovered a natura...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Carbon Storage In Mangroves
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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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...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
RBI Highlights Conservation Needs
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Get in and get out! It works for the Navy Seals. So why not do the same with a crack team of scientists?

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Invasion Of Monster Toads
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Now playing in Australia: Invasion of the Monster Toads! Today's story began back in the 1930s when Australia's sugar-cane farmers had a problem.

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  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Electric Fans For Cars
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Getting better gas mileage for the ride doesn't have to mean hydrogen fuel cells, or a fancy hybrid. One solution already exists right under the ho...

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  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Cave Habitats
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Nature builds neighborhoods in the most interesting places. Caves, for example, are pretty spectacular neighborhoods.

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  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Saving Energy On Street Lights
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Already declared the third smartest city in the U.S. by Forbes Magazine, Ann Arbor, Michigan recently had another bright idea. They decided to repl...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Nature Provides Clues For Survival
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Believe it or not, sometimes, it's a good idea to be "as cold as ice." Take, for example, the arctic ground squirrel.

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Beetle Juice
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The African Stenocara beetle has learned a thing or two about water conservation. Living in the Namib desert, it uses its wings to capture water va...

Bought by KMXT, KALH, and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Water Use
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Did you know it takes over 132 gallons of water to make a tortilla? No doubt, more than you thought. But it's also more than experts thought too!

Bought by KALH, WXDU, and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Books Vs. E-Readers
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Paper book or e-reader? Which is greener? Digital readers may save trees. But are they better environmentally overall than good ol' book books?

Bought by KMXT, KALH, and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
San Francisco's City Hall Chooses Green Vendors
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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San Francisco, a lovely progressive earth-conscious city by the Bay, is coming out with a new web site listing products that meet the city's strict...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Eat Your Green Food
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Looking for a five-star dinner tonight? Check out the greens. Not vegetable dishes, but supply chain color.

Bought by KMXT, KALH, and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Ocean Sinks
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Our oceans have had their fill of carbon dioxide! So says a significant new study from Columbia University.

Bought by KMXT, KALH, and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Off-put By Offsets
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Carbon offsets are setting off controversy. Here's the gig: Airplane travelers, commuters or anyone generating carbon emissions, can pay a fee to b...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Smarter Electric Cars
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Tomorrow's electric cars could get smarter, thanks to artificial intelligence and...well, military tanks.

Bought by KALH, WXDU, and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
That Sinking Feeling
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Here's a curious problem. What should you do with old ships, trucks, subway cars, and even military tanks?

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, KALH, and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Conservative About Conservation
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Ah, the path to a greener planet is paved with good intentions. A Yale and George Mason university study polled 1,001 American adults to determine ...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Green Chocolate
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Goodbye, Willy Wonka, hello sustainably farmed chocolate! Actually, that's increasingly the case, as chocolate manufacturers recognize the sweet ma...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Turtles
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Marine scientists recently launched a pilot study to track the elusive loggerhead turtle. Even though loggerheads are the most common sea turtle in...

Bought by KMXT, KALH, and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3

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