PRX - Pieces for Topic: Environment

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

41 results


Piece image
When Rachel Graham experienced a real-life sharknado on a dive trip, she knew her future was connected to these amazing and threatened creatures.

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Nov 15, 2022
  • Length: 52:50
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Michael Zimmerman and Barbara Kingsolver
This week hear an interview with science education activist, Michael Zimmerman, the founder of Evolution Weekend and the Clergy Letter Project, plu...

Bought by WETS


  • Added: Jul 15, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
On December 26, 2004, Tilly Smith was on vacation in Thailand with her family. Thanks to her school lessons, Tilly helped save many lives by recogn...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
In the early morning hours of February 27, 2010, Martina Marturana felt a slight tremor that lasted a long time. The 12-year-old lived on Robinson...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:28
  • Purchases: 1
Piece image
A discussion of the unparalleled conifer biodiversity in the Klamath mountain region. Taking the long view through geologic time, this segment of ...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, Radio Newark, and KFOI Radio


  • Added: Jul 14, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Barry Truitt., Credit: Charles McGuigan
This is the fastest moving real estate on the entire East Coast, and behind the sandy shores of these Virginia Barrier Islands is the purest ocean...

  • Added: May 29, 2015
  • Length: 27:16
Caption: Colony of American oyster catchers., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Some 40 years ago the Nature Conservancy began buying up the barrier islands of Virginia and the riparian areas on the mainland. Today they own all...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2012
  • Length: 27:13

  • Added: Sep 21, 2012
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 4
Piece image
Sailing maneuver during the moment of Silence

  • Added: Apr 02, 2009
  • Length: 01:46
Piece image
A look at Free Geek, an organization that is giving ewaste a new life.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 16, 2009
  • Length: 13:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: PRX default Piece image
So, what's so great about fossil fuels, anyway? Well the truth is, they burn easily, so they're handy for powering internal combustion engines or e...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Aug 27, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: PRX default Piece image
We burn a lot of fossil fuels, and many of us would like to curb our dependence on foreign oil. Ocean tides and crashing waves could be at least a ...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Not long ago, a kindergartener snapped a photo of a rare bird...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
Caption: PRX default Piece image
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade - or so the saying goes. But what if a river of mud were to swamp four towns, 20 factories and many acres...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
Caption: PRX default Piece image
You've probably seen those daring para-surfers who use wind power to skip across the waves. Well, the gusts and gales that these terrestrial mammal...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The waters near the Papua Province of Indonessia is home to a stunning variety of marine life, including species never before seen.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Fewer than 3,000 manatees, the "gentle giants", survive in the wild.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
Caption: PRX default Piece image
While Bangalore, India is known for its high-tech industry, it is also called the "Garden City."

  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: 01:32

  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Last year, the wind industry reached an important milestone in the United States.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
Caption: PRX default Piece image
It started in 1872 on the barren plains of Nebraska...It's Arbor Day!

  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ever wondered if your city is a "Tree City?"

  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
Caption: PRX default Piece image
National Arbor Day, celebrated in late April, is a good day to consider the benefits of trees.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Benjamin Franklin said 'nothing is certain except death and taxes.' Well, today you can at least reduce your taxes...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Lighting accounts for about a quarter of all the electricity that's consumed in the United States. Here are some ways to lighten the energy load...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2007
  • Length: 01:30