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Biomass Fuel
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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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
What's for Dinner?
From: War News Radio
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News and features on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Bought by KGOU and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 23, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Sanctuaries for the Great Cetaceans Debated
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Save the Whales! For years, that was the clarion call of environmentalists everywhere. So how are the great cetaceans doing?

  • Added: Jul 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:24
In Land We Trust
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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With all the pressure these days to develop desirable land, the wide, open spaces don't stay that way without help.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:28
What's In Your Trash?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Each year, Americans dump nearly 180 million tons of trash into landfills according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:29
Social entrepreneurship
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Creating socially conscious businesses in North Carolina

  • Added: Jun 22, 2007
  • Length: 04:48
Waterman
From: Long Haul Productions
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Profile of a man facing the challenges of managing an irrigation district in drought-stricken Montana.

Bought by WABE, PRX Remix, KVNF, The Nature Podcast, and KVMR


  • Added: Jun 04, 2007
  • Length: 05:16
  • Purchases: 5
What Makes Milk "Organic"?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
What do you envision when you think of an organic dairy farm? Cows out grazing in a pasture? Or standing on the concrete floor of a feedlot?

  • Added: May 24, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
Study Compares Ethanol with Biodiesel
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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As oil and gas prices soar, ethanol and biodiesel get more attention as alternatives.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
Stop Dragging that Net Around
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The cold-water coral gardens of the Gulf of Alaska are one of the largest protected areas in U.S. waters.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
Do Hurricanes Nourish Coastal Wetlands?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Killer storms may actually stabilize coastal wetlands.

  • Added: Mar 28, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey
From: Heidi Chang
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A Hawaiian voyaging canoe is now sailing around the world for the first time as part of a movement to create a more sustainable world. When the ic...

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Jan 31, 2007
  • Length: 06:07
  • Purchases: 1
Sea Star Blooms Endanger Coral
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A predator is threatening the coral. It's a huge sea star known as the Crown-of-Thorns, which usually lives in a natural balance with the coral. My...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Pollution Affects Polar Bears
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Miles of pure, white snow stretching for as far as the eye can see. That's how many people imagine the North Pole - a place you wouldn't think of a...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Subsidizing the Sun
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Solar power's been around for a long time, and while it's gotten some government support, it's never enjoyed the huge subsidies that fossil fuels h...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Kids on the Farm
From: WFUV
Series: Notes from the Farm
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Farmer Cindy Jones talks about how growing up on a farm has affected her kids.

  • Added: Dec 04, 2006
  • Length: 03:34
Elephants Sniff Out Poachers
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In the past 20 years, poachers have killed nearly one million elephants. Poachers have driven the giant pachyderms -- which are prized for their iv...

Bought by KMXT, KOSU, and WEPS


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Jewish Environmentalism
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Judaic obligations to the environment

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 20, 2006
  • Length: 04:01
  • Purchases: 1
Hunting With My Dad
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Deer Stories
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In this program, hunters talk about their fathers and grandfathers and the role these men played in their own development as hunters

Bought by WTIP and WTIP


  • Added: Oct 13, 2006
  • Length: 04:19
  • Purchases: 2
Careful What You Shoot
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Deer Stories
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Two men tell stories about gun accidents and talk about the responsibility that comes with handling firearms

Bought by PRX Remix and WTIP


  • Added: Oct 13, 2006
  • Length: 03:35
  • Purchases: 2
Hunting Companions
From: Vermont Folklife Center Media
Series: Deer Stories
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Some hunters will only hunt alone. Others choose their companions carefully. In this program, you'll find out why.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Oct 13, 2006
  • Length: 03:26
  • Purchases: 1
Sound Artist Steve Peters: The Subtle Sounds of Nature
From: Paul Ingles
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Sound Artist Steve Peters captures the subtle sounds of nature by patiently recording in central New Mexico

Bought by KUER, SALTcast Podcast, PRX to iTunes, New Hampshire Public Radio, Western Folklife Center Media and more


  • Added: Sep 18, 2006
  • Length: 05:46
  • Purchases: 8
A Piece of Paradise
From: Sean Kelly
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A documentary about communal land and life in Vanuatu, in the South Pacific.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: May 12, 2006
  • Length: 54:25
  • Purchases: 2
RN Documentary: The Walker
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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A documentary about walking; its benefits and cultural history.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KUER, KRZA, KFAI Minneapolis, WFUV and more


  • Added: Apr 13, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 6
Escalante Adios
From: Western Folklife Center Media
Series: What's in a Song
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Curly Musgrave talks about "Escalante Adios" his ballad that gives a cowboy's perspective of the establishment of a national monument in Southern U...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2005
  • Length: 03:39