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EWaste
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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There's gold in them thar -- cell phones!? 'Tis true: Precious metals such as gold, copper and silver are found in the mounds of electronic waste w...

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


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Coolin' It
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In the summer, an air conditioner can be a necessity. However, cooling down a house can be expensive, but there are ways to reduce the cost.

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


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Green Independence
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The Fourth of July is almost here complete with picnics and fireworks. How do you honor the red, white and blue while honoring the environment at t...

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


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Fish Fix
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Some projects seem simple only to reveal a huge complication later on. I was hemming pants and cut one leg shorter than the other -- yeah, you get ...

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


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Defrag Nature
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Ocean dead zones. Air and water pollution worldwide. All this bad news is enough to cause "Eco-phobia." Sadly, fragile ecosystems are disappearing...

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


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Keeping Sea Urchins In Check
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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An ecosystem is like a finely woven garment -- pull out one thread, and the entire thing might come apart. An unraveling, of sorts, happened off th...

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


  • Added: Jun 27, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Emission-Free Ride
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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If your friends call you an "early adopter," you'll want to take note of MIT student Ben Gulak's way-cool emission-free vehicle. It looks like a cr...

Bought by WXPR, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KKRN


  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Pizzeria Takes The LEED
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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When the Moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, it's the environment! At least it is at Pizza Fusion -- a chain of gourmet pizzerias.

Bought by WXPR, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KKRN


  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
A Greener Cleaner
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The Soap and Detergent Association is cleaning up its act. A recent conference that included officials from the Consumer Product Safety Commission,...

Bought by WXPR, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KKRN


  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Roofs And Rainwater
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Wilma and Fred Flintstone lived in a flat-rock-roofed house. That's how Hanna-Barbera built them back in the cartoon stone-age. Nowadays, with the ...

Bought by WXPR, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KKRN


  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Lava Flows Are For The Birds
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Raising endangered birds...on a volcano? It has benefits -- or, so says Alan Lieberman, head of the Keauhou Bird Conservation Center, perched on Ha...

Bought by WXPR, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KKRN


  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
The Car Wash
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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That classic American pastime, washing the family car, might soon get washed down the drain. Some communities struggling with water pollution, and ...

Bought by WXPR, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KKRN


  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Tailpipe Carbon Recycling
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Imagine a conventional, gas-powered car, with no carbon emissions. I mean, absolutely zero. In the cartoon world, the only way to do that was a ban...

Bought by WXPR, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KKRN, and WXDU


  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 4
Green Reaper
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Have you ever thought of using your loved ones as compost? Uh, I'd better explain...

Bought by WXPR, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KKRN


  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
We All Benefit From Biodiversity
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The business of conservation -- preserving and protecting an ecosystem and all of the plants and animals in it -- is often characterized as interfe...

Bought by WXPR, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KKRN


  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Green Office Buildings Turning Gold
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Eco-friendly office buildings aren't just green, they're gold. Why? Because they are profitable!

Bought by WXPR, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KKRN


  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
A Better Jet Fuel
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Ever wonder what jet fuel is made of? So do scientists from four universities working on a $7.5 million project funded by the Air Force and an airc...

Bought by WXPR, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, and KKRN


  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Waves Of Energy
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Interest in developing new sources of renewable energy is on the rise, and scientists at Florida Atlantic University are going with the flow.

Bought by WXDU and KSKQ


  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Power Of BOB
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Everything's bigger in Texas. Even BOB! "BOB" stands for "Big 'ol Battery." The nickname conferred by locals in Presidio, Texas, to an experimental...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Cleaning Up With Mushrooms
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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His name is Paul Stamets, but you can call him the Mushroom Man. Stamets is a "mycologist," or mushroom expert. He lives on Washington State's Olym...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Reproducing The White Rhino
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Veterinarians at the San Diego Zoo who breed white rhinoceroses are finding themselves, well, on the horns of a dilemma. Their female white rhinos ...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Environmentally Friendly Public Buildings
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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What is green and gold and read all over? Give up? It's Southern California's Santa Monica Public Library. Allow me to explain.

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Hydrogen Fuel Cells
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Hydrogen fuel cells could make for a better car. Proponents say if we can get past the technology's many hurdles, at a cost people can afford, they...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Insect Birth Control
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Skinny, boot leg, or flare? A new pair of jeans makes you feel so good. Like a million bucks, right? But cotton, the key ingredient in those jeans,...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Hydrogen And Egg Shells
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Engineers at Ohio State University are cracking up over a new way of separating gasses. And they've possibly created a new process to produce a cle...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Apr 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1