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Sustainability Adventurers
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Ed Gillespie
Can a spirit of adventure lead us toward more sustainable living? This week on Sea Change Radio, we try to answer that question. First, host Alex W...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
Food Sleuth Radio, Paul Tukey Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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The American dream wouldn’t be complete without a picture perfect lawn. Lawn chemical companies want you to think their products are safe when used...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
Technology's Promise
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Professor William E. Halal
There are no crystal balls. No one really knows the direction technology is going to take us. But, there are always those best guesses.

Bought by KVSC and KCBX


  • Added: Jan 08, 2013
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 2
Art is Our Weapon: A Conversation With Climbing Poetree
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Climbing PoeTree in the Making Contact studio, Credit: George Lavender
Alixa and Naima are two poets who together make up Climbing PoeTree, an award winning performance duo. Mixing poetry and politics they seek to use...

Bought by KVSC, KRCB 104.9, KZYX, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KMXT and more


  • Added: Dec 28, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
Looking Back, Moving Forward: 2012 Year in Review
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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As 2013 approaches, we look at some of the important issues we've covered in 2012: from domestic workers struggling for respect, to the consequence...

Bought by KMUN


  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Holiday Episode: At the Fishhouses
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Each year during the holidays, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This poem was chosen above all oth...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2012
  • Length: 05:10
The Road to Ruin Is Paved -- A Fierce Green Fire
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with Mark Kitchell, producer of the new film, A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle For a Living Planet, which documents 50 years of...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
195: Istanbul--City of Connection
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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On recent assignment for WoodenBoat Magazine, host Peter Neill visited Istanbul, Turkey to explore the maritime heritage of this ancient city and t...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2012
  • Length: 06:22
Food Sleuth Radio, Atina Diffley Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Join Food Sleuth Radio Host and registered dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn, for her conversation with Atina Diffley, author of "Turn Here Sweet Corn:...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
Steve Almond Pt. 2: On The United States of Irrationality
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Steve Almond
Author Steve Almond is an astute observer of American topics as disparate as candy, rock & roll and politics. This week on Sea Change Radio, in the...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2012
  • Length: 29:56
Potty Talk: The Re-Invention of The Toilet
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Clement Cid
Aside from some aesthetic advances and rudimentary low-flow innovations, the modern flush toilet basically has not evolved since its prototype firs...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 27, 2012
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 1
187: Ocean Champions
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will herald Ocean Champions (oceanchampions.org), the only organization in the United States...

  • Added: Sep 04, 2012
  • Length: 05:51
“Watershed” Moment with James Redford
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: James Redford
Named for the rich red dirt that once colored its rushing waters, the Colorado River has been dammed, diverted and drained to a trickle of its form...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2012
  • Length: 30:01
The Plastic Purge: Beth Terry
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Beth Terry
The average American generates between 88 and 120 pounds of plastic waste per year. Imagine what it would mean for you to cut that down almost enti...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 30, 2012
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 1
Food Sleuth Radio, Jasia Steinmetz Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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What’s the big deal about local food? Join Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn as she speaks with fellow dietitian Jasia Steinmetz, Ph.D., ...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
179: What We Can Do After Rio+20
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Fisherfolk using traditional fishing method, Batangas, Philippines., Credit: Peri Paleracio | Marine Photobank
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will suggest ways in which we might move beyond Rio+20 and will invite us to mobilize as CIT...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2012
  • Length: 06:02
Making Waves, Making Energy
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: George Taylor
If you sit at the edge of Pacific or Atlantic Ocean and watch as waves ferociously slap the sands, you can’t help but recognize the awesome power o...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 10, 2012
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 1
178: Ocean+Rio+20
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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For the UN Rio+20 Conference in June, ocean leaders published a declaration intended to inform delegates and to advocate for ocean issues to be inc...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2012
  • Length: 06:27
Taking a Breath: Healing the Inner Environment
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers Radio Series 12
Caption: Dr. James Gordon
World-renowned psychiatrist Dr. James S. Gordon of the Center for Mind Body Medicine has trained thousands of teachers globally to advance ancient ...

Bought by Panhandle Community Radio, KKRN, WEZU, KFCF FM, and WEZU


  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 5
Swimming Our Talk: Blue Mind, Ocean Heart
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers Radio Series 12
Caption: Philippe Cousteau, Credit: Michael Howard (c)
Marine biologist Wallace J. Nichols, ocean advocates Philippe and Alexandra Cousteau, and the Truckee High School Envirolution Club are among the r...

Bought by Panhandle Community Radio, KKRN, KFCF FM, and WEZU


  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 4
Passing Through: Farming Fields of Dreams
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers Radio Series 12
Caption: Michael Ableman, Credit: Frank Rogozienski (c)
Visionary organic farmer, food system entrepreneur and award-winning writer/photographer Michael Ableman reflects on what it will take to restore h...

Bought by Panhandle Community Radio, KKRN, KFCF FM, and KZYX


  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 4
Conspiracy of Ancestors: The Indigeneity Essentials
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers Radio Series 12
Caption: Dr. Melissa Nelson, Credit: James Lerager (c)
Cultural ecologist, indigenous scholar and activist Dr. Melissa K. Nelson reminds native and non-native peoples alike that we all need to re-indige...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, WCPN, KKWE Niijii Radio, and KFCF FM


  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 4
Good Jobs, Clean Environment: Both or Neither
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers Radio Series 12
Caption: Roxanne Brown, Credit: Jennifer Esperanza (c)
The emerging green economy promises to provide large-scale job creation while healing the Earth and building the middle class.

Bought by Panhandle Community Radio, KKRN, KFCF FM, and WDSE


  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 4
Millions of Elders: Biomimicry and How Nature Would Do It
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers Radio Series 12
Caption: Dr. Dayna Baumeister, Credit: Jennifer Esperanza (c)
Biomimicry is decoding astonishing treasures from nature's recipe book that we can mimic for our technological and industrial practices.

Bought by Ohm Radio , WHCP-LP Cambridge, Panhandle Community Radio, WZEN.org, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 9
A World That Works For All: Fireflies, Dumpsters, Soft Power and the Design Science Revolution
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers Radio Series 12
Caption: Sheila Kennedy
The visionary designer and architect R. Buckminster Fuller’s remarkable legacy inspires new generations to create the Design Science Revolution he ...

Bought by Panhandle Community Radio, KKRN, KFCF FM, and WDSE


  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 57:02
  • Purchases: 4

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