PRX - Pieces for Topic: Environment
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Recent events around the globe clearly demonstrates the interconnectedness of human health and the health of our planet. Heat waves in California, ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Nov 10, 2020
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Wind turbines have been popping up across the world as a more sustainable way to create electricity. But these turbines can’t last forever, and not...
- Added: Nov 09, 2020
- Length: 03:53
Over the last few months, many of us have turned to digital devices to stay connected. We wondered: how much energy are we using with all of this t...
- Added: Nov 02, 2020
- Length: 03:47
In the US, one out of five households don’t use a dishwasher because they think it uses more water and energy than washing by hand. So, we wanted t...
- Added: Jun 24, 2020
- Length: 02:29
- Purchases: 2
It turns out, there's a way to capture methane before it leaks into the atmosphere. In the case of a landfill, you can cover the surface and then i...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: May 28, 2020
- Length: 03:50
- Purchases: 1
We’re use to hearing about how much humans have impacted the earth. Scientists have given a name for this period to recognize human dominance over ...
- Added: Jul 16, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Population growth is causing us to rethink our urban and suburban lifestyles, and with that, redesigning cities is a new fad.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: May 02, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Dr. Gary Griggs, Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz and director of the Institute of Marine Sciences talks abo...
Bought by KFOI Radio and WGRN-LP 94.1
- Added: Feb 04, 2017
- Length: 54:01
- Purchases: 2
We are surrounded by chemicals every day. They’re in our clothing, cosmetics, household products, electronics, and even our children’s toys.
Bought by KVSC, KCBX, and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.
- Added: Dec 09, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
Those who are shaping the future have a pretty good idea of how it is going to look. One of those is David Rose. He’s an award winning entrepreneur...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Nov 04, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
When David Gottfried come up an idea for green environmental building 20-years ago, he ran into a number of hurdles. The building industry had been...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jun 24, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
The Western United States has entered a very difficult drought season. Nevada’s water supply is in danger. Realistically California is not any bett...
- Added: Apr 29, 2014
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 2
While California is experiencing one of it’s driest seasons, the east and south are having one of the coldest and wettest. Is this climate change, ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Mar 04, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Not long ago, we were told that North America had entered a new era of energy abundance thanks to shale gas. Or, have we? If you’ve listened to ex...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jul 10, 2013
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 1
There are no crystal balls. No one really knows the direction technology is going to take us. But, there are always those best guesses.
- Added: Jan 08, 2013
- Length: 28:55
- Purchases: 2
In his new book, Gar Smith dismantles the core arguments behind the nuclear industrial complex’s “Nuclear renaissance.” While some critiques are fa...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Nov 27, 2012
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 1
Reports of the health of our planet appear dim. Our conditions are becoming worse as hunger increases, and the variety of species disappear. Autho...
Bought by WEZU
- Added: Dec 19, 2011
- Length: 28:57
- Purchases: 1
Engineers and students design solar powered racecars to compete in international event.
- Added: Jan 11, 2008
- Length: 05:53
Scientist constructs remote wireless network for environmenal researchers.
- Added: Dec 20, 2007
- Length: 09:59
Studying cities ecological footprint in order to design more sustainable communities.
- Added: Dec 12, 2007
- Length: 08:09
Brazilian Automotive developers create the car that runs on most any fuel
- Added: Oct 12, 2007
- Length: 06:01
- Added: Oct 12, 2007
- Length: 08:16
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Oct 12, 2007
- Length: 05:06
- Purchases: 1
Is "cogeneration" the new way for powering your house and home?
- Added: Sep 21, 2007
- Length: 06:40
- Added: Jun 28, 2007
- Length: 05:03
- Purchases: 1
