PRX - Pieces for Topic: Environment
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Long-time mushroom enthusiast Andre Kohler takes us on a foraging trip through the Santa Monica mountains.
- Added: Jun 26, 2020
- Length: 02:28
What's the perfect environment for a fern species dating back 65 million years? Look no further than Washington, D.C.'s subway system.
Bought by WABE
- Added: Oct 26, 2015
- Length: 05:52
- Purchases: 1
Larger-than-life Serbian sculptor Zoran Mojisilov creates work from the most primal of elements: rocks, wood scraps and steel he hauls to his North...
- Added: Nov 05, 2014
- Length: 05:22
This year’s outbreak of the West Nile virus is breaking records, with over 1500 cases reported so far. One researcher believes that decreasing the ...
Bought by KENW
- Added: Sep 07, 2012
- Length: 02:32
- Purchases: 1
For the past five years there’s been a phenomenon of disappearing worker bees called Colony Collapse Disorder. This has many scientists wanting to ...
- Added: Aug 03, 2011
- Length: 03:27
Animals and insects aren’t being altruistic when they pollinate a plant. So how do plants attract and reward them for their services?
Bought by KENW
- Added: Apr 07, 2011
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 1
Trees seem scarce in the Chihuahuan Desert. But soapberry trees manage to thrive throughout our region and can even be used to wash your hands. How...
Bought by KENW
- Added: Mar 22, 2011
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 1
An interview with Mark Schatzker, author of Steak, on why great steak is hard to find and how a few small-scale ranchers are helping to make beef b...
Bought by KISU
- Added: Mar 19, 2011
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 1
As all hay-fever sufferers will tell you, this has been a bad year for pollen. What's all that pollen good for besides making you miserable?
- Added: Feb 04, 2011
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 2
Backyard chicken farmers give a guided tour of their coops.
Bought by WTIP, New Hampshire Public Radio, The Nature Podcast, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Sep 06, 2008
- Length: 05:35
- Purchases: 4
There was a time when a compost heap was far from mainstream. I mean, growing your food in decomposing garbage? No way!
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Aug 20, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Funny, quirky essay about waiting for a garden plot in Berkeley, CA
- Added: Apr 14, 2008
- Length: 03:58
Ken Dunn transforms unused urban land into productive gardens.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Jan 12, 2007
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Filipinos are aiming to improve the quality of the air they breathe by planting trees on the country's roadways.
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Jan 12, 2007
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
"Rain gardens" are one way you can help limit stormwater drainage. They collect storm water and allow it to soak into the soil.
- Added: Dec 01, 2006
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 3
One Northampton, Massachusetts resident chooses, for reasons both practical and philosophic, to remove her asphalt driveway and restore green space.
- Added: Aug 31, 2006
- Length: 05:40