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Cleansing the Past with White Water
From: Guy Hand
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An Idaho mill town builds a white water park on the site of its former timber mill.

  • Added: Dec 16, 2007
  • Length: 03:37
Firewise: Fireproofing Homes Rather Than Forests
From: Guy Hand
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Homeowners are realizing they have to take on the responsibility of protecting their property from wildfire.

Bought by KZYX and Wyoming Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 16, 2007
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 2
The Traffic Tax
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Would you be willing to pay a fee to drive downtown?

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Nov 30, 2007
  • Length: 05:11
  • Purchases: 1
QUEST_How Do You Clean Up An Oil Spill?
From: KQED
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Why San Francisco's recent oil spill will be so hard to clean up.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 16, 2007
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 1
Sabine Refuge Becomes Industrial Landfill
From: Pauline Bartolone
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A news feature about the environmental impact of Hurricane Rita

  • Added: Nov 04, 2007
  • Length: 04:22
Brazilian Multifuel Cars
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Brazilian Automotive developers create the car that runs on most any fuel

  • Added: Oct 12, 2007
  • Length: 06:01
Apple Harvest
From: Muriel Murch
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Picking, pressing and pouring Apples to cider

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Oct 03, 2007
  • Length: 19:44
  • Purchases: 1
Quest_Sharks of the SF Bay
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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No great whites here, but the SF Bay is teeming with 5 species of sharks.

  • Added: Aug 31, 2007
  • Length: 05:47
Quest_The Salt Water Solution
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Is desalination the solution to the California's chronic water woes?

  • Added: Aug 17, 2007
  • Length: 05:47
Quest_Graywater Guerillas
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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A report from the frontlines of D.I.Y eco-plumbing.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 23, 2007
  • Length: 05:01
  • Purchases: 1
QUEST_Graywater Guerillas
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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A report from the frontlines of D.I.Y eco-plumbing.

  • Added: Jul 19, 2007
  • Length: 05:53
Grand Experiment in Wildlife Management
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
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Scientists Attempt to Move Massive Commorant Colony from mouth of Columbia River

  • Added: Jul 17, 2007
  • Length: 04:13
Global warming has a goose face in Northwest
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
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Climate change sends Artic Snow geese to pastures in the Lower 48, nibbling away at farmers' profits.

Bought by KMUN


  • Added: Jul 17, 2007
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 1
Sculpted By Fire
From: Barbara Bernstein
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Wildfire season is upon us. SCULPTED BY FIRE challenges a lot of common assumptions about forest fires and the need to wage a war on fire that is r...

Bought by KPIK-LP, KDNK, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KALW, Jefferson Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 04, 2007
  • Length: 54:05
  • Purchases: 9
QIEST_Reconsidering Nuclear Power
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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A group of Fresno businessmen is challenging California's 31 year-old ban on new nuclear power plants.

Bought by 90.5 WSNC and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: May 30, 2007
  • Length: 06:01
  • Purchases: 2
Cleaning Up Washington DC's "other" river.
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Cleaning up Washington D.C's "other" river.

  • Added: Apr 08, 2007
  • Length: 03:47
Polar Bears: Branding Global Warming
From: Nathanael Johnson
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Bear as symbol vs. bear in person

Bought by PRX to iTunes, New Hampshire Public Radio, WFUV, Aspen Public Radio, and WYSO


  • Added: Dec 07, 2006
  • Length: 07:04
  • Purchases: 5
World Tour Radio presents Mining, Miners, and Music
From: Andrew Reissiger
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A look at the mining communities that support our unquenchable thirst for energy.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KSFR, and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Nov 18, 2006
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 3
Toiletbowl Conservation
From: Shana S. Weber, Ph.D.
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A sustainability professional explores water-saving dual-flush toilets.

Bought by BSR Radio


  • Added: Sep 22, 2006
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 1
PART 4: TOO MUCH MANURE?
From: The Environment Report
Series: Pollution in the Heartland
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A look at the environmental costs of a large-scale dairy operation.

  • Added: Aug 09, 2006
  • Length: 04:32
A Map of The Sea
From: Homelands Productions
Series: Worlds of Difference
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An award-winning documentary on the collapse of the Newfoundland cod fishery and its resounding effects on the local community.

Bought by HowSound, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland and more


  • Added: May 04, 2006
  • Length: 14:57
  • Purchases: 8
RN Documentary: Noah's Raft: saving Madagascar's wildlife without the Ark
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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On-location documentary style report about Madagascar, its unique wildlife and efforts to conserve it.

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KTNA, and Internet Partnership Radio


  • Added: Mar 09, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 3
Marine Harvest
From: KUOW
Series: Food for Thought: Farmed Salmon and the Future
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A look at a fish farm opened after a moratorium was lifted.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Mar 06, 2006
  • Length: 07:30
  • Purchases: 1
New York's Playground Sprinklers
From: Kate Hinds
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In early spring, New York City begins readying its playground sprinker system for action. It takes months, but as the children of New York will a...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2006
  • Length: 04:50
RN Documentary: Zeeland '53
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Focus: Living With Water
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Recreation of the disastrous 1953 flood in the southern Dutch province of Zeeland during which more than 1800 lives were lost.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio and WRPI


  • Added: Sep 22, 2005
  • Length: 29:14
  • Purchases: 2