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Artist and North House Folk School instructor talks about Fashion Revolution
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Candace LaCosse, a Duluth businessperson, artist, and teacher, is involved in the Fashion Revolution--a nonprofit organization that promotes produc...

  • Added: May 02, 2017
  • Length: 12:01
2017-05-07 The New Political Climate
From: Climate One
Caption: Debbie Dooley, President, Conservatives for Energy Freedom, Co-founder, Tea Party Movement
Can the far right and far left come together on clean energy despite the polarization in Washington DC? While Democrats and Republicans may have di...

  • Added: May 02, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
An Emerging Ocean
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Ice breaks away from a frozen coastline near the Norwegian Arctic town of Longyearbyen April 23, 2007 , Credit: REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
Arctic ice is melting at record levels, revealing an ocean open and vulnerable to enterprise and extraction. In this episode of World Ocean Radio, ...

  • Added: May 01, 2017
  • Length: 05:07
2017-04-30 Jane Mayer: Behind Dark Money
From: Climate One
Caption: Author Jane Mayer
Who are the people bankrolling our political system? New Yorker writer Jane Mayer takes us behind the scenes and exposes the powerful group of indi...

Bought by KTRT RADIO INC


  • Added: Apr 24, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Nuclear plant shutdown divides Great Lakes community
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Covert, Mich., Credit: File photo, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Decades ago, the Great Lakes shoreline was a popular spot to build nuclear power plants, because there was plenty of water to cool reactors. Now, s...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WLPR , WCMU Michigan, WBFO, and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 12, 2017
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 5
Plastic bag bans spark debate in Great Lakes region
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: A plastic bag washed up on the beach at the Erie Basin Marina., Credit: Veronica Volk
Plastic bags are all around us, especially in the checkout lanes of grocery stores. They're also a persistent litter problem on land and along the ...

Bought by Michigan Radio, North Country Public Radio, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRVO Public Media and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 7
"Lake Effect" can bring trouble, but some companies embrace name
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Lake Effect Furies skirmish, Credit: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Lake Effect Furies skirmish
Residents along the Great Lakes corridor are very familiar with lake effect snows. When cold dry air passes over the lakes, it generates enough sno...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, Interlochen Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2017
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 6
Climate Insurance in a Changing World
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Dauphin Island, Alabama, Credit: David Helvarg, Blue Frontier Campaign/Marine Photobank
Insurance touches every aspect of our lives, protecting us from financial loss. As climate change is continually felt everywhere on the planet, how...

  • Added: Mar 14, 2017
  • Length: 05:01
U of MN researchers develop new technology to make car tires from trees & grasses
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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A team at the University of Minnesota has invented a new technology to produce renewable car tires from trees and grasses. Lead researcher Prof. P...

  • Added: Mar 14, 2017
  • Length: 10:38
End of Ponzi Economy: Jerry Mander #203
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Was globalization a temporary state that has run its course? That’s the case made by Jerry Mander, who believes there is plenty of evidence that th...

Bought by KNVC Carson City Community Radio, KTRL, KVSC, and KZUM


  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 4
2017-03-05 Killing the Colorado
From: Climate One
Caption: Fran Spivy-Weber, Vice Chair, CA State Water Resources Control Board
The story of the American West is deeply rooted in the Colorado River, which delivers fresh water to seven thirsty states before crossing the borde...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
Modern Day Waste: Solutions for Recycling, Repurposing, and Profiting
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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Waste and the management of it are new challenges in recent decades. How do we dispose of toxic waste, plastic packaging, electronics, and other di...

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: Feb 22, 2017
  • Length: 05:12
  • Purchases: 1
2017-02-26 Bread, Wine and Chocolate in a Warming World
From: Climate One
Caption: Helene York, Simran Sethi
Getting people to connect the dots between food and the environment may be one way to engage them in the climate change fight, suggests author and ...

Bought by KUNM and KMUD


  • Added: Feb 20, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
2017-02-19 Can Clean Tech Clean Up Our Future?
From: Climate One
Caption: Holmes Hummel, Founder, Clean Energy Works, Credit: Ed Ritger
With stock market values at near-record highs, how is the clean tech sector doing? What technologies are most promising for making money and getti...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
Food Sleuth Radio, Richard Oswald Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that despite corporate rhetoric, American farmers are not “feeding the world?” Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 09, 2017
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Passive building techniques: What they are and why they matter
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Sean Meyers is an architect with CR-BPS, a firm located in Isabella, Minn., that specializes in passive building techniques. He spoke with WTIP's D...

  • Added: Feb 07, 2017
  • Length: 13:16
2017-02-12 Doubt, Deny or Defend: Republicans on Climate Change
From: Climate One
Caption: Bob Inglis, Former Republican U.S. Representative, South Carolina, Credit: Ed Ritger
Much has been made of the partisan divide when it comes to climate change. But are there Republicans out there who accept the science and believe ...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
Cage-Free McMuffin
From: Victoria Davis
Series: Humanities Minutes
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This episode explores the shifts taking place in the food industry to advocate for cage-free eggs.

  • Added: Jan 18, 2017
  • Length: 03:27
2017-01-22 Nature’s Price Tag
From: Climate One
Caption: Larry Goulder, Tony Juniper, Greg Dalton, Credit: Sonya Abrams
It’s hard to put a price on something that’s always been free, but if Mother Nature were a corporation, she’d be a large-cap stock. Think about it ...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2017
  • Length: 58:58
“Steelhead Alley” brings a bump to Great Lakes economy
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Patrick Robinson goes to catch a fish in Elk Creek, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
As winter sets in, Americans who live along the Great Lakes are bundling up. But another season is underway – and it brings an economic bump to an ...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WCMU Michigan, and WCPN


  • Added: Dec 22, 2016
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 3
Atlas of Ocean Wealth
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Biodiversity in the Maldives , Credit: Husain+9607773925 Flikr
In this episode of World Ocean Radio we discuss publications, reports, and projects which are integral to the evolution of ocean policy and science...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2016
  • Length: 05:44
Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine for the week ending December 23, 2016
From: Scott Harris
Series: Between The Lines Radio Newsmagazine
Caption: Timely, in-depth, progressive analysis since 1991
This week's summary of under-reported news followed by these interviews: To Stop Trump Agenda, Progressive Activists Must Push Democrats to Boldly ...

Bought by WRIR, KRZA, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 14, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Jeffery Hollender: Sustainable Economics and the Path Between Here and There
From: Arch Street Press
Series: Innovate Podcast
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Jeffrey Hollender is a leading authority on corporate responsibility, sustainability and social equity. More than 20 years ago, he cofounded Sevent...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2016
  • Length: 30:58
Grow tomatoes on dredge spoils? Great Lakes port runs test
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: A rendering of the dredged material facility, Credit: Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority
Each year, ports on the Great Lakes dredge tons of material to keep shipping lanes open. One Port's new project aims to explore a potential use fo...

Bought by WSKG, WCMU Michigan, WRVO Public Media, WXXI Rochester, WKSU and more


  • Added: Aug 30, 2016
  • Length: 01:11
  • Purchases: 6
Circular economy's goal moves way past recycling
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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The basic idea of the circular economy is that in production, nothing should be wasted, and everything at the end of its life should be made into s...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2016
  • Length: 14:00