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Brenda Palms Barber

From: American Public Media
Series: The Promised Land

Brenda Palms Barber is driven by a certainty that "people deserve second chances and you can choose to turn your life around." Brenda started a tra...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Vermont Public, WRVO Public Media, The Public's Radio and more

Added: Oct 25, 2010
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 7

The Polar Ice Sheets are Melting

From: Judy Lubow

Stand-alone segment of Planet Warning Series. With the earth heating up with global warming, the polar ice sheets are melting. But nobody knows ho...

Added: Sep 30, 2010
Length: 02:00

The Sustainability of Cities

From: Carnegie Council
Series: Green Ethics

Half the world now lives in cities, and they are growing. Are megacities an opportunity or a threat?

Bought by WRFA-LP

Added: Sep 28, 2010
Length: 02:00
Purchases: 1

Enjoying, Managing, or Restoring Trout

From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner

Should national parks introduce non-native species for recreational purposes, or focus on preserving the parks' natural state?

Added: Sep 28, 2010
Length: 02:00

Audrey and Frank Peterman

From: American Public Media
Series: The Promised Land

If Frank and Audrey Peterman have their way, many more of their fellow black Americans will visit our national parks. They take host Majora Carter ...

Bought by KALW, High Plains Public Radio, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KUER, Northeast Indiana Public Radio and more

Added: Sep 24, 2010
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 25

Nalini Nadkarni

From: American Public Media
Series: The Promised Land

Pioneering researcher and "queen of the forest canopy" Nalini Nadkarni, shows host Majora Carter the wonders of the Olympic rain forest — from the ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, WZEN.org, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Vermont Public, WGBH Radio Boston and more

Added: Sep 24, 2010
Length: 54:00
Purchases: 11

The Sound of Change: Hip Hop in Cuba

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

We hear about hip-hop and change in Cuban society, and what people on the ground are saying about new phases in the Cuban revolution.

Added: Sep 21, 2010
Length: 30:00

Water shortages are expected in this century

From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning

As worldwide population increases and the world gets hotter, water shortages are expected worldwide, including in the US.

Added: Sep 20, 2010
Length: 01:59

Collapse of Fish Stocks Worldwide

From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning

Scientists predict fish stocks worldwide will collapse by mid-century unless drastic changes are made to humankind's impact on the oceans.

Added: Sep 20, 2010
Length: 02:00

From the National Press Club: Reverend David Bechmann

From: National Press Club

Reverend David Bechmann, president of Bread for the World, speaks at the National Press Club about the problem of global hunger

Added: Sep 17, 2010
Length: 54:01

Whose Water? The Struggle for Public Ownership of Freshwater

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: http://michiganwro.blogspot.com, Credit: Michigan Welfare Rights Organization

We go to Michigan, where from the city of Detroit, to the farmlands and countryside, citizens are battling to gain greater control over the bounty ...

Added: Sep 16, 2010
Length: 28:56

The 100 Year Legacy of the Big Burn

From: Amanda Loder

Caption: The Aftermath of the 1910 Big Burn, Credit: US Forest Service

Evergreen Documentary: About a hundred years ago, one of the largest wildfires in US history taught Americans to fear flames. The Big Burn of 1910...

Added: Sep 02, 2010
Length: 29:04

Timothy Egan, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America

From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question

The U.S. Forest Service was just about to get the Congressional ax when a monster fire saved it. During this program, Pulitzer-Prize-winning journa...

Bought by WRPI and Yellowstone Public Radio

Added: Aug 18, 2010
Length: 29:01
Purchases: 2

The Planning Problem

From: Nathanael Johnson

Caption: Artist rendering of the California High Speed Rail, Credit: CAHSRA

The Big Dig, the Bay Bridge, the Chunnel... Why do transportation projects go so spectacularly over budget? There's a simple explanation - this doc...

Bought by The Neighborhood and PRX Remix

Added: Aug 06, 2010
Length: 26:38
Purchases: 2

An Environmental And Worker Disaster

From: Dick Meister

We're paying too little attention to he workers who were seriously injured or killed in the explosion that spilled tons of oil into the Gulf of Mex...

Added: May 14, 2010
Length: 03:48

Converting Methane to a Resuable gas

From: Joe Sampson

Caption: Methane storage tank at the Dayton Wastewater Treatment Plant in Dayton, Ohio

Most often, stimulus dollars are spent on roadways and buildings- larger projects that usually don’t pay for themselves. But, as W-M-U-B’s Josh Mes...

Added: Apr 28, 2010
Length: 03:08

Heavy Weather (Part II)

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

On this edition, we’ll hear part two of a documentary called Heavy Weather, produced by freelancer Barbara Bernstein. She’ll look at how climate c...

Added: Apr 23, 2010
Length: 29:00

Heavy Weather (Part 1)

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Tillamook Floodplain, Credit: Barbara Bernstein

On this edition, we’ll hear part one of a documentary called Heavy Weather, produced by freelancer Barbara Bernstein. She’ll explore the connection...

Bought by WUAL and The Neighborhood

Added: Apr 13, 2010
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 2

Protecting Our Planet

From: Voces de Nuestro Mundo

Being "green" to save the Earth.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio

Added: Apr 06, 2010
Length: 27:39
Purchases: 1

Dr. Joanna Macy: Gifts of Uncertainty

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Dr. Joanna Macy, Credit: www.bioneers.org

Dr. Joanna Macy is a long-time peace, justice, and ecology activist. A celebrated Buddhist teacher, Dr. Macy’s wide-ranging work spans Eastern and ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio

Added: Feb 23, 2010
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

New Trail Blazes Through Private Lands

From: Todd Bookman

A new multi-use trail has opened in Peterborough, New Hampshire, linking downtown to the top of Pack Monadnock Mountain. Establishing a path to the...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Added: Jan 25, 2010
Length: 03:56
Purchases: 1

Documentary - Coal: Dirty Past, Hazy Future

From: The Environment Report

Brew the coffee, turn on the radio, and check your electronic mail – you’re on your way to burning 20 pounds of coal for the day. That’s how much ...

Bought by KUER, WYSO, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUNM, KSFR and more

Added: Jan 25, 2010
Length: 58:30
Purchases: 16

The Coming Climate

From: Alex Smith
Series: Radio Ecoshock Show

#1 Should scientists be arrested? Digest of AGU keynote speech by Richard Alley on charges & past climate. #2 The Coming Climate Panic (and skiing)...

Added: Jan 11, 2010
Length: 51:58

Copenhagen: America & Africa in Climate Decline

From: Alex Smith
Series: Radio Ecoshock Show

The Copenhagen mess. Guest Paul Kingsnorth says civilization IS climate change. Nobody wants to change Western comforts. Opens with a digest of alt...

Bought by KSFR