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Mosquito Repellant From Frog Poison
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Tropical rainforests are home to a spectacular variety of frogs. This rich diversity of species helps drive conservation efforts in the tropics.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Feb 23, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Monitoring Bison Migration with Satellites
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Once upon a time in the West, there were 30 million American bison. Now, around Yellowstone National Park, there are only 3900 -- but that’s up fro...

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Feb 23, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Eat Your Green Food
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Looking for a five-star dinner tonight? Check out the greens.

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Feb 23, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Stinky Feet Mosquito Trap
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The next time your significant other complains about your stinky socks, just tell them you’re doing scientific research!

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  • Added: Feb 23, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Hot Spring Discovery
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Maybe there’s hope for troublemakers. Some creatures thrive in hot water...

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Feb 23, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Wallboard Made From Invasive Tallow
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The forests of America face double jeopardy these days. First, there’s pressure to harvest wood from native forests. And second, some non-native tr...

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  • Added: Feb 23, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Enzymes Lead to Bio-diesel
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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"Unleaded, super unleaded, or tree fungus." It could be an option someday! Alternative fuel experts have discovered a microbial fungus from one Sou...

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Feb 23, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
A Better Landing for Airplanes
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Is there an environmentally friendly way to land airplanes? There is.

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  • Added: Feb 22, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Microbial Fuel Cells
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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How now, brown cow? With digestive fluid you say? Along with some hay? That’s how researchers are generating electricity at the University of Ohio ...

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  • Added: Feb 22, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Guardian's Science Weekly: A world without oil; plus 30 years of the space shuttle
From: [redacted] [redacted]
Caption: betterplace.com website, Credit: betterplace.com
Shai Agassi's vision of a green future; plus, former Nasa astronaut Jeff Hoffman reflects on 30 years of the shuttle

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  • Added: Feb 20, 2011
  • Length: 37:05
  • Purchases: 1
Reversing Urban Sprawl
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Don't you love urban sprawl? Right. Thirty years ago, car-friendly developments, and the freeways to get us there, were smart planning. Today? They...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jan 28, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Grass to Biogas
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In 1900, America used 80 million acres of grassland to feed the 30 million or so horses and mules pulling America’s wagons, buggies, and carriages....

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  • Added: Jan 28, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Better Packaging
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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It's difficult to imagine these days, with hermetically sealed food products everywhere, but there was a time when soda crackers were purchased out...

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  • Added: Jan 28, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Eco-Friendly Tanning
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Scientists in India have developed a way to save energy called “reverse tanning.” No, they’re not talking about unplugging tanning beds to make peo...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jan 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Cleaning Up A Toxic Waste Site
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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It took ten years, but one of the country’s worst toxic waste sites is clean.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jan 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Energy From Barnyard Waste
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Forget Chicken Little’s paranoid delusions about the sky falling. With chicken litter, we really do have a problem.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jan 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Engineers of the New Millennium: The Water Energy Crunch A Powerful Puzzle
From: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
The Water-Energy Crunch is a clash of essential needs. Humans are thirsty creatures who need water to drink and bathe, but also to produce most for...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUNM, 90.5 WESA and more


  • Added: Jan 03, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
Nature Provides Clues for Survival
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Believe it or not, sometimes, it’s a good idea to be “as cold as ice.” Take, for example, the arctic ground squirrel. He's a creature that knows a ...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Creative Solutions for Climate Change
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Are you worried about global warming? Well, here’s an idea. How about rocketing one trillion miniature umbrellas into orbit somewhere between us ...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Sustainable Flooring Products
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Replacing your floor with wood? Sounds very, well, natural. But, could your wood floor be destroying forests? Well it could, but, it doesn’t have to.

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Depletion of Wild Cod
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Pass the fish and chips, please. Pardon me for eating on the radio, but I just can’t pass up the fish and chips. Neither can a lot of people it s...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Drinking Ocean Water
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Experts say that as population and water use rise, the world's fresh water supplies are shrinking. Then why don’t we desalinate more sea water and....

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Solar Cells, Cheap and Thin
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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When it comes to selling solar cells, it pays to be cheap -- and thin.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Fuel Cells improve with Platinum
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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You think gas is expensive? What about the price of platinum? Believe it or not, that’s one of the things the automotive industry is looking at be...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Streetcars Make Comeback
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Remember that old-fashioned mode of transportation -- the trolley, or streetcar? It's making a comeback worldwide. From Albuquerque to Winston-Sale...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1