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Irresistible Force Beats Immovable Object: Harvard (finally) Divests
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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It took 9 years, but Harvard students finally got the wealthiest university in the world to divest from fossil fuel.

Bought by KICI Iowa City and WFHB


  • Added: Jun 10, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Marianne Larned Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that young people worldwide are working to mitigate climate change, clean up their environment and create a more sustainable, livable ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Sep 16, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
EE 21-30: Groundwork Indy: Tending Gardens, Nurturing Youth, 7/23/2021
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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A youth work program in Northwest Indianapolis helps to build personal and community resilience through garden and conservation work.

  • Added: Jul 22, 2021
  • Length: 54:01
A Crisis in the Desert
From: City High Radio
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Seventeen-year-old Paloma Martinez lives in Tucson, Arizona. She's heard that a global water crisis might be coming, and her mom thinks Tucson is g...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 14, 2019
  • Length: 13:49
  • Purchases: 3
Shaky Ground: Tilly, Child Hero
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Shaky Ground
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On December 26, 2004, Tilly Smith was on vacation in Thailand with her family. Thanks to her school lessons, Tilly helped save many lives by recogn...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Child Hero Martina
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Shaky Ground
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In the early morning hours of February 27, 2010, Martina Marturana felt a slight tremor that lasted a long time. The 12-year-old lived on Robinson...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:28
  • Purchases: 1
Don't Stop Believing
From: Tom & Debra Weistar
Series: Voices of the Future: Youth and Elders Speak Together
Caption: Andy Lipkis interview
Shona revisits a conversation she had at the age of 17 with Andy Lipkiss, founder of TreePeople, and discovers that his story has even more relevan...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2014
  • Length: 14:26
Reclaiming the Commons
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: The Alley Project, Detroit, Credit: Karpov the Wrecked Train
From pedestrian plazas to pop-up-parklets…cities are looking to create spaces for people to gather, interact and create. But are some people being...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
Good Seed Bad Seed
From: sarah parker
Series: Good Seed Bad Seed
Caption: Romero has worked with many international artists and organizations to bring awareness and knowledge about climate change, Credit: Project Protect, Native Children's Survival and Eagle Thunder Entertainment
Students from Roots and Wings Community School in Lama, NM interviewed World Recording Artist Robby Romero regarding his work and art in the strugg...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Oct 26, 2012
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Breaking Boundaries Together: Multi-Lingual Collaboration at South Philly High
From: On Blast
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In South Philadelphia High School, students are coming together across racial & language barriers. As the School Safety Collaborative, Philadelphia...

  • Added: May 15, 2012
  • Length: 05:14
South African Youth Speak Out On Climate Change - Full Podcast
From: michal rahfaldt
Series: COP16 Youth Voices from Africa
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Produced around the COP16 meeting in Mexico, the Children's Radio Foundation and Unicef's Unite 4 Climate initiative have produced a series of radi...

Bought by KUNM and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Dec 07, 2010
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Two Zambian girls talk about climate change
From: michal rahfaldt
Series: COP16 Youth Voices from Africa
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An interview of 17-year old Kapambwe Chanda who speaks with passion and intelligence about the importance of getting youth involved and interested ...

Bought by KZYX and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: 03:46
  • Purchases: 2
Zambian Youth on Climate Change - Full podcast
From: michal rahfaldt
Series: COP16 Youth Voices from Africa
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Zambian youth speak out about climate change: how it affects them, what they are doing about it, and what they hope to see the world's leaders do a...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Nov 22, 2010
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Civics and Conservation Summit
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Students attending the Alaska Youth for Environmental Action Civics and Conservation Summit discovered that being too young to vote doesn't leave y...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 1
Everybody's Green
From: Youth Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Youth Radio's Ahmina James is on a mission to make "being green" colorless.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Vocalo.org, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 02, 2009
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 4
Tables in the courtyard
From: Pulse of Portland Music Project
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"Why aren't there any lunch tables our school courtyard?"

  • Added: Mar 30, 2009
  • Length: 02:08
Erica Fernandez vs. BHP Billiton Petroleum
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Erica Fernandez, environmental activist who helped prevent a liquefied natural gas plant from being built near her hometown of Oxnard, Califonia., Credit: www.nbconference.org
We hear from 18-year-old Erica Fernandez. Winner of the 2007 Brower Youth Award, this fierce young woman took on the world’s largest mining compan...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Entrepreneurship
From: Littleglobe
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Students talk about Entrepreneurship at the 2008 Entrepreneurship Conference in Espanola, New Mexico.

  • Added: Aug 10, 2008
  • Length: 05:18