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"Citizen Science" is a relatively new term used to describe non-specialist research carried out by pioneering teams of private individuals, foundat...
- Added: Sep 03, 2013
- Length: 05:04
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will share his practice of carrying blue marbles with him wherever he goes, gifting them to ...
- Added: Aug 19, 2013
- Length: 05:06
With the climate crisis staring us right in the face, the need to transform our daily routines has become increasingly apparent. A part of the solu...
- Added: May 29, 2013
- Length: 29:59
There are no crystal balls. No one really knows the direction technology is going to take us. But, there are always those best guesses.
- Added: Jan 08, 2013
- Length: 28:55
- Purchases: 2
Author Steve Almond is an astute observer of American topics as disparate as candy, rock & roll and politics. This week on Sea Change Radio, in the...
- Added: Oct 09, 2012
- Length: 29:56
Aside from some aesthetic advances and rudimentary low-flow innovations, the modern flush toilet basically has not evolved since its prototype firs...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Sep 27, 2012
- Length: 28:01
- Purchases: 1
If you sit at the edge of Pacific or Atlantic Ocean and watch as waves ferociously slap the sands, you can’t help but recognize the awesome power o...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Jul 10, 2012
- Length: 30:01
- Purchases: 1
Battery operated cars. No longer the exclusive domain of little kids huddled around a remote control, electric vehicles are beginning to emerge as ...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Jan 25, 2012
- Length: 29:59
- Purchases: 1
Reports of the health of our planet appear dim. Our conditions are becoming worse as hunger increases, and the variety of species disappear. Autho...
Bought by WEZU
- Added: Dec 19, 2011
- Length: 28:57
- Purchases: 1
We often hear about vertical economic growth and vertical integration in business but the idea of growing our food vertically sounds fantastical.
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- Added: Nov 22, 2011
- Length: 30:00
Remember when Lex Luthor designed a weather-controlling machine? Superman, of course, foiled his sinister plans…or did he? Using technology to cont...
- Added: Nov 16, 2011
- Length: 30:00
Last on Sea Change Radio, we heard from renowned energy expert Vaclav Smil, as he spoke about his book, Energy Transitions, the future of electric ...
- Added: Apr 08, 2011
- Length: 30:00
"Losing Sacred Ground" is a three-part documentary series that tells the stories of indigenous people resisting the destruction of their culture an...
- Added: Sep 03, 2010
- Length: 05:00
Clearwater uses a mix of biodiesel in the motor
- Added: May 19, 2009
- Length: 01:45
Lars Klüver of the Danish Board of Technology talks about the World Wide Views on Global Warming project he directs that will gather opinions of ev...
- Added: Apr 08, 2009
- Length: 29:30
BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Mar 11, 2009
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Jan 16, 2009
- Length: 13:01
- Purchases: 1
One architecture professor is giving trailer parks a good name. Michael Berk of Mississippi State University has developed award-winning mobile hom...
Bought by KOSU
- Added: Oct 29, 2008
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Cheetahs are fast, but time is catching up with them. Their numbers are dwindling due to a small gene pool that makes these graceful Big Cats vulne...
- Added: Apr 30, 2008
- Length: 01:32
Now you can whip up a meal while you work on your tan. And that's with free, non-polluting, energy from the sun.
- Added: Nov 12, 2007
- Length: 01:18
- Purchases: 2
The Canadian Defense Department recently tested a robotic submarine that detects the presence of whales and transmits a warning to stay out of thei...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Oct 29, 2007
- Length: 01:27
- Purchases: 1
Is "cogeneration" the new way for powering your house and home?
- Added: Sep 21, 2007
- Length: 06:40
The forested wetlands of Louisiana have inspired Hollywood movie scenes ever since the 'talkies.' But the Cypress swamps and floating marshes of Ba...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Aug 27, 2007
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 1
So, what's so great about fossil fuels, anyway? Well the truth is, they burn easily, so they're handy for powering internal combustion engines or e...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Aug 27, 2007
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Over South Africa, the Bateleurs combine love of flying with a passion for nature...
- Added: Apr 16, 2007
- Length: 01:32
