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Defending Beef

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Livestock, especially cattle, are Public Enemy Number One. That’s been the perceived wisdom for decades. It’s thought that cattle erode soils, poll...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Nov 19, 2014
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

Minnesota & Wisconsin Sea Grant programs' research protects harbor infrastructure

From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse

Jeff Gunderson, director of Minnesota Sea Grant, spoke with WTIP's Randy Eastlund recently about work they did with Wisconsin Sea Grant to identify...

Added: Oct 01, 2014
Length: 12:01

Whiz, Bang, Cool

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

The recycling economy of southern Maine

Added: Aug 19, 2014
Length: 07:07

Explosion Green

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

When David Gottfried come up an idea for green environmental building 20-years ago, he ran into a number of hurdles. The building industry had been...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Jun 24, 2014
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

Project launched to help tourism industry respond to climate change on North Shore

From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse

Mae Davenport, associate professor in the department of forest resources at the U of MN, has just received a grant to help North Shore community le...

Bought by KSRQ

Added: May 13, 2014
Length: 17:50
Purchases: 1

Sharing and Growing - The Collaborative Consumption Movement

From: Nancy Lin

The explosive growth of online communities for sharing, swapping, trading and lending is reinventing the way that we consume and build relationship...

Added: Jun 12, 2013
Length: 42:10

Cows Save the Planet

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

In her new book, author and journalist Judith D. Swartz reveals that our ability to transform many of our problems – climate change, desertificatio...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Jun 11, 2013
Length: 28:58
Purchases: 1

Katherine Loflin, the "City Doctor," on what attaches people to a place, and why it matters

From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse

Dr. Katherine Loflin joined WTIP's Ann Possis recently to talk about her work in "placemaking". She advises elected officials, planners, businesspe...

Added: May 21, 2013
Length: 16:11

Building a sustainable future through business

From: Generation Anthropocene
Series: Generation Anthropocene

Andy Hoffman, a Professor at the University of Michigan business school, shares examples of the integration of environmental issues into corporate ...

Added: Nov 09, 2012
Length: 27:45

Farming Underwater: Steve Mello’s Story

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Farmer Steve Mello has put down roots in “The Delta” in central California. But climate change is threatening the levees which protect Delta farms....

Added: May 04, 2012
Length: 29:01

The luxury of living in a tiny house

From: KALW

Caption: Jay Shafer, owner of the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company, in front of one of his homes.

From a young age, many of us dream of the houses we’ll own. But those dreams don’t get into the reality of how much houses cost. These days, buying...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUOW

Added: Oct 31, 2011
Length: 08:00
Purchases: 2

Mindy S. Lubber on Working with Companies to Address Sustainability Challenges

From: Carnegie Council
Series: Just Business

Even though U.S. public policies are often lagging behind, pressures from shareholders and investors, greater transparency, and heightened risk awa...

Added: Jul 11, 2011
Length: 29:42

Radical Idea: Grow your own farm-fresh wardrobe

From: KALW

Caption: Rebecca Burgess has pledged to wear clothes made completely within 150 miles from her home

Few of us know exactly what goes into making our clothes – the chemicals, fibers, and dyes. But one Bay Area woman is determined to take localism t...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUOW

Added: Jun 08, 2011
Length: 06:37
Purchases: 2

Christoph Lueneburger on Leading Sustainable Practice

From: Carnegie Council

Julia Kennedy interviews Christoph Lueneburger on sustainable practices.

Added: Dec 01, 2010
Length: 24:31

Ian Yolles on RecycleBank

From: Carnegie Council
Series: Green Ethics

As an executive at RecycleBank, Ian Yolles is familiar with incentives and sustainability. The company's business mission is to entice consumers to...

Bought by KVSC

Added: Dec 01, 2010
Length: 30:22
Purchases: 1

Hot Summer, Broken Air Conditioner

From: Rene Gutel

Caption: Russ Wichterman, an air conditioner service technician in Gilbert, Arizona on the rounds., Credit: Rene Gutel

It's 115 degrees and your air conditioner is busted. Who do you call?

Bought by KVMR and KUOW

Added: Jul 29, 2009
Length: 03:30
Purchases: 2

A Fresh Catch

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

In recent decades, it’s gotten harder and harder for small fishermen and women to earn a living from the sea.

Added: Jun 22, 2009
Length: 06:35

The Emerging Green Economy

From: KLCC

The story explores emerging "green" businesses in Oregon.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio

Added: Jan 05, 2009
Length: 06:59
Purchases: 1

Dirty Plastic Bags

From: Conrad Wilson

Reusable plastic bags aren't as green as you think

Bought by WABE, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KUOW, KDNK, and KRUA

Added: Oct 23, 2008
Length: 04:14
Purchases: 5

Solar Backpacks

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Today, you can recharge many gadgets with solar power.

Added: Jan 12, 2007
Length: 01:30

Wind Power's Explosive Growth

From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Wind is the world's fastest-growing energy source, with an average annual growth rate of 29 percent over the last 10 years. Wind-driven turbines co...

Bought by KMXT