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Caption: e-Waste Recycling, Credit: e-Waste Workshop: http://ow.ly/ubLhu
Vast amounts of resources are being consumed due to the increasing demand for electrical products and devices. This has led to mining of the ocean ...

  • Added: Mar 03, 2014
  • Length: 05:10
Caption: Fishermen unload their catch of Spiny Dogfish (Squalus acanthias) Monterey Bay, California, Credit: Gerick Bergsma 2010 | Marine Photobank
Bloomberg Philanthropies recently announced its Vibrant Oceans Initiative, a $53 million, 5-year effort to boost fish populations in Brazil, the Ph...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2014
  • Length: 05:34
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The world ocean is a sick sea. The symptoms are no longer deniable as we become familiar with stories of reported spills, leaks, dying reefs, warmi...

Bought by WHCP-LP Cambridge


  • Added: Feb 17, 2014
  • Length: 05:20
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Joseph Mallord William Turner, Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On), 1840., Credit: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The ocean has served as a means of exchange for all manner of cargo: oil, chemicals, waste, arms, manufactured goods, raw materials, and human bein...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2014
  • Length: 05:06
Caption: Arranmore Lighthouse, County Donegal, Ireland, Credit: © John Rafferty Photography | Marine Photobank
In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill will discuss a number of small, local projects which apply management and sustainability conc...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2013
  • Length: 04:11
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This week's broadcast is the 250th edition of World Ocean Radio. We wish to thank all our listeners, broadcasters and partners in the United States...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2013
  • Length: 05:05
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The fresh water cycle is ever-changing and in increasing demand due to growing populations, changing weather patterns, industrialization and the pu...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2013
  • Length: 04:55
Caption: Free the Arctic 30, Credit: Greenpeace International
World Ocean Radio often touches upon "values," principles which guide our social, political, financial and communal interests. Value shifts such as...

  • Added: Nov 04, 2013
  • Length: 04:59
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The "silk road" of Marco Polo's 13th century journey to the East is being revived, as is its ocean parallel, the "maritime silk road" which is fast...

  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 05:11
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"Globalization" is a term embroidered in meaning and often misunderstood. Is globalization a modern phenomenon or a function of history? In this ep...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2013
  • Length: 04:55
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will assert that there is nothing to be gained from our short-term avoidance and denial of o...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2013
  • Length: 05:10
Caption: Gezhou Hydropower Dam, China's largest hydro-electric dam on the Yangtze River, Credit: CsanyiGroup | http://ow.ly/p8g8g
In the past decade, dams have been targeted as outdated, inefficient energy providers with serious impacts for the immediate and downstream environ...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2013
  • Length: 05:15
Caption: Image courtesy of NASA/SSAI, Credit: Hal Pierce
Today we live with the weather as never before. Access to weather information is all around us. The news is continuously driven not just by more s...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2013
  • Length: 05:05
Caption: India to Africa: Living in Hand-Me-Downs, Credit: Valerie Tarico | Awaypoint
Reduce, reuse, recycle. The words "reduce" and "recycle" are common in our modern society, but what does it mean to reuse? In this episode of World...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2013
  • Length: 05:12
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On a recent visit to Kauai host Peter Neill had some chance encounters that prompted this reflection of what it means to be connected to real, mean...

  • Added: Mar 18, 2013
  • Length: 05:42
Caption: Nemo, Nautilus and Squid. , Credit: Illustration by John Joyce © 2006
The sea has been a source of storytelling and real-time adventure tales since the beginning of narrative and most every culture has its archetypal ...

  • Added: Nov 12, 2012
  • Length: 06:18
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Commentary: Millions of Americans think it sporting to chase, maim and kill innocent animals.

  • Added: Sep 30, 2012
  • Length: 02:50
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Commentary: The great health hazards facing tobacco harvesters are being largely ignored.

  • Added: Sep 27, 2012
  • Length: 03:36

  • Added: Dec 02, 2011
  • Length: 08:44
Caption: Tom Vilsack, Credit: NPC
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack describes his hopes for his upcoming meeting in Europe with the other G20 agriculture ministers

  • Added: Jun 17, 2011
  • Length: 54:01
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MN is known for its expansive State Park system, but the northern half of the state really carries that load... Check out more in Aaron's blog ww...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2010
  • Length: 03:17
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If you're a MN tax payer, I hope you're proud...

  • Added: Jun 21, 2010
  • Length: 06:18
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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
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
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Proposal by PETA to replace cows' milk with mothers' milk makes Ian squirmy.

  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 02:07