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Does the Internet Have A Carbon Footprint?
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Server farms drive the Internet -- and global warming. How do we clean them up?

Bought by WABE, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, and KGOU


  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 5
Brazil: From Sugar Cane to Chevrolets
From: The Stanley Foundation
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Keith Porter examines Brazil's ethanol industry.

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: 08:36
  • Purchases: 1
Bike to Work!
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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How hard is it to trade in four wheels for two?

Bought by WRVO Public Media and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Jun 18, 2008
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 2
Cement's Dirty Secret
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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What's coming out of that local cement plant?

Bought by KGOU


  • Added: Jun 18, 2008
  • Length: 05:05
  • Purchases: 1
Buzzing home to Bolinas
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
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Fetching bees from a bee farm

  • Added: May 05, 2008
  • Length: 08:44
This Week In Texas Music History: Erbie Bowser
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the first week of May (5/5): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman traces the journey one musician made from the oil fields of West Texas, to the b...

Bought by The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: May 01, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
This Week In Texas Music History: Willie Nelson
From: KUT
Series: This Week in Texas Music History
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For the last week of April (4/28): Texas music scholar Gary Hartman tells the tale of a country music legend who began his career playing German an...

Bought by KCSM and The Texan Radio Network


  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Sage Grouse Strut
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Noise from energy development may threaten Sage Grouse mating

  • Added: Apr 28, 2008
  • Length: 05:12
Turning Forests into Trails, for a buck
From: Ethan Lindsey
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A pair of friends sees money in trailbuilding

  • Added: Apr 20, 2008
  • Length: 03:54
Getting Full For Free: Dumpster Diving in the D
From: Zak Rosen
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Detroiter Jean Wilson takes us to one of her favorite organic markets. Well, actually, to a dumpster behind the market .

Bought by PRX Remix, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, EconomyBeat Podcast, and KRUA


  • Added: Apr 11, 2008
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 4
Encounters:Radio Experiences in the North
From: Encounters: Radio Experiences in the North
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A fun show about things in the wild up north

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Apr 01, 2008
  • Length: 35:02
  • Purchases: 1
CalEarth
From: Eric Molinsky
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Meet the house that beats an earthquake, stays cool without air conditioning, doesn't harm a single tree and costs less than a used car.

Bought by WMPG, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, PRX Remix, American Voices, PRX to iTunes and more


  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 08:42
  • Purchases: 7
Designer Biofuels
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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How do you make fuel from plants?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 2
It's Not Easy Going Green
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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It's one thing for a city to set environmental goals -- another thing entirely to meet them.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 04:54
Stamping Out the Light Brown Apple Moth
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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How should we be of the light brown apple moth?

  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 05:15
Sewage Happens
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Think your city has a sewage problem? You haven't seen the half ot it.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 05:04
  • Purchases: 1
Saving The Sierra
From: Catherine Stifter
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3 stories of rural America where unlikely allies have found common ground in dealing with urban development pressures

Bought by KUT-HD, KXOT Public Radio, WCBU, WVIK, KUER and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2008
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
"Lady Bird Johnson: Legacy of a First Lady" Module #8: Wildflower Center
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: "Lady Bird Johnson: Legacy of a First Lady" Modules
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For Women's History Month, eighth of eight short profiles in her own words.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 07, 2008
  • Length: 06:25
  • Purchases: 1
A California Story: Redwood Trees vs Solar Panels
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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When it comes to solar planels, is tree planting a crime?

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Mar 03, 2008
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
Do Carbon Offsets Work?
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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How can you tell if a carbon offset is just hype?

  • Added: Mar 03, 2008
  • Length: 05:02
The Bicycle Builder
From: peter smith
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A handmade bicycle builder talks about his trade

  • Added: Feb 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:09
Alaska's Trumpets of Doom
From: John Ryan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The science behind the songs of Alaska's humpback whales

  • Added: Feb 13, 2008
  • Length: 04:25
Alaskan eagles rip it up (audio postcard)
From: John Ryan
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Bald eagles, humans throng to a wild Alaskan river

  • Added: Feb 06, 2008
  • Length: 03:00
Dumped Tires Land on Doorsteps
From: Zak Rosen
Caption: The finished product
Re-purposing dumped tires combats poverty, vacant lots, and environmental degredation

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Feb 05, 2008
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 2
The Only Reason You and I Are Here
From: Julie Shapiro
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Here's a non-narrated tour through a dozen of Chicago's parks at the height of summer, when the ice cream trucks can barely keep up with demand.

Bought by PRX Remix and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jan 28, 2008
  • Length: 16:56
  • Purchases: 2

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