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People Over Parking Lots
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
Caption: Half empty lot on Black Friday, Credit: Strong Towns
Fayetteville Arkansas and Buffalo NY stopped requiring off-street parking and found that walkable shopping districts boost local business. Its some...

Bought by KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], WFHB, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KRZA


  • Added: Feb 10, 2019
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 4
Suzanne Ewy — Resilience: Snapping forward, not back
From: Alan Wartes
Series: ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPlanet
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In this Episode of ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPlanet host Alan Wartes spoke with environmental attorney Suzanne Ewy.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Jan 17, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
2019-01-20 We're Doomed – Now What?
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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Can changing our consciousness hold off the climate apocalypse? When we think about the enormity of climate change and what it’s doing to our plane...

Bought by WJCT, WCQS, KZYX, WLPR , KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Jan 15, 2019
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 8
The Movement of the Ocean: Thoughts for a New Year
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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The ocean, in its constant motion, offers solace and support for the human spirit and provides an immersion in nature for renewal and regeneration....

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jan 04, 2019
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 1
Hearts in the Ice
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Citizen Scientists Hilde Fålun Strøm and Sunniva Sorby , Credit: Hearts in the Ice
This week on World Ocean Radio we introduce listeners to two women who are planning to embark on an unsupported exploration in the Arctic: 270 days...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 04, 2018
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 1
Catastrophes, Cooperatives, and Capital
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, something unexpected rose up out of the devastation in the Rockaways-- worker-owned businesses. Six years lat...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and KDNK


  • Added: Nov 15, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Mapping Caribbean Cultural Ecologies
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
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In 2018, Fresh Art International broadens engagement in the Caribbean, traveling to the Dominican Republic for Tilting Axis 4, the fourth annual me...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2018
  • Length: 50:04
Where Art Meets Sand and Social Behaviour
From: Cathy Byrd
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What does it mean to make art collectively? How does art speak to our shared destiny? Where does sand intersect with art and community? In the stu...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2018
  • Length: 49:51
Dennis O’Brien- Protecting Outer Space for Humanity
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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The 2018 International Astronomical Conference held in Bremen, Germany, during the first week of October, 2018, was attended by approximately 2000...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
C1 Fundraiser
From: Climate One
Caption: L-R: Bill Nye, Jane Goodall, Al Gore
Former Vice-President Al Gore, famed primatologist Jane Goodall, and TV scientist-turned-activist Bill Nye are three climate veterans who have lost...

Bought by KUSU and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 04, 2018
  • Length: 40:55
  • Purchases: 2
Climate Change or How to Defeat Medusa: A Conversation with Kathleen Dean Moore
From: John Shuck
Series: Progressive Spirit
Caption: Dr. Kathleen Dean Moore
Moral Philosopher and Environmental-Thought Leader, Kathleen Dean Moore, tells the hard, urgent truth about the state of Earth and calls out for mo...

Bought by WETS and KMXT


  • Added: Oct 02, 2018
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 2
LOVE AND BANANAS -- Lek Chailert, Ashley Bell, and John Michael McCarthy Interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Ashley Belle, John Michael McCarthy. and Lek Chailer, San Francisco, CA 5/25/18, Credit: Andrea Chase
Lek Chailert, Ashley Bell, and John Michael McCarthy talk choices, chirping, and how an elephant can be like a Prius.

  • Added: Aug 01, 2018
  • Length: 28:48
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
Food Sleuth Radio, Dave Chapman Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that “hydroponic” growing methods have been a controversial topic among organic farmers? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Di...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Apr 27, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Start of Escape
From: Zachary Eshleman
Caption: The sailboat "No Options" sails on the Gulf of Mexico, off of the coast of Mississippi. , Credit: Zachary S. Eshleman
It has always been my dream to live on a sailboat and travel the world. In this short audio piece, I invite the listener into the first step in the...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2018
  • Length: 05:03
Women Rising Radio: Guardians of the Amazon Rainforest
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Sápara indigenous leader, Gloria Hilda Ushigua Santi, speaks out against Ecuadorian government plans to drill for oil on their Amazonian territory., Credit: Amazon Watch
Gloria Ushigua and Aura Tegria, two legendary indigenous heroines of the Amazon rainforest, tell us about their activism to keep big oil and other ...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WXDU, and WRIR


  • Added: Mar 02, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Moral Revolution: Tom Shadyac Part 2 #202 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Hollywood director Tom Shadyac traded a mansion and private jets for a mobile home and a bicycle. He had found the traditional trappings of success...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Indie3 Radio, and KTRL


  • Added: Dec 05, 2017
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 3
A Not So Big Life: Sarah Susanka #117 (Encore)
From: Citizen-Powered Media
Series: Conversation Earth
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Architect Sarah Susanka observed that houses in the U.S. were getting larger – but some rooms were seldom occupied, and often not even furnished. S...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, Indie3 Radio, KRZA, and KTRL


  • Added: Nov 14, 2017
  • Length: 28:42
  • Purchases: 4
Eating local, eating well--chatting with food writer & cookbook author Beth Dooley
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
Caption: Beth Dooley
Beth Dooley is a Twin Cities food writer and cookbook author who loves to focus on local food. She joined WTIP's CJ Heithoff recently to talk about...

  • Added: Oct 24, 2017
  • Length: 15:23
2017-10-01 Happening with James Redford
From: Climate One
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Fossil fuels are in favor again in Washington. New opportunities are opening to mine coal and drill for oil despite the fact that the costs for fos...

Bought by NPR Now


  • Added: Sep 28, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
2017-08-13 A Conversation with Jane Goodall
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
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For much of her nearly six-decade-long career, Dr. Jane Goodall has worked to raise awareness about the importance of protecting our planet. The Ja...

Bought by KQUA, KUHF, KWIT, WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCQS and more


  • Added: Aug 09, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
Working Together
From: Stephen Baker
Series: Water is a Many Splendor'ed Thing
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Water is a pretty basic resource that is essential in our lives. So when it begins to disappear or diminish in quality, our daily routine can chang...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2017
  • Length: 07:05
Build it and Then What?
From: Stephen Baker
Series: Water is a Many Splendor'ed Thing
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He saw it coming. John thought that water would not be an issue but the County and State of Washington had not quite worked out how groundwater tha...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2017
  • Length: 05:58
Financing Land Without Water
From: Stephen Baker
Series: Water is a Many Splendor'ed Thing
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Most of us have lived our lives knowing that if we want a glass of water, we simply turn on the tap and out comes that delicious liquid. But in tod...

  • Added: Jul 29, 2017
  • Length: 06:58
2017-07-02 Youth in the Streets and in the Courts
From: Climate One
Series: Climate One
Caption: Corina McWilliams, Co-director, Earth Guardians 350 Club, South Eugene High School
As Buffalo Springfield sang in 1967, “There’s something happening here…” But today’s youth revolution is happening far beyond the Sunset Strip. The...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, KWIT, KUHF, KWMR, and NPR Now


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 5