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Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, interviews Nora Goldstein, Editor of Biocycle, the magazine devoted to composting, renewable energy and...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 13, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Anne Mosness -- an ocean and fisheries advocate, and family fisherwoman describes our fragile oceans and exposes the risks of both factory fish f...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Feb 13, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
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
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
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They say death, like taxes, is one of the few certain things in life. But the way that culture deals with death is not a static institution. In New...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2011
  • Length: 04:17
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William Powers discusses his life's journey, including time in Liberia and Bolivia, and a stay in a 12 x 12-foot cabin with no electricity or runni...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2010
  • Length: 25:14
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We hear about hip-hop and change in Cuban society, and what people on the ground are saying about new phases in the Cuban revolution.

  • Added: Sep 21, 2010
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: http://peopleswaterboard.blogspot.com/  , Credit: Detroit Peoples Water Board
In Detroit, the price of water is so high that for some, it’s out of reach. In response, citizens have come together to form the Detroit People’s ...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2010
  • Length: 09:03
Caption: http://michiganwro.blogspot.com, Credit:  Michigan Welfare Rights Organization
We go to Michigan, where from the city of Detroit, to the farmlands and countryside, citizens are battling to gain greater control over the bounty ...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2010
  • Length: 28:56
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Can mid-career professionals realistically switch to "green" careers? One certainly did.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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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
Caption: There is no mud, Credit: Muriel Murch
The global economy and global warming both bring changes to Northern California

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Feb 04, 2009
  • Length: 09:01
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Apr 28, 2008
  • Length: 30:44
  • Purchases: 1
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What's a good thing to sink your money into these days? Try bogs.

  • Added: Jan 27, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
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Creating socially conscious businesses in North Carolina

  • Added: Jun 22, 2007
  • Length: 04:48
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Solar power's been around for a long time, and while it's gotten some government support, it's never enjoyed the huge subsidies that fossil fuels h...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Dec 17, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Sustainability is influencing business school courses.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2006
  • Length: 04:03
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Why farmers should pay attention to renewable energy

  • Added: Jul 16, 2005
  • Length: 05:00
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Commentator Bill McKibben argues that thinking local makes sense both for people and the planet.

Bought by WSLR, KLCC, WUAL, WBST, WNKU and more


  • Added: Apr 11, 2005
  • Length: 03:04
  • Purchases: 12