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GN_7.37 The Path to Solar
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 7
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The Dutch are building solar-powered roads in the form of bike paths to generate electricity for local use.

  • Added: Oct 04, 2021
  • Length: 02:39
GN_7.36 Cash for Trash in Lithuania
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 7
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The small country of Lithuania is leading the way in recycling with its wildly successful “deposit refund scheme,” which has resulted in a whopping...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Aug 30, 2021
  • Length: 02:38
  • Purchases: 1
GN_7.35 The Edible Solution
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 7
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Food insecurity plagues much of the developing world. Tasmanian agriculture scientist Bruce French is intending to change this tragedy by catalogin...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2021
  • Length: 02:34
GN_7.34 Corrosive Coal to Beautiful Bee
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 7
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As the coal industry in West Virginia declides, a nonprofit is offering displaced workers an environmentally friendly industry instead—beekeeping.

  • Added: Aug 30, 2021
  • Length: 02:38
GN_7.33 Pedal Power
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 7
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What if your bicycle could help power your neighborhood? That's the idea behind S-Park, a system that uses kinetic energy harnessed from bicycles t...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2021
  • Length: 02:28
GN_7.30_3D Printed Home
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 7
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An Austin-based construction technologies company on a mission to make safe, affordable housing using 3D printer technology.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jun 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 1
GN_7.29_Sending Plastic Back
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 7
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To counter the environmental impact of plastic food wrappers, an Indian school created a way for food manufacturers to find a solution.

  • Added: Jun 29, 2021
  • Length: 02:36
GN_7.26_Crop Swap L.A.
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 7
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Planting and harvesting fresh food in a Los Angeles back yard grows a successful local food exchange.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2021
  • Length: 02:32
GN_7.25_Magic Mushroom Material
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 7
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In the search for more sustainable construction materials, a California artist is making bricks out of fungus, and they are stronger than concrete.

  • Added: Apr 04, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
GN_7.24_Salt Water Sanitation
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 7
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Researchers from Saudi Arabia’s set out to solve the dilemma of conserving the Earth's scarce resource—freshwater—by developing a salt water toilet.

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Mar 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:41
  • Purchases: 1
GN_7.23_Plastic Pick Up Solar Barges
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 7
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Amazing solar powered, river propelled trash collecting barges.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:38
GN_7.22_Patagonia Upcycled
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 7
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Patagonia is working to keep their products out of landfills by partnering with their customers to upcycle old clothes into new ones.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2021
  • Length: 02:43
GN_6.24_ANEW
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 6
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Moving gently used furnishings and equipment from companies that are downsizing or moving, and repurposing them to those in need.

  • Added: Mar 11, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
469-Flying Couch
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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My birthday present from outer space was the opportunity to use the Catalina Sky Survey's 60 inch telescope on Mt. Lemmon, Az to discover a tiny ...

Bought by KENW, KRWG, WTIP, KSFR, KKRN and more


  • Added: Jun 14, 2018
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 6
397-Spotting Meteors
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Meteors, shooting stars, or falling stars are different names for the streaks of light in the night sky which are in reality the dying embers of t...

Bought by KENW, WTIP, WLPR , KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KUPR low power FM and more


  • Added: Oct 05, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
390-One in 100,000
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Additional observations over the years have eliminated the possibility that Apophis will strike the Earth as it streaks by closer than the communic...

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, KSFR, KRWG, WLPR and more


  • Added: Sep 07, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
378-Moon Express
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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The Moon is a destination for human explorers.

Bought by KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WVTF, KKRN, WTIP, KRWG and more


  • Added: Jul 27, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9
288-Coming Out Of Monsoon
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Watching the night sky for you.

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, Radio Newark, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana and more


  • Added: Sep 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 9