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Caption: Richard Heinberg
We’ve spoken to Richard Heinberg in the past about several problems inherent to our carbon-based economy, from peak oil, to coal to what he has dub...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 16, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Geothermal plants and onion fields., Credit: Lisa Morehouse
Will renewable energy save the county with one of the nation's highest unemployment rates?

Bought by KWMR, KUOW, and Radio Newark


  • Added: Jul 08, 2013
  • Length: 07:34
  • Purchases: 3

  • Added: Jul 08, 2013
  • Length: 07:51
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Grape harvest, Navarro Vineyards., Credit: Lisa Morehouse
Residents worry Boonville's ideal climate for wine grapes will turn their town into wine-tourism Disneyland.

Bought by KWMR, Rhythm & News Service, and Radio Newark


  • Added: Jul 08, 2013
  • Length: 06:45
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Fenwood Ranch, Credit: Minnie Sagar
This feature looks at the greening of Prather Ranch, a sustainable cattle hay and farming operation in Northern California. Through a partnership ...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2013
  • Length: 10:25
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The explosive growth of online communities for sharing, swapping, trading and lending is reinventing the way that we consume and build relationship...

  • Added: Jun 12, 2013
  • Length: 42:10
Caption: Judith D. Swartz
In her new book, author and journalist Judith D. Swartz reveals that our ability to transform many of our problems – climate change, desertificatio...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Allen White
Consumers are becoming more eco-conscious and little by little, investors are too. A company that shows regular profits might look like a sound inv...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 05, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Judy Wicks
Judy Wicks founded the White dog Café on the first floor of her house in West Philadelphia. After helping to save her block from demolition, Judy g...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 04, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Dr. Katherine Loflin joined WTIP's Ann Possis recently to talk about her work in "placemaking". She advises elected officials, planners, businesspe...

  • Added: May 21, 2013
  • Length: 16:11
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We often take safe food for granted until a foodborne illness outbreak makes national news, or affects us personally. Join Food Sleuth Radio host a...

  • Added: May 19, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
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WTIP's Ann Possis spoke May 3 with Erin Stojan Ruccolo of Fresh Energy, and Amanda Bilek of the Great Plains Institute, about the outlook for renew...

  • Added: May 07, 2013
  • Length: 19:37
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will provide multiple references to opinions and data relative to water rights, disputes, fi...

  • Added: May 02, 2013
  • Length: 06:49
Caption: Brooke Tanner releases a healed saw-whet owl., Credit: Wild Skies Raptor Center
Brooke Tanner and Ken Wolff are different from one another. One's a young woman trying to start a huge project, the other's at the end of a long ca...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2013
  • Length: 03:08
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WTIP's Buck Benson chatted recently with Linden Wolbert, who quit her full-time job a few years back to be a professional mermaid. With skills in f...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2013
  • Length: 18:18
Caption: Frances Moore Lappe
Author Frances Moore Lappe describes herself as a “possibilist” rather than an optimist or pessimist. In her recent book, she argues that solutions...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Apr 15, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Co-founder of the Local Food Lab Krysia Zajonc makes her case for the crucial role of business within the sustainable food movement. She also talk...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2013
  • Length: 19:43
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Recently, the Global Environmental Facility and the United Nations Development Program combined their talents and experience to address ocean solut...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2013
  • Length: 05:21
Caption: Josh Goldman
Making responsible choices as a seafood consumer has never been more complicated. An average fish-eater might be aware that tuna is high in mercury...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
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Gas prices in California are always a big problem. And this year, the average price per gallon is set to hit four dollars – the highest average eve...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 05:10
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Two tech professionals and apple “fanboys” describe their relationship with the products from the United States’ most profitable corporation. They ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 03, 2013
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Michael Washburn, Vice President of Sustainability for Nestle Waters
What is "Recycling Reinvented"? Nestle Waters' VP of Sustainability Michael Washburn explains this innovative, ambitious, cross-industry initiative...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2013
  • Length: 26:04
Caption: Kathy Loftus, Global Leader of Sustainable Engineering and Energy Management, Whole Foods Markets
Listen to Kathy Loftus, Global Leader of Sustainability and Energy Efficiency talk to host Joan Michelson about the realities of running Whole Food...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2013
  • Length: 22:33
Caption: Joan Michelson (l) of Green Connections Radio and Jaime Carlson (r) of the US Dept of Energy
Curious about how the Dept of Energy is spending your money? Where did all those billions in Recovery Act money go? What financial incentives are t...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2012
  • Length: 21:26
Caption: Susan Fallon, VP of Government Solutions at Monster.com
Monster.com's VP Susan Fallon talks to host Joan Michelson about the job market in the green economy and how to rise above the pack.

  • Added: Dec 29, 2012
  • Length: 10:03