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While many countries are at work analyzing the challenges for conservation and management, international and national governance of ocean issues ha...
- Added: May 07, 2012
- Length: 06:15
Nobuo Tanaka sees diverse energy sources--including nuclear--as the key to Asia's future and Arthur Huang is the inventor of "POLLI-bricks." This p...
- Added: May 03, 2012
- Length: 18:10
Nobuo Tanaka sees alternative energy sources-including nuclear-as the key to Asia's future and Arthur Huang is the inventor of "polli-bricks." This...
- Added: May 03, 2012
- Length: 13:20
Today, one of the most startling manifestations of waste is the vast accumulation of petroleum-plastic thought to be no longer useful enough to eve...
- Added: Apr 23, 2012
- Length: 05:39
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will suggest that we must begin thinking like an island--wherein communities of individuals ...
- Added: Apr 16, 2012
- Length: 06:29
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss outcomes and solutions from the World Water Forum which took place in Marseille...
- Added: Apr 10, 2012
- Length: 06:16
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss these places of development, industry, and manufacturing and will argue that we...
- Added: Mar 26, 2012
- Length: 06:18
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss the invisible impacts of our actions, will argue against the exploitation of Na...
- Added: Feb 06, 2012
- Length: 05:13
We at the World Ocean Observatory use the belief "The Sea Connects All Things" as the basis for our work to inform citizens and unite to sustain th...
- Added: Jan 30, 2012
- Length: 05:09
Carnegie Council's Evan O'Neil ponders the future of mega-cities, and leading Chinese environmentalist Ma Jun discusses China's air and water crisi...
- Added: Jan 18, 2012
- Length: 23:23
With the 17th annual global climate change talks foundering in Durban, little hope is left for a worldwide initiative designed to combat global war...
- Added: Dec 21, 2011
- Length: 02:00
This week marks the 150th episode of World Ocean Radio. In honor of this anniversary, we've chosen to re-broadcast our very first World Ocean Radio...
- Added: Dec 13, 2011
- Length: 04:27
According to NASA, over 135 million pieces of man-made metal debris orbit the Earth. While the space race may be over, someone's got to do the clea...
- Added: Oct 11, 2011
- Length: 02:00
China today is the most polluted nation on earth. But it’s also on its way to becoming the most environmentally advanced. And it’s no coincidence. ...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KUOW
- Added: Oct 10, 2011
- Length: 55:02
- Purchases: 2
In this edition of Radio Curious, we have a travel report from Christina Aanestad the Associate Producer who recently returned from a 6 week explo...
- Added: Aug 30, 2011
- Length: 29:00
A report by leading international scientists concludes that human activities are causing a much more rapid deterioration of the ocean than previous...
- Added: Jul 05, 2011
- Length: 02:00
In this program we hear about the challenges of growing the fair trade movement from the founder of a leading fair trade certification organization...
Bought by KZYX, WBEZ, KXOT Public Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jun 27, 2011
- Length: 55:02
- Purchases: 4
The gargantuan Three Gorges Dam over the Yangtze River in China is the largest hydroelectric project in the world and is a poster child for China's...
- Added: Jun 22, 2011
- Length: 02:00
Glaciers around the world are melting at an unprecedented rate and glacier shrinkage is evidence of climate change. Paleoclimatologist Lonnie Thomp...
- Added: Jun 04, 2011
- Length: 30:02
The tragic environmental and nuclear catastrophe in Japan is not the only example of world leaders ignoring obvious perils. The catastrophic effec...
- Added: Mar 29, 2011
- Length: 02:01
A little-known crisis is brewing: by seizing Tibet, China has gained control of the headwaters of rivers serving the water needs of almost half...
- Added: Feb 01, 2011
- Length: 02:00
The Copenhagen climate summit saw fierce jockeying for advantage among the great powers but few tangible results.
- Added: Mar 02, 2010
- Length: 55:03
While some have predicted that "water will be the next oil" as the resource that countries will start wars over, the fact is that over centuries no...
Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI and KSFR
- Added: Sep 28, 2009
- Length: 29:03
- Purchases: 2
Less than one percent of the earth's water is consumable, and many parts of the world may be heading toward water bankruptcy. Should private owners...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Sep 11, 2009
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
We enter a slippery ethical slope when we begin to make distinctions between victims. When can an individual's rights be set aside?
- Added: Aug 21, 2009
- Length: 01:30
