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Warnings Ignored at the World's Peril
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
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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
Humankind: Passengers (Hour One)
From: Humankind
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With transportation jobs on the line, this sound-rich series (two one-hour documentaries) examines how our personal transportation choices - privat...

Bought by KVSC, WCPN, WBEZ, Iowa Public Radio, KUT and more


  • Added: Mar 25, 2011
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 9
The Life and Work of Dr. Calvin Fremling
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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Today on Don't Cha Know - A tribute and recognition to the life's work of Dr. Calvin Fremling. One of the foremost authorities on the endangered en...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 16:03
Christoph Lueneburger on Sustainable Practices
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Forum: Advocates for Ethics in Business
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Christoph Lueneburger is the leader of the sustainability practice and the U.S. private equity practice at Egon Zehnder International, a human capi...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio


  • Added: Mar 03, 2011
  • Length: 24:42
  • Purchases: 1
Silent Spring - Again
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
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Rachel Carson would not be happy to see how pervasive the endocrine disrupter BPA has become, and the deleterious effects it is having on our health.

  • Added: Mar 02, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
No ‘Fracking’ Way: The Perils of Natural Gas Drilling (ENCORE)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We’ll hear excerpts from the Oscar-nominated movie Gasland, including stories from residents who say their drinking water catches on fire—one of th...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 02, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Colette Lespinasse on Haiti
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Forum: Advocates for Ethics in Business
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Colette Lespinasse discusses pre-existing governance and human rights issues in disaster-stricken Haiti. She addresses the recent earthquake and ch...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2011
  • Length: 27:57
Dr. Sandra Steingraber - Living Downstream - Part Two
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents a two part interview with Dr. Sandra Steingraber author of Living Downstream: An Ecologist's Personal Investigation o...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2011
  • Length: 28:44
Dr. Sandra Steingraber - Living Downstream - Part One
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents a two part interview with Dr. Sandra Steingraber author of Living Downstream: An Ecologist's Personal Investigation o...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2011
  • Length: 28:36
Oil on the Bayou - After the Spill
From: Julia Botero
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After the explosion on BP's Deepwater Horizon Rig killed 11 workers in April 2010, oil began spewing into the Gulf of Mexico from the damaged well,...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Tibet: The Key to Asia's Rivers
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
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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 Heating Oceans
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
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Scientists have discovered that deep ocean waters near Antarctica have been heating up. Learn about the consequences now and for the future.

  • Added: Jan 06, 2011
  • Length: 01:59
The Coral Canary
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
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Coral reefs are the "canary in the coal mine" for the oceans, and they are not doing well.

  • Added: Dec 13, 2010
  • Length: 01:59
Geoengineering
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Green Ethics
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Global warming makes it impossible to limit environmentalism to one country. Should geoengineering be regulated multilaterally before rogue countri...

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  • Added: Nov 15, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Deepwater Drilling and Fossil Fuels
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Green Ethics
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Offshore oil spills have devastating consequences, yet storm-drain runoff from leaky cars and gas stations can be just as bad. Do the risks of deep...

Bought by WRFA-LP and WEKU


  • Added: Nov 15, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 2
Fractured Bedrock, Fractured Communities
From: A World of Possibilities
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In this program recorded on site in northeastern Pennsylvania, we follow the Marcellus Shale trail and find the fracturing of the bedrock under thi...

Bought by WSKG and WRPI


  • Added: Nov 09, 2010
  • Length: 55:30
  • Purchases: 2
Action Speaks! - What's Eating Us?:1987 The Roaming Mobro Trash Barge
From: Action Speaks Radio
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In 1987, a barge filled with New York City garbage was dragged up and down the East Coast and into Mexican and Caribbean waters. Our panelists use ...

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  • Added: Nov 09, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 8
Winona LaDuke
From: American Public Media
Series: The Promised Land
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Winona LaDuke has spent decades working on issues of renewable energy, health, and environmental justice on northern Minnesota's White Earth Reserv...

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  • Added: Nov 09, 2010
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 22
The Lungs of the Earth in Peril
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
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As the rainforest is being depleted, two new areas of concern arise.

  • Added: Oct 30, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
John Francis
From: American Public Media
Series: The Promised Land
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John Francis spent two decades walking across North and South America, spreading a silent message of respect for the earth. He takes host Majora Ca...

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  • Added: Oct 28, 2010
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 11
Brenda Palms Barber
From: American Public Media
Series: The Promised Land
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Brenda Palms Barber is driven by a certainty that "people deserve second chances and you can choose to turn your life around." Brenda started a tra...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Vermont Public, WRVO Public Media, The Public's Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 25, 2010
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Polar Ice Sheets are Melting
From: Judy Lubow
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Stand-alone segment of Planet Warning Series. With the earth heating up with global warming, the polar ice sheets are melting. But nobody knows ho...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
The Sustainability of Cities
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Green Ethics
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Half the world now lives in cities, and they are growing. Are megacities an opportunity or a threat?

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Sep 28, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Enjoying, Managing, or Restoring Trout
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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Should national parks introduce non-native species for recreational purposes, or focus on preserving the parks' natural state?

  • Added: Sep 28, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
Audrey and Frank Peterman
From: American Public Media
Series: The Promised Land
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If Frank and Audrey Peterman have their way, many more of their fellow black Americans will visit our national parks. They take host Majora Carter ...

Bought by KALW, High Plains Public Radio, Northwest Public Broadcasting, KUER, Northeast Indiana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 24, 2010
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 25

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