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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 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
Faculty Insight - a partnership with Harvard Extension School - on ThoughtCast!
From: Jenny Attiyeh
Caption: North Atlantic Right Whale, Credit: US Marine Mammal Commission
This ThoughtCast hour introduces Faculty Insight, a partnership with Harvard Extension School, in addition to a series of interviews on endangered ...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Nov 17, 2010
  • Length: 59:59
  • Purchases: 1
Greenwashing and Consumerism: Why Walmart Doesn't Care
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
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Can environmentalism, cultural theory and marketing work together? Is Walmart green beyond the bills in the cash registers? Producer Isaac Woodbury...

Bought by PRX Remix, New Hampshire Public Radio, and WMPG


  • Added: Nov 15, 2010
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 3
The World Bank's Fossil Fuel Addiction
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Although the World Bank wants to be thought of as green, figures reveal that the Bank is flooding the third world with fossil fuel energy projects.

  • Added: Nov 11, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
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
The Polar Ice Sheets are Melting
From: Judy Lubow
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
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
The Sound of Change: Hip Hop in Cuba
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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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
Water shortages are expected in this century
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
Caption: PRX default Piece image
As worldwide population increases and the world gets hotter, water shortages are expected worldwide, including in the US.

  • Added: Sep 20, 2010
  • Length: 01:59
From the National Press Club: Reverend David Bechmann
From: National Press Club
Caption: David Bechmann, Credit: NPC
Reverend David Bechmann, president of Bread for the World, speaks at the National Press Club about the problem of global hunger

  • Added: Sep 17, 2010
  • Length: 54:01
Whose Water? The Struggle for Public Ownership of Freshwater
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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
These Buildings Have Feelings
From: Hannah Krakauer
Caption: Bellingham Granary, Credit: Washington Trust for Historic Preservation
An in-depth exploration of the waterfront development in Bellingham, WA.

  • Added: May 27, 2010
  • Length: 27:46
Dolna Smithback "Global Youth Leadership Institute"
From: Littleglobe
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Youth Producer Dolna Smithback spent a week with the Global Youth Leadership Institute documenting year one of the program, "aboard the Amsted scho...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2010
  • Length: 05:50
Humankind: The Green Economy
From: Humankind
Caption: VAN JONES, founder of Green for All, Credit: Courtesy Richard Hume, Experience Life magazine
Environmental visionary Van Jones, former White House special adviser for green jobs, is featured

Bought by Vermont Public, KBBI Alaska, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KWIT, Marfa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 12
Dr. Joanna Macy: Gifts of Uncertainty
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Dr. Joanna Macy, Credit: www.bioneers.org
Dr. Joanna Macy is a long-time peace, justice, and ecology activist. A celebrated Buddhist teacher, Dr. Macy’s wide-ranging work spans Eastern and ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 23, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Miner's Canary: First Peoples on Climate Change
From: A World of Possibilities
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Interviews from an indigenous climate change conference during the summer of 2009 in Alaska.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Dec 14, 2009
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 1
Public Transportation
From: Phil Mariage
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A generational discussion on the issues revolving around public trasportation

  • Added: Dec 07, 2009
  • Length: 56:00
Peace Efforts at the Rainbow Gatherings (29:00) [Peace Talks Radio]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
Caption: Mike Niman's Book: "People of the Rainbow"
Are the annual Rainbow Gatherings, on National Forest Land each Fourth of July, just free-wheeling havens for hippies or are they serious experimen...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, KUAC, KSFR, and KUNM


  • Added: Aug 26, 2009
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 4
Peace Efforts at the Rainbow Gatherings (54:00 / 59:00) [Peace Talks Radio]
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
Caption: A "Welcome Home" Sign from a Rainbow Gathering
Are the annual Rainbow Gatherings, on National Forest Land each Fourth of July, just free-wheeling havens for hippies or are they serious experimen...

Bought by KUOW, KXOT Public Radio, KUNM, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 26, 2009
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 4
Bicycle Sharing Feature - Boston, MA
From: David Golann
Caption: Bike Sharing Kiosk in Paris
A piece on Boston's plan to create a fleet of city bicycles for public use.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 21, 2009
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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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
Searching For Farming's Future in its Past
From: Rachel Leventhal
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Searching For Farming's Future in its Past is part of a series produced by Rachel Leventhal for the NRDC about the impact individuals can make on t...

Bought by KUT, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 07, 2008
  • Length: 09:41
  • Purchases: 3
LEEDing in Green Construction
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In 2005, Washington became the first state in the nation to require that all new publicly-funded schools, colleges, offices, and even prisons meet ...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Since The Flood
From: Eve Abrams
Caption: PRX default Piece image
New Orleanians reflect on their lives in the three years since the failure of the Federal Levees resulting from Hurricane Katrina

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 28, 2008
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 1

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