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Does the Internet Have A Carbon Footprint?
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Server farms drive the Internet -- and global warming. How do we clean them up?

Bought by WABE, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, and KGOU


  • Added: Jun 19, 2008
  • Length: 04:52
  • Purchases: 5
Bike to Work!
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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How hard is it to trade in four wheels for two?

Bought by WRVO Public Media and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Jun 18, 2008
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 2
BEST Business Center
From: Elliot Ward
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A new city of Portland service helps businesses go green

  • Added: Jun 17, 2008
  • Length: 04:47
Green Actors Take to the Road
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Kermit the Frog always said, "It's not easy being green." But like him, another group of actors has discovered it can be popular. Especially with c...

  • Added: May 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
Commuting Commuter Pollution
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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If you're stuck in traffic, here's something you might be interested in knowing. A University of Southern California research group reports that ne...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
More Itch For Poison Ivy
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Camping. Fresh air. Stunning vistas. Mountain streams flashing in the sunlight. And the great outdoors offers all kinds of natural conveniences. L...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
Going Green in a Rental
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Next time you travel, forget renting that gas-guzzler. A few rental car companies are offering hybrids and cars that run on biodiesel.

  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
Green Mother's Day
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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"Mother Nature"..."Mother's Day." A coincidence? I think not. Mother gave you life, nurtured and sustained you. The same can be said for Mother Na...

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Apr 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Organic Products Go to Market
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Organic food is becoming trendy, and you'll be seeing more of it at your supermarket; it'll probably be cheaper too.

  • Added: Apr 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
EASY BEING GREEN
From: Voices of Our World
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The Ways Some People Have Become Enviromental Steward

Bought by KGOU


  • Added: Apr 22, 2008
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Coal Plants - Clear and Critical Choice
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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Bruce Nilles attorney with the Sierra Club and head of their Midwest Clean Energy Campaign tells us about the on going effort to build new coal fir...

Bought by KGOU


  • Added: Apr 08, 2008
  • Length: 28:46
  • Purchases: 1
A Newly Non-Toxic Rocky Flats
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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It took ten years, but one of the country's worst toxic waste sites is clean.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
Peace Talks Radio: Climate Change and Conflict (29:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Two scholars who have studied the impact of climate change on peace and security reflect on the awarding of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize to climate c...

Bought by WGDR and WXDU


  • Added: Mar 27, 2008
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 2
Think Globally. Drive Locally.
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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These days, Americans are driving three times as many miles per capita as they did in 1980. Not only are longer commutes driving us crazy, they're...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
Peace Talks Radio: Climate Change and Conflict (59:00 / 54:00)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Two scholars who have studied the impact of climate change on peace and security reflect on the awarding of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize to climate c...

Bought by KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KUOW, KUOW, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 57:34
  • Purchases: 13
Designer Biofuels
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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How do you make fuel from plants?

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 2
It's Not Easy Going Green
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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It's one thing for a city to set environmental goals -- another thing entirely to meet them.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 04:54
Stamping Out the Light Brown Apple Moth
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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How should we be of the light brown apple moth?

  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 05:15
Sewage Happens
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Think your city has a sewage problem? You haven't seen the half ot it.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 26, 2008
  • Length: 05:04
  • Purchases: 1
Saving The Sierra
From: Catherine Stifter
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3 stories of rural America where unlikely allies have found common ground in dealing with urban development pressures

Bought by KUT-HD, KXOT Public Radio, WCBU, WVIK, KUER and more


  • Added: Mar 15, 2008
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
A California Story: Redwood Trees vs Solar Panels
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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When it comes to solar planels, is tree planting a crime?

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Mar 03, 2008
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
Do Carbon Offsets Work?
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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How can you tell if a carbon offset is just hype?

  • Added: Mar 03, 2008
  • Length: 05:02
The New Great Lakes Goby Fish Gang
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In April of 1990, biologist David Jude pulled a little bug-eyed fish from the Saint Claire River near Detroit. It was a Round Goby.

Bought by WYOU


  • Added: Feb 27, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
It Pays to Cry Wolf
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The reintroduction of gray wolves to Yellowstone National Park marked the return of a symbol of the American West. The recent shooting of one in O...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
Up a Creek
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The fine folks of Omak, Washington, found themselves up a creek recently. Cleaning it up.

  • Added: Jan 27, 2008
  • Length: 01:32

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