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Farming The Wind
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Farming has always been subject to the uncertainties of weather and market conditions. But farmers in Huron County, Michigan, have found something ...

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Arctic Fisheries
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In 1945, John Steinbeck wrote a novel called Cannery Row. In it he told the story of life in Monterey, California -- a thriving fishing port at tha...

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
High Fashion Green, For Less
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Let's talk about high fashion and Target, the big box store. The two seemingly opposites converged recently.

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Glass Bottle Comeback
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Believe it or not, just two generations ago, it was unheard of not to recycle glass beverage bottles. Today, that idea itself is getting recycled.

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Few Plants Thrive With Change
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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If you can't stand the heat...hang in there? That's what some species are doing in response to climate change.

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Products For Responsible Consumers
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Is it 'hip,' or 'cool,' to be environmentally sustainable? That's a question that some of the biggest companies are asking about the world's most p...

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Grasslands Ecosystems Best Left Wild
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Which is better? A picture perfect golf course, or a wild and wooly prairie? Well, when it comes to ecosystem health, the more native plants -- the...

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Saving The Penguin
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Sometimes, creating a preserve can help endangered species fast, like South Africa's Cape penguins. Until recently, this endangered bird, and the o...

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Green Skyscrapers
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The new frontier isn't to the north, south, east, or west. It's up, as in skyscrapers. And, the tallest? The Burj-Khalifa tower in Dubai.

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Recycled, Again
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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"Cradle-to-Cradle" is the newest buzz in green manufacturing circles. It's the next evolution of the idea of "Cradle-to-Grave."

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Greenest Fuel
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Alternative fuels are more environmentally friendly than petroleum products, right? Actually, that's not always the case.

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Misplaced Mussels
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Alien mussels are muscling their way into our waterways. And like unwelcome guests, once the move in, they're almost impossible to move out!

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
A Tale Of Two Heads
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Seems there are some strange critters living in water. Take for example the anglerfish with its glow-in-the-dark lantern on its forehead.

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Carbon Eaters
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Here's a two-fer: A renewable fuel source that also reduces carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Scientists in Denmark are looking at a species of sea...

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Climate Change Is Tough on Penguins: Author Fen Montaigne
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Fen’s book, “Fraser’s Penguins: A Journey to the Future in Antarctica,” shows his passion for this otherworldly place and many of its two-footed in...

Bought by Radio Newark, KCMJ Community Radio, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Feb 10, 2015
  • Length: 10:01
  • Purchases: 3
A Conversation on Lyme Disease with Herbalist, Greg Monzel
From: Alix Litwack
Series: Another Day Of Living; Join the Conversation!
Caption: Another Day of Living , Credit: graphics by Scott Spitz
Join host Alix Litwack as she talks with local Herbalist Greg Monzel about his journey to overcome Lyme disease, the science behind the disease and...

Bought by WYAP


  • Added: Feb 04, 2015
  • Length: 28:16
  • Purchases: 1
Emission-Free Ride
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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If your friends call you an "early adopter," you'll want to take note of MIT student Ben Gulak's way-cool emission-free vehicle. It looks like a cr...

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Greenlight For Saiga?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Remember playing with animal match books? By flipping the left- or right-hand pages you could match the picture of an animal's head with its body. ...

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Futures For Future Species
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Can a stock market tool save a species? Conservationists often struggle to project animal populations because they hinge on complicated, interdepen...

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Pizzeria Takes The LEED
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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When the Moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, it's the environment! At least it is at Pizza Fusion -- a chain of gourmet pizzerias.

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
A Greener Cleaner
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The Soap and Detergent Association is cleaning up its act. A recent conference that included officials from the Consumer Product Safety Commission,...

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Flea Beetles
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Montana ranchers will tell you non-native plants are tough to wrangle. And getting rid of them? Even tougher.

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Dissolving Golf Balls
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Golf balls away, my boys, golf balls away...For sailors at sea, seems there's nothing more relaxing than hitting a few golf balls off the deck of a...

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Lava Flows Are For The Birds
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Raising endangered birds...on a volcano? It has benefits -- or, so says Alan Lieberman, head of the Keauhou Bird Conservation Center, perched on Ha...

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Car Wash
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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That classic American pastime, washing the family car, might soon get washed down the drain.

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2

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