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Is Your Home "Green"?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
"Green" buildings incorporate the latest technology to squeeze the most out of the energy that's used for heating, cooling, and lighting. They're a...

Bought by KMXT, KOSU, and WEPS


  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Elephants Sniff Out Poachers
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In the past 20 years, poachers have killed nearly one million elephants. Poachers have driven the giant pachyderms -- which are prized for their iv...

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  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Here's a New Chestnut
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
American chestnut trees once made up 25 percent of the eastern forest. People could pick chestnuts and roast them on an open fire. Their wood was ...

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  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Canal Restoration Protects Crocodiles
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The endangered American Crocodile may owe its future to conservation measures taken near a nuclear power plant. The Turkey Point plant in south Flo...

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  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
We Really Don't Know Clouds At All
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
We've all marveled at the shifting patterns that clouds form in the sky. Beyond capturing our imagination, though, clouds play a vital role in Eart...

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  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 3
Can ZERI Get to Zero?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Gunter Pauli is the director of "ZERI," which is short for Zero Emissions Research and Initiatives. He started out making biodegradable detergents...

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  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 3
A Miracle in New Jersey
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
About 20 years ago, New Jersey's filthy beaches were the butt of jokes. The medical wastes and other garbage that washed up onshore were forcing lo...

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  • Added: Dec 01, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 3
American Chestnuts Roasting Again?
From: The Environment Report
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Saving the American Chestnut

  • Added: Nov 17, 2006
  • Length: 04:51
Code of the Wild: DNA and Applied Ecology
From: SoundVision Productions
Series: The DNA Files
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Biologists who study how living things interact are using genetics as a powerful new tool.

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KZYX, WUAL, KXOT Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Nov 14, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
02 Medical Mysteries from the Deep
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Plants and animals in the ocean that might yield treatments for diseases

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  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
04 Scrape, Don't Rinse
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Here?s a surprise: An efficient automatic dishwasher will use less water than hand-washing those same dishes.

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  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
05 Leaves of Three...
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Scientists say that carbon dioxide, a major contributor to global warming, is actually making poison ivy grow larger and more toxic.

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  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
09 What Does Organic Mean?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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When you?re shopping for food, how do you know if it?s really organic?

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  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
10 There's Genes in That Dirt
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Biologists who try to measure Earth?s genetic diversity have one more place to look: the dirt under our feet.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
12 Medicines of The Tropical Forest
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The future survival of the shamans will depend on how we value the source of their knowledge: the tropical forests.

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  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
13 What We Owe Sleeping Jellyfish
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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When it comes to falling asleep, we may owe it all to jellyfish.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
15 Behold the Remarkable Midge
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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?As insignificant as a midge,? goes the old saying. But, are midges really insignificant?

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  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
20 The Barcoding of Life
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Using ?genetic barcoding? in combination with traditional identification practices is helping scientists make rapid advances in understanding the w...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
21 Secrets of Spawning Eels
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Researchers in Japan have discovered the spawning grounds of Japanese eels.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
22 A Snail's Pace?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Slow doesn't describe the spread of the prolific New Zealand Mud Snail, which today threatens waterways throughout the western United States.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Spring Peepers
From: Ed Herrmann
Series: Wake Up and Hear the Roses
Caption: PRX default Piece image
frogs sing near Lake Michigan

Bought by KVSC, PRX to iTunes, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 12, 2006
  • Length: 02:20
  • Purchases: 3
Under the skin at the Museum of Verterbrate Zoology
From: Nathanael Johnson
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An stroll through the gory depths of a UC Berkeley Museum preparation lab -- the place where animals are skinned and stuffed for posterity -- in th...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2006
  • Length: 11:44
Wind Turbines
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Wind Turbine energy blows into your neighborhood

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Aug 14, 2006
  • Length: 08:07
  • Purchases: 1
Wily Coyotes in the City
From: The Environment Report
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Coyotes are adapting to the city and preying on the animals they find there.

  • Added: Jun 23, 2006
  • Length: 04:22
Evergreen Interview with scientist, ecologist & cancer survivor SANDRA STEINGRABER
From: Out of Bounds
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber discusses her personal journey from cancer survivor to an investigation of cancer and the enviornment which resulted in her ...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2006
  • Length: 29:30

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