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Adapting to Climate Change
From: Spectrum Radio
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Adapting to Climate Change explores the ambitious plans that engineers, scientists, government officials, business leaders, NGOs, and community gro...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KRCB 104.9, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KTSW 89.9 and more


  • Added: Feb 20, 2014
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 39
What ARE the long term effects of nuclear accidents?? Part One
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents a two part interview with Dr. Timothy Mousseau, a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the Universit...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 28:33
Cold, Hungry and in the Dark
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Bill Powers
Not long ago, we were told that North America had entered a new era of energy abundance thanks to shale gas. Or, have we? If you’ve listened to ex...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 10, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Nuclear Roulette
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Nuclear Roulette, Credit: cover design by Matthew Simmons
In his new book, Gar Smith dismantles the core arguments behind the nuclear industrial complex’s “Nuclear renaissance.” While some critiques are fa...

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2012
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
193: the Architecture That Comes Next
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Sahara Forest Project's greenhouse-power plant hybrid proposal , Credit: Sahara Forest Project, 2009
In "Eaarth, Making a Life on a Tough New Planet", author Bill McKibben analyzes the damage we've done to our terrestrial and marine environment, ou...

  • Added: Oct 15, 2012
  • Length: 06:22
165: Hydraulic New York
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: New York City's Green Infrastructure Plan and Sustainability Management
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will have us look no further than New York City and the Green Infrastructure Plan as a real ...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2012
  • Length: 06:19
HEALing Energy: Engineer aims for a global renewable energy plan by 2012
From: SQRadio
Caption: Mark Jacobson, Credit: Sheri Quinn
Stanford University Engineer Mark Z. Jacobson is trying to convince the world that his energy plan based soley on renwables: wind, water, and solar...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 31:08
Earth's Deadly Enemy: Biological Warfare
From: Hameed Mourani
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Earth Day Project by 8th Grade Science students Hameed Mourani and Joseph Ricciardella.

  • Added: May 30, 2011
  • Length: 16:44
Engineers of the New Millennium: Sustainable Design for the Future
From: Spectrum Radio
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Sustainable Design for the Future, from IEEE Spectrum Magazine and the National Science Foundation. Sustainable planning – of buildings and communi...

Bought by CHSR-FM 97.9, KZYX, KISU, WNYC, KZYX and more


  • Added: Mar 24, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 9
Green Design
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
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Commentary that argues that to be environmentally friendly we want products designed so that the high value materials can be removed - reserving re...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:48
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
Bottled vs. Tap
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
American's have been hitting the bottle a lot lately -- to the tune of 9 billion gallons of water in 2007.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Algae Biodiesel
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Fill 'er up with: Algae 100 - you know, the gas that's made from those golden brown or green plants growing along our coasts...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 19, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Google Goes Green
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Google Mega Search Engine goes Green with Solar Power

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 12, 2007
  • Length: 05:06
  • Purchases: 1
Who's the Biggest Polluter?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the biggest polluter of them all? Is it the company with the biggest smoke-stacks? Or, as a recent study suggests...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Aug 27, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
African Stenocara Beetle Inspires Technology
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The African Stenocara beetle has learned a thing or two about water conservation. Living in the Namib desert, it uses its wings to capture water va...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Aug 27, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Hybrid Car Mania
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Commentary on the hysteria surrounding the energy efficient hybrid car.

Bought by WKMS


  • Added: Jun 28, 2007
  • Length: 05:03
  • Purchases: 1