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Caption: Holmes Hummel, Founder, Clean Energy Works, Credit: Ed Ritger
With stock market values at near-record highs, how is the clean tech sector doing? What technologies are most promising for making money and getti...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: JP Barlow
Who doesn’t need a miracle? As the lyricist for many timeless Grateful Dead classics, as a privacy rights activist, or as the founder of the biofue...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 26, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: David Rodriguez
Five years ago, when we first started covering the food waste issue, America was throwing away enough food to fill the Rose Bowl every day. And, un...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: David Hart
If you had a functional magic wand wouldn’t you use it to reverse climate change? A quick flick of your wrist and, presto change-o, our troubles wo...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 08, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 2
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-A new solution is being tested against birds getting stuck in airplane engines or picking a farm field clean. -A nature-inspired design for invent...

Bought by WJCT, WJCU, WNMU-FM, WLIW, and WUGA (part of GPB)


  • Added: Oct 14, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Jona Christians
You know how hot your car gets on a sunny day? Wouldn’t it be great if all that sun-absorption could actually fuel your ride? Well, this week on Se...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 11, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Jesse Jenkins
What does decarbonization mean? Well, it’s not just what happens when your soda goes flat. Today on Sea Change Radio we talk with Jesse Jenkins, re...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 20, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Oliver Koehler
While some listeners might find it hard to fathom, the perceived unsightliness of rooftop solar panels can actually be a barrier to widespread adop...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 30, 2016
  • Length: 28:40
  • Purchases: 2
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-The number of human cases of Lyme disease is on the rise. -Are our pets making us sick? -The uses of Big Data in solving real world problems. And ...

Bought by WNED Buffalo, WCNY, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KRDP, KEDT and more


  • Added: Aug 26, 2016
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 9
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-The number of Lyme disease cases in humans is on the rise. -Work on a vaccine against Lyme disease. -Can our pets make us sick?

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, WJCT, WJCU, WUGA (part of GPB), KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Aug 26, 2016
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Katie Herzog
Who doesn't enjoy that refreshing feeling when you walk in from 90 degree heat to the cool blast of an air-conditioned room? Last month extreme hea...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 16, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Daniel Kirk-Davidoff
This week on Sea Change Radio, host Alex Wise chats with Daniel Kirk-Davidoff, a climate scientist at the University of Maryland and at MDA Informa...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 12, 2016
  • Length: 28:40
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Patrick Gruber
Is the biofuel craze of a few years ago really dead? This week’s guest on Sea Change Radio, Pat Gruber, thinks not. While plummeting oil prices may...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 15, 2016
  • Length: 28:20
  • Purchases: 2
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-Organ transplants may one day be replaced by a serum grown from the patient's own cells that repair the damaged organ. -Why do people have allergi...

Bought by WCNY, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KWMR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: Alexandria Sage
The glamour of the limousine is undeniable - who wouldn't want to be shuttled about town without a care in the world? Traffic, parking, sobriety? S...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: Sammy Roth
Transforming ocean water into potable drinking water seems so remarkably cool on so many levels. But alas, desalination remains both expensive and ...

Bought by WMUU-LP, Yellowstone Public Radio, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2016
  • Length: 27:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Mike Fawcett
Farm Zero is a five year-old startup company that’s a concept for sustainable agricultural systems that use sea water rather than fresh water as th...

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 10, 2016
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: John Perry Barlow
Who doesn't need a miracle? As the lyricist for many timeless Grateful Dead classics, as a privacy rights activist, or as the founder of the biofue...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 12, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Richard Lunt
Imagine a world where every window-laden skyscraper generates its own solar power, where the skylights in your ceiling are a source of light and el...

Bought by WMUU-LP, Yellowstone Public Radio, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 29, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Julie Greene
This week many people in the United States will be spending a fair amount of time laboring over elaborate meals, baking pies, roasting turkeys (or ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 24, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Stroke doctors all know the phrase, “Time is brain.” A game changer in stroke treatment is helping some patients achieve a dramatic recovery of bra...

Bought by WCNY, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KEDT, and WTJU


  • Added: Aug 28, 2015
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Peter Brewitt
This week on Sea Change Radio we are talking about the California drought – getting an update on weather-related aspects, and finding out about an ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 25, 2015
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Richard Lunt
Imagine a world where every window-laden skyscraper generates its own solar power, where the skylights in your ceiling are a source of light and el...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 08, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Abrahm Lustgarten
Discussions about the West’s epic drought tend to focus on the need to cut back on residential and agricultural water usage. The importance of wate...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 24, 2015
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Todd Thorner
Have you ever driven by a hillside covered with wind turbines and wondered, “Who owns those, and is the energy produced up there making it to my ho...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 16, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2