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Low Carbon Cows
From: Minnie Sagar
Caption: Fenwood Ranch, Credit: Minnie Sagar
This feature looks at the greening of Prather Ranch, a sustainable cattle hay and farming operation in Northern California. Through a partnership ...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2013
  • Length: 10:25
Fanboyz
From: Jamie Courville
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Two tech professionals and apple “fanboys” describe their relationship with the products from the United States’ most profitable corporation. They ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jan 03, 2013
  • Length: 03:56
  • Purchases: 1
Making Your Home or Building Energy Efficient with Darlene Pope
From: Green Connections Radio
Series: Green Connections Radio
Caption: Darlene Pope (l) and Joan Michelson (r)
Buildings consume over 40% of our energy - nearly half of all our energy use. Darlene Pope, expert in "intelligent buildings" and Founder and CEO o...

  • Added: Dec 29, 2012
  • Length: 29:26
Colorado Federal Lands = Big Economic Benefits
From: Colorado News Connection
Caption: PRX default Piece image
DENVER - Colorado's natural landscape yields big economic benefits, according to a report released today - and not just in terms of outdoor recreat...

  • Added: May 30, 2012
  • Length: 01:58
Winds of Change: The DeepCwind Consortium
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Habib Dagher
You probably remember the Cape Wind project. It is America’s first offshore wind farm, located in Nantucket Sound, but coastal residents who consid...

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon


  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Chris Martenson On The Reality Of Peak Oil
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Chris Martenson
Author, economic analyst, scientist and futurist Chris Martenson has written and spoken extensively on key issues surrounding our energy-based econ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 01, 2012
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
1/26/12 Food Sleuth Radio: BioCycle Editor, Nora Goldstein on food waste, composting, and recycling.
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Food Sleuth Radio host, Melinda Hemmelgarn, interviews Nora Goldstein, Editor of Biocycle, the magazine devoted to composting, renewable energy and...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 13, 2012
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Stewards of Other People's Money... and The Planet
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Graham Sinclair
Socially responsible capitalism – is this an oxymoron? Not according to this week’s guest on Sea Change Radio. Graham Sinclair is a South African s...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 06, 2012
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Busting Convention With The Combustion Engine
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: David Johnson
Do you ever try to envision a world where all the cars are electric – quiet, clean and carbon-neutral? Sounds great, but the truth is that the shif...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Shopping More Responsibly With Good Guide
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Dara O'Rourke
window | Download Good Guide is a web-based index that scores products from food and beverage to apparel and appliances on their health, environmen...

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon


  • Added: Oct 19, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mindy S. Lubber on Working with Companies to Address Sustainability Challenges
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Just Business
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Even though U.S. public policies are often lagging behind, pressures from shareholders and investors, greater transparency, and heightened risk awa...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2011
  • Length: 29:42
Flight of Fancy: The Air Travel Dilemma
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: David Swierenga
Airplanes transport over 2.2 billion passengers a year but they are also a significant contributor to climate change, producing approximately 600 m...

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon


  • Added: Jun 22, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Joan Krevlin on the Architect's Role in Sustainable Communities
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Green Ethics
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Julia Kennedy interviews Joan Krevlin on the architect's role in creating sustainable communities.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2010
  • Length: 25:13
Christoph Lueneburger on Leading Sustainable Practice
From: Carnegie Council
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Julia Kennedy interviews Christoph Lueneburger on sustainable practices.

  • Added: Dec 01, 2010
  • Length: 24:31
Ian Yolles on RecycleBank
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Green Ethics
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As an executive at RecycleBank, Ian Yolles is familiar with incentives and sustainability. The company's business mission is to entice consumers to...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Dec 01, 2010
  • Length: 30:22
  • Purchases: 1
Green: More than a Fashion Statement
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2009 - 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, largely because of the environmentall...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jul 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Closing the Climate Feedback Loop — with Everyday Citizen Opinions
From: Bill Baue
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Lars Klüver of the Danish Board of Technology talks about the World Wide Views on Global Warming project he directs that will gather opinions of ev...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
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
The Emerging Green Economy
From: KLCC
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The story explores emerging "green" businesses in Oregon.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 05, 2009
  • Length: 06:59
  • Purchases: 1
Super Mileage Car
From: KUOW
Series: Sound Focus
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Evan McMullen's car holds the Guinness World Record for gas mileage--376 miles per gallon. Krak

Bought by KVMR and NPR Station Showcase with PRX


  • Added: Jul 09, 2008
  • Length: 08:43
  • Purchases: 2
Working on the Duwamish
From: Seattle Globalist
Series: Life on the Duwamish: Rediscovering Seattle's Dirty South
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Life on the Duwamish, Segment 4

  • Added: Jul 04, 2008
  • Length: 08:49
GM is going green. What again?
From: Jonathan Ellis
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A comment on GM's recent, "green" press release

  • Added: May 23, 2007
  • Length: 03:15
Keeping Carbon Honest
From: Steve Zwick
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Congragulations! You bought carbon offsets! But how do you know you're really carbon neutral? The only way is to prove that the offsets you purc...

  • Added: May 22, 2007
  • Length: 06:56
Benefit Sharing Could Help Fund Conservation
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The bacterium Thermus aqaticus, discovered in the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park, made some people rich...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
CL 2006 Sarah Susanka "Not so big strategies for community,home and life"
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
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Architect Sarah Susanko has some inovative ideas about home design.

  • Added: Feb 12, 2007
  • Length: 59:00