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GN_5.22_ElectricRain
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 5
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
In 2017, a couple of ninth graders developed a way to make electricity from the rain.

  • Added: Feb 28, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Episode 80: Starstruck
From: Wyoming Public Radio
Series: HumaNature
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Juan Martinez grew up in South Central L.A. in the early nineties. He was struggling to find his way until he traded detention for a pack of jalape...

Bought by Boise State Public Radio and KRZA


  • Added: Jul 07, 2020
  • Length: 10:09
  • Purchases: 2
Every Child in the Woods
From: Elia Powers
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Nature-based preschools are becoming increasingly popular. A school director in Seattle explains why children benefit from time in the woods.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: May 21, 2020
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 1
Upcycling for Sustainable Fashion
From: Generation Justice Admin
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How can what we choose to wear have an impact on the environment? Tune in to hear how one youth is working toward sustainability one garment at a t...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2019
  • Length: 14:15
A Crisis in the Desert
From: City High Radio
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Seventeen-year-old Paloma Martinez lives in Tucson, Arizona. She's heard that a global water crisis might be coming, and her mom thinks Tucson is g...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 14, 2019
  • Length: 13:49
  • Purchases: 3
Indigenous Learning Models
From: Generation Justice Admin
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Hear professor Dr. Shawn Secatero of the Navajo Nation, an assistant professor at the University of New Mexico, explain his Indigenous learning mod...

Bought by WDBM


  • Added: May 17, 2018
  • Length: 13:23
  • Purchases: 1
Shaky Ground: Tilly, Child Hero
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Shaky Ground
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On December 26, 2004, Tilly Smith was on vacation in Thailand with her family. Thanks to her school lessons, Tilly helped save many lives by recogn...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Child Hero Martina
From: Jessica Eden
Series: Shaky Ground
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In the early morning hours of February 27, 2010, Martina Marturana felt a slight tremor that lasted a long time. The 12-year-old lived on Robinson...

Bought by Radio Newark


  • Added: May 10, 2018
  • Length: 01:28
  • Purchases: 1
Spectrum 05/01/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Spectrum: World of Science & Technology ~ from DW
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This week on the show: Germans get 'lethargic' before they catch spring fever, the 'ashtray of Europe,' a songbird decline in France, and a quiz f...

Bought by KRZA, KWIT, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: May 01, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 3
Youth Climate Lawsuit: Aji Piper
From: Generation Justice Admin
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Youth activist, Aji Piper shares the story of his involvement with a class-action suit against the Obama and Trump administrations over climate cha...

  • Added: Jun 05, 2017
  • Length: 08:52
Audio Revolution! Face The Fe - Part 2
From: Littleglobe
Series: Audio Revolution!
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In this edition of Audio Revolution! Youth Media Project interns explore their place within Santa Fe today. Amid growing concern in the Santa Fe c...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2017
  • Length: 29:49
Birding in Anchorage
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Fun for all ages!

  • Added: Jan 04, 2017
  • Length: 06:14
Where All The Old Clothes Go
From: Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism - 2
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Unwanted and old fabrics often get thrown away, but they have a large value to the environment and local communities when they are recycled.

  • Added: May 09, 2016
  • Length: 03:15
Green Fashion Designers
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: Summer Soundwave
Caption: Aarti with a dress by Chrissy Wai-Ching
In Seattle, some in the fashion industry are going green. Aarti Chandorkar finds out how two young designers - Chrissy Wai-Ching and Renee Corrick ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KLCC


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 05:41
  • Purchases: 2
International Volunteers Preserve the Earth Here and Abroad
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: Story Submissions for "We've Got the Power"
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Kayla Sargent reports on EarthCorps International, a program that brings young international students to the Seattle area for preservation efforts

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 03:04
Reclaiming the Commons
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: The Alley Project, Detroit, Credit: Karpov the Wrecked Train
From pedestrian plazas to pop-up-parklets…cities are looking to create spaces for people to gather, interact and create. But are some people being...

  • Added: Apr 28, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
Conservation Gamification
From: Denis Du Bois
Caption: UW students pose for photos at a kickoff event for the 2014 Campus Conservation Nationals, Credit: Energy Priorities
Earth Day 2014 -- The University of Washington is participating in a national competition to conserve energy and water on campus this month. The c...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KUOW


  • Added: Apr 17, 2014
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 3
My Earthquake Story: Nancy Bidwell
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
March 27, 2014 marked the 50th Anniversary of the Good Friday Earthquake in Alaska. What was that day like for teens and young people living in Anc...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2014
  • Length: 07:41
My Earthquake Story: Mary Fedoroff
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
March 27, 2014 marked the 50th Anniversary of the Good Friday Earthquake in Alaska. What was that day like for teens and young people living in Anc...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2014
  • Length: 04:09
My Earthquake Story: Jim Curran
From: Alaska Teen Media Institute
Caption: PRX default Piece image
March 27, 2014 marked the 50th Anniversary of the Good Friday Earthquake in Alaska. What was that day like for teens and young people living in Anc...

  • Added: Apr 04, 2014
  • Length: 02:59
Episode 2: How To Do Science: Eat Lunch and Drink Coffee
From: Terrascope Radio
Series: Measuring Marine Microbes
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Two professors walk up to a lunch truck, and the conversation they have there may change the way we study microbiology. Sometimes science has a lot...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2013
  • Length: 07:21
Coachella Youth Use Tech for Environmental Justice
From: Lisa Morehouse
Series: After the Gold Rush: The Future of Small Town California
Caption: Coachella youth crowdsource sewage issues with Professor Ryan Sinclair., Credit: Lisa Morehouse
It’s just 40 miles from Palm Springs, but the Eastern Coachella Valley is home to a host of environmental concerns, ranging from arsenic in the wel...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and KWMR


  • Added: Oct 26, 2013
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 2
StoryCorps: Barbara and Aaron Handelsman
From: StoryCorps
Series: StoryCorps
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Barbara Handelsman talks to her grandson Aaron about their close relationship.

Bought by WEZU, Prairie Public, and KUT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2013
  • Length: 02:05
  • Purchases: 3
Aina - A Hawaiian Youth's Love for the Land
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Caption: Nainoa Kaiama, Credit: Richard Jensen
A teen combines new farming techniques with traditional foodways at one of Hawaii's remaining agricultural high schools to help his family's farm.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 06, 2012
  • Length: 08:13
  • Purchases: 1
The Desert, My Mom, and Me
From: City High Radio
Caption: Tucson from the top Tumamoc Hill, Credit: Trenton Good
16-year-old Trent needs answers, so he skips school and heads out in to the desert to do some thinking. His mother does not approve.

Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, YouthCast, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 03, 2012
  • Length: 06:58
  • Purchases: 3