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We are nearing the end of the 33-part RESCUE series. This week we turn our attention to the young people around the world that are approaching outd...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2023
  • Length: 05:14
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This week on Generation Justice, we proudly featured Arturo Sandoval, in honor of Earth Day, who spoke about the day itself, and his work!

  • Added: May 02, 2023
  • Length: 14:04
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
In 1969, fried-chicken tycoon J. David Bamberger, had a novel idea: to buy the worst piece of land he could find in the hill country of Texas and ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2021
  • Length: 02:34
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
High school students in Denver, Colorado are recycling grocery bags into "plarn", or plastic yarn, which can then be crocheted into blankets and ma...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2021
  • Length: 02:22
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
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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
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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
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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
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This week on World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill introduces podcast listeners to WORLD OCEAN EXPLORER: an ambitious new project to create a free vir...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2018
  • Length: 04:58
Caption: Students build a tugboat at The Maritime Academy of Toledo, Credit: Timothy Dubravetz
The Maritime Academy of Toledo is one of 56 schools around the country that incorporate skills like boat building and seamanship into its curriculum.

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WRVO Public Media, North Country Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WCPN and more


  • Added: Nov 16, 2016
  • Length: 03:38
  • Purchases: 7
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Many people are unfamiliar with the social justice work of Girl Scouts, but for more than a century, girls and young women have tackled social and ...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2016
  • Length: 14:54
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We're going back to school on The Rough Draft Diaries. Join us as we take a tour of the Maritime Academy Of Toledo with Superintendent, Tom Shafer.

  • Added: Jun 20, 2016
  • Length: 06:12
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On the May show, Youth Producer Lynden Blomberg talked with Cook County High School's Envirothon team, located in Grand Marais, MN. They discussed ...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2016
  • Length: 06:09
Caption: ncreasingly, Distance learning centers like this one at the Grand Canyon National Park are giving students around the country a window into the national parks., Credit:  Mike Buchheit / Grand Canyon Association
American education is embracing "high-impact” practices such as engagement with real places and problems, experiential and service learning, intera...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Radio Newark


  • Added: Jun 10, 2016
  • Length: 02:45
  • Purchases: 2
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Weekday intern Elin Rummel talked to Dana Catts, the director of the Carkeek Park Day Camp, about its goal to make kids more aware of the ecosystem...

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 02:14
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Andy Lipkis interview
Shona revisits a conversation she had at the age of 17 with Andy Lipkiss, founder of TreePeople, and discovers that his story has even more relevan...

  • Added: Oct 03, 2014
  • Length: 14:26
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
Caption: Terry Vencil, teacher at Castlewood HS (Va.) who helps oversee the Wetlands Estonoa Learning Center
A student-driven project in the coalfields of southwest Virginia maintains and learns from a functioning wetland, helping maintain the unique biodi...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2014
  • Length: 09:33
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Leech Lake Summer Youth Experience is a three part environmental summer program. Focus on Parts 2 and 3.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 09:32
  • Purchases: 1
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A look at an unusual MIT program for freshmen (in Italian).

  • Added: Feb 26, 2013
  • Length: 14:51
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In South Philadelphia High School, students are coming together across racial & language barriers. As the School Safety Collaborative, Philadelphia...

  • Added: May 15, 2012
  • Length: 05:14
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Overcaffeinated and stressed, MIT students rush down the "infinite corridor." But a few steps away is all it takes to make a calming, peaceful moment.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:57
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The Crystal River carries some of the purist water in the state of Colorado. It flows into the Colorado River, which provides water for Arizona, Ca...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2011
  • Length: 08:47
Caption: Photo by: ellenneilsen, Flickr
With such a grand topic, hosts Adrian Andre of Santa Fe Community College and Conor Cole of the MASTERS program guide listeners into the multiplici...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Oct 19, 2011
  • Length: 29:21
  • Purchases: 1
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When you think of 4H may think of kids raising cattle or chickens or hogs and competing for blue ribbons at the state fair. And while the program ...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 31, 2011
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 3