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A little-known crisis is brewing: by seizing Tibet, China has gained control of the headwaters of rivers serving the water needs of almost half...
- Added: Feb 01, 2011
- Length: 02:00
Although the World Bank wants to be thought of as green, figures reveal that the Bank is flooding the third world with fossil fuel energy projects.
- Added: Nov 11, 2010
- Length: 02:00
As the rainforest is being depleted, two new areas of concern arise.
- Added: Oct 30, 2010
- Length: 02:00
We hear about hip-hop and change in Cuban society, and what people on the ground are saying about new phases in the Cuban revolution.
- Added: Sep 21, 2010
- Length: 30:00
There are now over 400 "dead zones" in coastal oceanic waters with varying degrees of oxygen-deprivation.
- Added: Sep 20, 2010
- Length: 02:00
Scientists predict fish stocks worldwide will collapse by mid-century unless drastic changes are made to humankind's impact on the oceans.
- Added: Sep 20, 2010
- Length: 02:00
In Detroit, the price of water is so high that for some, it’s out of reach. In response, citizens have come together to form the Detroit People’s ...
- Added: Sep 16, 2010
- Length: 09:03
We go to Michigan, where from the city of Detroit, to the farmlands and countryside, citizens are battling to gain greater control over the bounty ...
- Added: Sep 16, 2010
- Length: 28:56
The local food movement is beginning to threaten global agricultural brands like the iconic Idaho potato.
- Added: Sep 08, 2010
- Length: 06:12
The Big Dig, the Bay Bridge, the Chunnel...
Why do transportation projects go so spectacularly over budget? There's a simple explanation - this doc...
Bought by The Neighborhood and PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 06, 2010
- Length: 26:38
- Purchases: 2
A Montana Monastery is interpreting the teachings of a 13th Century Saint with 21st Century technology...
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KUOW
- Added: Jul 16, 2010
- Length: 03:41
- Purchases: 2
Heidi visits the Crow Wing Food Co-Op, a thriving business during the economic turn-down.
- Added: Jul 01, 2010
- Length: 08:21
Discussed in this piece are an Arctic map made partially of Arctic muskox fur, a venison-keeper made with materials from deer, and many more pieces...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and mnartists.org
- Added: Jul 01, 2010
- Length: 06:12
- Purchases: 2
A new business helps local restaurants save money and help the planet by composting.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: May 19, 2010
- Length: 03:51
- Purchases: 1
1st North American Degrowth Conference April 2010, Vancouver. Intro by Rex Weyler. Tom Walker on Barcelona Conf. Overview of peak fossil fuels by A...
- Added: May 13, 2010
- Length: 53:00
An argument for why a old nuclear weapons production site turned wildlife refuge could be harmful for visitors
- Added: May 04, 2010
- Length: 03:52
When you think innovation, places like Silicon Valley usually come to mind. But in one Ohio city a company called Ecosil Technologies is trying to ...
- Added: Apr 28, 2010
- Length: 02:56
Stand on a street corner at dawn in Newmarket, England and you'll see a spectacle unique in the world: 3,000 racehorses parade through town every d...
- Added: Apr 22, 2010
- Length: 05:38
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality voted today to allow the expansion of the Limestone coal-powered energy plant northeast of Austin.
- Added: Dec 09, 2009
- Length: 01:40
Rice University joins 19 other collegiate teams to play house on the National Mall in the 2009 Solar Decathlon.
- Added: Nov 29, 2009
- Length: 02:48
Head to the frontlines of global warming with host Elizabeth Arnold
- Added: Nov 10, 2009
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
Shawn Allee looks at a dioxin and soil study and how the science might influence other clean-ups around the country.
- Added: Nov 06, 2009
- Length: 03:37
Shawn Allee finds old dioxin pollution from a Dow chemical plant poses a health risk today.
- Added: Nov 06, 2009
- Length: 03:29
We go to Huron, California--a tiny farming community dubbed the' lettuce capital' of the U.S. This rural region in the fertile, sun-baked Central ...
- Added: Nov 05, 2009
- Length: 15:56
- Purchases: 2
Duke Energy is now renting business rooftops to set up a distributed solar network. The project has timely benefits for several North Carolina bus...
- Added: Oct 23, 2009
- Length: 02:35