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On the 22nd of July 2011, witnessed by Africa’s top elephant conservationists, the Kenya Government burned 5 tons of ivory worth 15 million dollars...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Length: 03:08
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The recent government shut-down causes a ripple of unrest with lumber company’s up North. In this edition of Points North, Shawn delves into the cu...

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  • Added: Jul 08, 2011
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Torbjörn Törnqvist says sea-level rise will overtake natural subsidence as a cause of land loss., Credit: Barry Yeoman
Most of us shudder to imagine the impact of another large oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and for good reason. A spill in future decades could hav...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 04:36
Caption: For Byron Encalade, oysters and culture are inseparable., Credit: Barry Yeoman
In Pointe-a-la-Hache, Louisiana, the oyster harvest feeds widows, sustains relationships, and keeps the rural economy humming. But the BP oil spill...

Bought by KUT and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 01, 2011
  • Length: 07:23
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Darla Rooks looks out over the oiled marshland of Bay Jimmy. , Credit: Barry Yeoman
It has been over a year since the Deepwater Horizon blowout, but it’s still too early to measure the complete cost of the ensuing disaster. Despite...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2011
  • Length: 11:47
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Every year, in cities across the world, cyclists throw off their clothes and ride naked as part of the World Naked Bike Ride - a global protest mov...

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  • Added: Jun 15, 2011
  • Length: 18:13
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: This is a view of a brownfield across the street from Exelon City Solar. The plant cleaned up about half the brownfield space in Chicago's 34th Ward.
Long-abandoned factories have scarred the Midwest landscape for generations. Tens of thousands sit vacant across the region, the tally growing by ...

  • Added: Jun 07, 2011
  • Length: 06:27
Caption: Andrew Revkin, Credit: NY Times
The United Nations forecasts that by 2050 the world’s population will exceed 9 billion. How will that affect life on the local level, on the global...

  • Added: May 25, 2011
  • Length: 29:33
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Residents of the island of Vinalhaven, Maine discuss the noise created by the arrival of three new wind turbines.

Bought by KPVL, KXOT Public Radio, WDSE, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: May 17, 2011
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: Paul Ehrlich
It took humankind 1800 years to get from a global population of about 200 million to 1 billion. But it only took us 200 years to go from a billion ...

  • Added: May 17, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Chinese basketball star Yao Ming is the face of WildAid's international campaign to end shark finning
Yao flew into town from Shanghai last week to receive WildAid’s International Ambassador award; the basketball star’s been working with the organiz...

  • Added: May 16, 2011
  • Length: 03:24
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Author Alexis Madrigal examines the history of green technologies in America and shows how they have been entangled with culture, ethics, and gover...

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  • Added: May 16, 2011
  • Length: 28:42
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Dr. Seth Moore of Grand Portage Trust Lands, tracking radio-collared moose, Credit: Carah Thomas-Maskell, WTIP
The Grand Portage Reservation is located in the extreme northeast corner of Minnesota, on the North Shore of Lake Superior in Cook County. Bordere...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: May 05, 2011
  • Length: 05:44
  • Purchases: 2
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A two part interview with Dr. James Rodger Fleming author of Fixing the Sky: The Checkered History of Weather and Climate Control. As alarm over gl...

  • Added: May 03, 2011
  • Length: 28:44
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A two part interview with Dr. James Rodger Fleming author of Fixing the Sky: The Checkered History of Weather and Climate Control. As alarm over gl...

  • Added: May 03, 2011
  • Length: 28:45
Caption: NASA Scientist James Hansen
Earthbeat Host and IPS Fellow Daphne Wysham conducted a special one-hour interview with Dr. James Hansen, NASA's top climate scientist.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2011
  • Length: 52:53
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The world is facing a potentially devastating 'Food Bubble,' that according to pioneering environmentalist Lester Brown.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 56:59
Caption: Vaclav Smil
Last on Sea Change Radio, we heard from renowned energy expert Vaclav Smil, as he spoke about his book, Energy Transitions, the future of electric ...

  • Added: Apr 08, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: Rising sea levels, Credit: marineinsight.com
The oceans are slowly rising due to ice melt and the warming of the waters. And at least one east coast city has hired a Dutch firm to evaluate op...

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  • Added: Mar 29, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
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A generational discussion on FEAR!

  • Added: Mar 23, 2011
  • Length: 28:56
Caption: Vaclav Smil
This week on Sea Change Radio, a rare interview with renowned energy expert and futurist, Vaclav Smil. A Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of ...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2011
  • Length: 29:40
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A professor at Yale University, a landscape architect, and an urban ecologist, Alex Felson creates designs that take local and built environments i...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2011
  • Length: 26:42
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The global circulation of goods is a major source of both prosperity and carbon emissions. This short video on ethics asks: Can trade be regulated ...

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  • Added: Feb 28, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: James Reidy
Today on Culture Clique we visit with James Reidy, Associate Profesor in Recreation, Tourism and Therapeutic Recreation at Winona State University...

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  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 42:33
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Mining Processing Plant, Credit: joeldinda on Flickr
PolyMet Mining Corporation wants to develop Minnesota’s first copper-nickel mining operation. There’s support for the project statewide and the Ir...

  • Added: Jan 28, 2011
  • Length: 07:46