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Aldo Leopold's legendary essay collection, A Sand County Almanac, has inspired countless conservationists and earned Aldo Leopold a place alongside...
- Added: Apr 07, 2011
- Length: 04:30
- Purchases: 2
Last week I talked to author Mark Schatzker about his book Steak. In it, he tries to find the world’s best tasting beef. Schatzker discovers that t...
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- Added: Mar 26, 2011
- Length: 04:00
- Purchases: 1
What if we traded asphalt jungles for grass-phalt jungles? That's happening. One September day each year, on National Park(ing) Day.
- Added: Feb 23, 2011
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 2
Tucson, Arizona would have never existed without the Santa Cruz river. Yet Tucson’s success has transformed the Santa Cruz from an intermittent st...
- Added: Feb 13, 2011
- Length: 25:00
- Purchases: 4
No crab wants to land in hot water. And scientists are now discovering how true that is.
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- Added: Jan 27, 2011
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
They say death, like taxes, is one of the few certain things in life. But the way that culture deals with death is not a static institution. In New...
- Added: Jan 24, 2011
- Length: 04:17
Filmmaker Frederic Lilien talks raptors, community, and family values.
- Added: Jan 03, 2011
- Length: 23:14
Believe it or not, sometimes, it’s a good idea to be “as cold as ice.” Take, for example, the arctic ground squirrel. He's a creature that knows a ...
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- Added: Dec 21, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Experts say that as population and water use rise, the world's fresh water supplies are shrinking. Then why don’t we desalinate more sea water and....
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- Added: Dec 21, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Isolated from the rest of the world for most of their existence, the Galapagos Islands are home to more unique plant species than almost any other ...
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- Added: Dec 21, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Garbage and noise. Sounds like the latest rock group. But no, turns out the two are much more useful. In fact, garbage and noise are actually being...
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- Added: Dec 21, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Dec 08, 2010
- Length: 06:19
- Purchases: 1
Endangered species stories sometimes end happily. Take Southeast Asia's critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphin, also called the Mekong River dolph...
- Added: Nov 17, 2010
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 3
Can environmentalism, cultural theory and marketing work together? Is Walmart green beyond the bills in the cash registers? Producer Isaac Woodbury...
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- Added: Nov 15, 2010
- Length: 06:39
- Purchases: 3
A look at why some farmers are turning to local food.
- Added: Nov 09, 2010
- Length: 08:13
The late-season farmers' market.
- Added: Oct 30, 2010
- Length: 03:40
Did you know rice doesn’t need to grow in water? In fact, the main reason for rice paddies is to prevent weeds.
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- Added: Oct 25, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Why build a house when you can grow one? So says sustainable building designers at Britain's University of Bath. They recently created a home from ...
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- Added: Oct 25, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
Cambodia's endangered "whispering bird," the Bengal Florican, now has a whisper...of hope!
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- Added: Oct 25, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Oct 23, 2010
- Length: 04:19
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Oct 09, 2010
- Length: 04:05
- Purchases: 1
We all have a mouth and for the duration of our lives we put mainly food into it.
Some people think about what goes down!
Others don't care.
But m...
- Added: Sep 29, 2010
- Length: 31:00
A look at one of the "value-added" products available at farmers' markets.
- Added: Sep 27, 2010
- Length: 05:10
- Added: Sep 18, 2010
- Length: 03:35
- Purchases: 1
Some tips on preserving a garden's fall bounty.
- Added: Sep 12, 2010
- Length: 04:03
- Purchases: 2
