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The Gas Rush
From: A World of Possibilities
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Host Mark Summer continues his journey across the communities lying above the Marcellus Shale Play, a gigantic natural gas deposit stretching under...

Bought by WZEN.org, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and WDSE


  • Added: Jan 23, 2012
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 4
A Look at Global Sustainability, with a Focus on China
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Just Business
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Carnegie Council's Evan O'Neil ponders the future of mega-cities, and leading Chinese environmentalist Ma Jun discusses China's air and water crisi...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2012
  • Length: 23:23
Aquaponic Gardening
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: New Society Press jacket cover
Sylvia Bernstein, president and founder of The Aquaponic Source, provides a step-by-step guide to raising vegetables and fish together.

  • Added: Dec 29, 2011
  • Length: 17:15
Restoring Native Fish Species: Part II
From: WTIP
Series: Dr. Seth Moore - Grand Portage Tribal Wildlife Biologist
Caption: Grand Portage Native Fish Hatchery, Credit: Grand Portage Trust Lands
The Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa is working to restore native fish species to Lake Superior and inland lakes on the reservation. Th...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KSRQ, and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 06:47
  • Purchases: 3
Restoring Native Fish Species: Part I
From: WTIP
Series: Dr. Seth Moore - Grand Portage Tribal Wildlife Biologist
Caption: Grand Portage Native Fish Hatchery, Credit: Photo courtesy Grand Portage Trust Lands
The Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa is working to restore native fish species to Lake Superior and inland lakes on the reservation. Th...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KSRQ, and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Dec 27, 2011
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 3
HEALing Energy: Engineer aims for a global renewable energy plan by 2012
From: SQRadio
Caption: Mark Jacobson, Credit: Sheri Quinn
Stanford University Engineer Mark Z. Jacobson is trying to convince the world that his energy plan based soley on renwables: wind, water, and solar...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 31:08
EcoMind: Changing the Way We Think, to Create The World We Want
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Nation Books, Credit: Alyssa Stepien
Reports of the health of our planet appear dim. Our conditions are becoming worse as hunger increases, and the variety of species disappear. Autho...

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Big Muddy River Rendezvous 2011: Wigwams and Tomahawks
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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Today on Don't Cha know we continue our coverage of The Big Muddy River Rendezvous that took place in Winona at Prairie Island campground in the mi...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 15:23
  • Purchases: 1
The Big Muddy River Rendezvous 2011: Fur Trade
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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On this episode of "Don't Cha Know" we venture back to Prairie Island Campground in Winona, Minnesota, and partake in a lesson on fur trading. The ...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2011
  • Length: 18:01
The Art of Ashley Shelby, Part 1
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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This edition of Art Beat is the first of a two part interview and lecture from Minnesota author Ashley Shelby. In this segment, Ashley will talk ab...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Dec 07, 2011
  • Length: 31:18
  • Purchases: 1
The Toxic Truth About Nail Salons (encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Uyen Nguyen, owner of Isabella Nail Bar, Credit: Pauline Bartolone
We take a look at the health impacts of chemical exposure in nail salons, the shoddy regulation of cosmetics, and the movement towards greener nail...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Clever Apes: Paper covers rock
From: WBEZ
Series: WBEZ's Clever Apes
Caption: Rock paper scissors, and its variations, may lie hidden in the math that underlies natural systems. (WBEZ/Gabriel Spitzer), Credit: (WBEZ/Gabriel Spitzer)
Behind the workings of nature, there is math. It's the blueprint for galaxies and atoms. But WBEZ's science experiment is about to make it look eas...

Bought by WTJU, WRST-FM Oshkosh, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 08:15
  • Purchases: 3
Frac-Sand Mining and Winona County, Minnesota
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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On this edition of "Don't Cha Know" Jim Gurley stops by KQAL to talk about Frac-Sand Mining and what it has to do with Winona County, and Winona Mi...

Bought by KPVL


  • Added: Nov 23, 2011
  • Length: 31:52
  • Purchases: 1
Fractivists: Slowing the Gas Rush
From: A World of Possibilities
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In the past few years, natural gas fracking has become a near-household word as landowners in the path of drilling have mounted efforts to slow its...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WSKG, and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 15, 2011
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 3
Women Who Wouldn't Listen: Wangari Maathai and Frances Moore Lappe
From: A World of Possibilities
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Two lives spent breaking the mold of both traditional and feminist perspectives are recounted in candid conversation, each with a focused sense of ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WZEN.org, KREV-LP, KUOW, WHRV and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2011
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 7
Climate Change and Tribal Concerns: Part II
From: WTIP
Series: Dr. Seth Moore - Grand Portage Tribal Wildlife Biologist
Caption: Great Lakes Basin, Credit: NASA
Seventh Generation planning: preparing for the effects of climate change on Native American tribes. This is the second in two part discussion on cl...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 3
Climate Change and Tribal Concerns: Part I
From: WTIP
Series: Dr. Seth Moore - Grand Portage Tribal Wildlife Biologist
Caption: Earth , Credit: Photo from NASA via Wikimedia Commons
Preparing for the effects of climate change on Native American tribes. This is the first in two part discussion on climate change with wildlife bi...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WDSE, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KSRQ, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 6
China’s Great Green Wager
From: A World of Possibilities
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China today is the most polluted nation on earth. But it’s also on its way to becoming the most environmentally advanced. And it’s no coincidence. ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 10, 2011
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 2
Greening Health Care
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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Dr. Linda McCauley, a renowned environmental health researcher and national leader on greener health care practices, joins us today.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2011
  • Length: 24:20
Designing with Nature: Applying Green Chemistry
From: A World of Possibilities
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You cannot see molecules, but human-made chemicals flow through every living thing on earth today and have a profound impact on every person’s life...

Bought by 'The Sea', KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 26, 2011
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 4
Slow Food and the Growing World Population
From: Louisville Public Media
Caption: A dish made with food grown near Louisville, Kentucky, Credit: Dalton Main
An extended interview with Slow Food International Secretary General Paolo di Croce about how his organization plans to feed the growing world popu...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 07, 2011
  • Length: 06:23
  • Purchases: 1
Liquid Gold on Lovers Lane
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with Keith Feigin, owner of Lovers Lane Farm, at his bee keeping center in Ukiah, California. We discuss bees on the loose, ho...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Nuclear Energy Safey Issues
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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Greg Palast, investigative journalist for the BBC and author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy and Armed Madhouse, discusses nuclear plant safety...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2011
  • Length: 28:49
No Family History
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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Sabrina McCormick, PhD. author of No Family History: The Environmental Links to Breast Cancer. Dr. McCormick points out the fallacy of continuing t...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2011
  • Length: 28:40
Detox! The Movement for Chemicals Reform
From: A World of Possibilities
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More than 80,000 existing chemicals are actively in use in a wide range of consumer products with no assurance that they don’t pose serious health ...

Bought by KPVL and KUOW


  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 2

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