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Nobuo Tanaka sees alternative energy sources-including nuclear-as the key to Asia's future and Arthur Huang is the inventor of "polli-bricks." This...
- Added: May 03, 2012
- Length: 13:20
The Pesticide Action Network asked rural families in Illinois and three other Midwestern states to sample their drinking water, and the Illinois sa...
- Added: May 03, 2012
- Length: 01:59
On May 2, 1982, Exxon unexpectedly closed its oil-shale exploration and development project in Parachute, leaving 2,200 people out of work, causing...
- Added: May 02, 2012
- Length: 01:49
In its 2001 report on global climate, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change of the United Nations prominently featured the “Hockey Stick,” ...
- Added: Apr 17, 2012
- Length: 28:59
Have you ever tasted a strawberry whose DNA was altered to include fish genes? In the United States, genetically modified foods are not generally l...
Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon and Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Apr 06, 2012
- Length: 29:51
- Purchases: 2
You are planning a nice dinner party and you want to buy a bottle of wine. How do you stay true to your environmental commitment when choosing a wi...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Apr 02, 2012
- Length: 30:01
- Purchases: 1
Bill McKibben is one of the world’s leading environmentalists.
In addition to his recent success leading a coalition to stop the construction agai...
Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon
- Added: Mar 21, 2012
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 1
Williamsburg Environmental Activism
- Added: Mar 20, 2012
- Length: 07:33
Author, economic analyst, scientist and futurist Chris Martenson has written and spoken extensively on key issues surrounding our energy-based econ...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Mar 01, 2012
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 1
Has this ever happened to you: you’re sitting in your car, engine idling, watching the cars in front of you and behind you move only inches at a ti...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Feb 15, 2012
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 1
Iraqi Kurdistan, once known for its rich soil, is rapidly becoming identified with its rich oil. War News Radio’s Amy DiPierro explains how these t...
Bought by KBGA 89.9 FM, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WRST-FM Oshkosh
- Added: Feb 08, 2012
- Length: 06:19
- Purchases: 3
Last week on Sea Change Radio, we spoke with Stacy Mitchell, a researcher and author who believes that Walmart’s sustainability efforts over the pa...
- Added: Feb 08, 2012
- Length: 29:45
Walmart. What does the name of the world’s largest retailer evoke for you? Do you think of its reputation as a poor employer and its anti-union tac...
- Added: Feb 01, 2012
- Length: 30:01
Battery operated cars. No longer the exclusive domain of little kids huddled around a remote control, electric vehicles are beginning to emerge as ...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Jan 25, 2012
- Length: 29:59
- Purchases: 1
Species of both plants and animals are dying out at unprecedented rates. Overpopulation, industrialization, and mono-cropping are stressing the w...
Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KZYX, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and WDSE
- Added: Jan 20, 2012
- Length: 55:02
- Purchases: 4
What is the United States Chamber of Commerce? Many Americans hold the misconception that it’s a government agency. It is not. It is the most signi...
- Added: Jan 18, 2012
- Length: 30:00
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
Oakland has the 5th busiest port in the country. According to the Port of Oakland they support between 50,000 and 73,000 jobs in Northern Californi...
- Added: Jan 16, 2012
- Length: 12:33
After a series of earthquakes near Youngstown, Ohio last week, some observers are pointing to an unusual culprit. Yesterday seismologist John Armbr...
- Added: Jan 16, 2012
- Length: 08:28
Trained as an ecologist, our guest this week on Sea Change Radio uses complexity theory to map spheres of influence and find solutions to any numbe...
- Added: Jan 11, 2012
- Length: 30:00
Socially responsible capitalism – is this an oxymoron? Not according to this week’s guest on Sea Change Radio. Graham Sinclair is a South African s...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Jan 06, 2012
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 1
The bankruptcy of solar startup, Solyndra, earlier this year had the clean energy naysayers up-in-arms, saying that Solyndra’s demise proved that g...
- Added: Dec 27, 2011
- Length: 30:00
With the 17th annual global climate change talks foundering in Durban, little hope is left for a worldwide initiative designed to combat global war...
- Added: Dec 21, 2011
- Length: 02:00
Do you ever try to envision a world where all the cars are electric – quiet, clean and carbon-neutral? Sounds great, but the truth is that the shif...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Dec 09, 2011
- Length: 30:00
- Purchases: 1
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
