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Caption: Jeff Orlowski
ChasingIce_smThe acclaimed documentary film Chasing Ice chronicles the work of photographer and environmentalist James Balog, who has been at the f...

  • Added: Oct 01, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: Marion Nestle
Remember when President Obama nominated Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, and “empathy” was transformed by some political commentators into a d...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2013
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Chris Whittier
In 1988 a Hollywood movie called Gorillas in the Mist depicted the work of the noted primatologist Dian Fossey and brought well-warranted attention...

  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 29:59
Caption: Rolf Skar
Massive wildfires, like the recent so-called “Rim Fire” which threatened the region near Yosemite National Park, seem to be far-too-frequent events...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Caption: Hannah Nordhaus
Back in 2010 we had entomologist John Hafernik on Sea Change Radio to explain what was going on with the honey bees and colony collapse disorder. T...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 05, 2013
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Azzam Alwash
Last week we spoke with Azzam Alwash, who earned a 2013 Goldman Prize for restoring a vast marshland in Iraq that had been drained and depleted und...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: Azzam Alwash
We are not very used to hearing good news about Iraq these days. Nor is there an abundance of feel good stories about the earth's dwindling wetland...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2013
  • Length: 29:55
Caption: Richard Heinberg
We’ve spoken to Richard Heinberg in the past about several problems inherent to our carbon-based economy, from peak oil, to coal to what he has dub...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 16, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Fred Kaufman
We often hear about the resource curse in developing countries in terms of oil or precious minerals — most of us don’t associate the concept with f...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 06, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Fred Kaufman
Genetically Modified Organism is a downright dirty word among many environmentalists and food activists. People oppose GMOs for health reasons and ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 06, 2013
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Peter Byck
Filmmaker Peter Byck believes that the issue of preserving the environment is truly non-partisan, that when you strip away all the political rhetor...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2013
  • Length: 30:29
Caption: Dr. Seth Moore radio collars a moose at Grand Portage., Credit: Grand Portage Trust Lands
Dr. Seth Moore is a wildlife biologist with the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, and a regular guest on WTIP North Shore Community Rad...

Bought by KSRQ and KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Jul 25, 2013
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Rhett Butler
The global expansion of the palm oil industry is one of the largest upheavals in modern agricultural history - and one that many Americans know not...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: Elizabeth Ü
Increasingly, food-based businesses are seen as key solutions to solve our social and environmental problems, and yet entrepreneurs report a surpri...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jul 23, 2013
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
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As Ethiopia continues construction on the Grand Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile, Egyptian officials are worried about their water supply. Does Eth...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2013
  • Length: 02:05
Caption: Alex Trembath
Did you see how they covered President Obama’s recent big environmental speech on the Sunday political talk shows? No? That’s because none of the S...

  • Added: Jul 03, 2013
  • Length: 29:40
Caption: George Lakoff
Last week on Sea Change Radio, influential progressive and cognitive linguist George Lakoff laid out the principles of linguistic framing as they r...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2013
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Dr. George Waldbusser discusses oysters and ocean acidification.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, KPVL, and WRNC-LP


  • Added: Jun 20, 2013
  • Length: 29:40
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: George Lakoff
They say actions speak louder than words, but words are pretty important, too. This week and next on Sea Change Radio, we welcome George Lakoff, th...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 19, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
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B. Blake Levitt is an award-winning journalist who has specialized in medical and science writing for nearly two decades. She has researched the bi...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2013
  • Length: 28:32
Caption: Avinash Kar
Factory farms produce a majority of our nation's meat. Over two-thirds of the beef consumed in this country comes from farms with at least 5,000 he...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: Judith D. Swartz
In her new book, author and journalist Judith D. Swartz reveals that our ability to transform many of our problems – climate change, desertificatio...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 11, 2013
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Dr. Frank R. Spellman, author of Environmental Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing talks to us about the topic of his book. He discusses all aspects o...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2013
  • Length: 28:36
Caption: Allen White
Consumers are becoming more eco-conscious and little by little, investors are too. A company that shows regular profits might look like a sound inv...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 05, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Amanda Eaken
With the climate crisis staring us right in the face, the need to transform our daily routines has become increasingly apparent. A part of the solu...

  • Added: May 29, 2013
  • Length: 29:59