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Smart Fridges
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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f you’re looking to save energy and cold, hard cash, check out the fridge.

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Nov 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Natural Security
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Nature has a few tricks up her sleeve that can teach us a thing or two about national security.

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Nov 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Natural Gas Discovery
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The decomposition of tiny sea animals and plants that died hundreds of thousands of years ago created enormous natural gas deposits under the seafl...

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Nov 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Cleaning up with Mushrooms
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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His name is Paul Stamets, but you can call him the Mushroom Man.

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Nov 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Corntainers
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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What’s better than a glass of cold milk? How about a glass of cold organic milk from a biodegradable bottle.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Whooping Crane Comeback
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In 1941, there were only fifteen Whooping cranes left in North America -- a flock from Canada that wintered in Texas.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Indonesia’s Treasures
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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A shark that strolls along coral on its fins. A shrimp with enough muscle and speed to shatter the glass in an aquarium. These and 48 other never-b...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Wind Power at Sea
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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As oil prices rise and supplies decline, interest in wind energy is soaring. But finding sites for wind farms hasn’t been a breeze.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
PCR Found in Hot Springs
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Maybe there’s hope for troublemakers. Some creatures thrive in hot water...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Leave it to Beaver
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Nab a New York apartment with a river view? That's easy -- for a beaver named Jose.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Fuel to the Last Drop
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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“Regular, unleaded or decaf?” Coffee may keep our eyes open, but coffee grounds might, someday, fuel our cars.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Ailing Acacia Tree
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In Africa, two species depend on each other for survival. But scientists are now discovering that a third species is crucial to that equation.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Beetle: Feet of Inspiration
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Ever been told you have feet of clay? How about feet of a beetle? Well now you can take that one as a compliment.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
In Defense Of Mendocino County Tomorrow And Measure A
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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The executive director of "Mendocino County Tomorrow", Robin Collier, known locally for her skills in making excellent cheese cake, is the guest on...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2009
  • Length: 31:44
Bees Move Elephants Along
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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If you ever need to shoo a herd of elephants out of your backyard, new research suggests that you may want to unleash: the bees!

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Going Bananas
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Did you know bananas might soon slip into history? That's because from Paris to Peoria, we all eat only one variety, and it's vulnerable to a fungu...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Northwest Passage Open for Shipping
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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There’s now a shortcut between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, courtesy of climate change.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Hatching Hydrogen
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Engineers at Ohio State University are cracking up over a new way of separating gasses. And they've possibly created a new process to produce a cle...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Year of the Cat
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Deep in a Borneo rainforest, a mysterious catlike creature pads across the jungle floor. It has dark red fur, a bushy tail, and could be the first ...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Saving with Solar
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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You don’t have to an eco-activist to switch to solar power anymore. Just a savvy consumer.

  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Saving Real-life Furbys
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Remember Furbys? Those toy robots with big eyes and ears? Well they're back, but this version doesn't take batteries, because it's the real-life eq...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Tasmanian Devil on the Brink of Extinction
From: Jake Warga
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Travels around Tasmania to learn about the fate of the little Devil

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KUT, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 14, 2009
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 3
Has Water Become a Right?
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Green Ethics
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Less than one percent of the earth's water is consumable, and many parts of the world may be heading toward water bankruptcy. Should private owners...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Sep 11, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Microbial Fuel Cells
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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How now, brown cow? With digestive fluid you say? Along with some hay? That’s how researchers are generating electricity at the University of Ohio ...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Aug 19, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Wild Grasslands Do Best
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Which is better? A picture perfect golf course, or a wild and wooly prairie? Well, when it comes to ecosystem health, the more native plants -- the...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Aug 19, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1

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