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Going Green and Going Online
From: Smart City Radio
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This week on Smart City we going green, and going online. Our guests will talk about getting citizens to collaborate online, and working with deve...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 10, 2008
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 2
Ghost Bikes
From: Mark Saldaña
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In Portland, OR, and across the United States, Ghost Bikes mark the sites of fatal bicycle-autombile collisions.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., XRAY.fm, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2008
  • Length: 04:26
  • Purchases: 8
Condor Rescue
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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A condor refuge recovers after a wildfire, and volunteers prepare for a dramatic release.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 03, 2008
  • Length: 04:57
  • Purchases: 2
Dirty Plastic Bags
From: Conrad Wilson
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Reusable plastic bags aren't as green as you think

Bought by WABE, Oregon Public Broadcasting, KUOW, KDNK, and KRUA


  • Added: Oct 23, 2008
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 5
Wildlife CSI
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Using DNA to catch wildlife poachers

Bought by WABE, Listenwise, New Hampshire Public Radio, KVNF, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 5
Sea Lion Rescue
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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A mysterious bacterial infection is sickening the West Coast's sea lions.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 05:03
Drugs in the Drinking Water
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Many of us drink tiny doses of drugs like ibuprofen and birth control pills with each glass of tap. Should we care?

Bought by WABE, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and KRUA


  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 4
Rep. Maxine Waters - A Woman of Good Works
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) - In our conversation with Rep. Maxine Waters we discover the wide range of good works this congresswoman has accomplishe...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2008
  • Length: 28:35
Searching For Farming's Future in its Past
From: Rachel Leventhal
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Searching For Farming's Future in its Past is part of a series produced by Rachel Leventhal for the NRDC about the impact individuals can make on t...

Bought by KUT, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 07, 2008
  • Length: 09:41
  • Purchases: 3
DIY Green Building
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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On the frontiers of green building

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 01, 2008
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
LEEDing in Green Construction
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In 2005, Washington became the first state in the nation to require that all new publicly-funded schools, colleges, offices, and even prisons meet ...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Rethinking Air Conditioning
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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Why your central AC unit sucks way more juice than it should

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WABE


  • Added: Sep 17, 2008
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 2
Disappearing Plants
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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For plants, global warming means move or die.

Bought by WABE, KZYX, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Sep 17, 2008
  • Length: 04:58
  • Purchases: 3
Sea of Plastic
From: KQED
Series: QUEST
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"The toilet bowl that never flushes"

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KFAI Minneapolis, WBEZ, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Sep 17, 2008
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 4
Since The Flood
From: Eve Abrams
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New Orleanians reflect on their lives in the three years since the failure of the Federal Levees resulting from Hurricane Katrina

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 28, 2008
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 1
Victory at Chesapeake Bay
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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It's always a pleasure to deliver good news about a conservation effort. Today we salute Chesapeake Bay and the coalition that's cleaning it up.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Land Trusts for the Future
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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With all the pressure these days to develop desirable land, the wide, open spaces don't stay that way without help.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
NAMAPAHH Global Warming- Native Americans in the frontline
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Series: NAMAPAHH First People's Radio Show
Caption: There appears to be a horse, in the sewer., Credit: Image by The Internet.
The Elders and Native American scientists & environmentalists are saying that this is a time to re-connect.

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KWIS 88.3 FM, and WGDR


  • Added: Aug 12, 2008
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Bioneers
From: Littleglobe
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An interview with the founders of the Bioneers: Nina Simons and Kenny Ausubel.

Bought by WMUK


  • Added: Aug 11, 2008
  • Length: 07:37
  • Purchases: 1
Dutch Dykes in Louisiana
From: Anton Foek
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10 centuries of battling the sea gave the Dutch an added value inhelping to build levees

Bought by KWIT


  • Added: Aug 06, 2008
  • Length: 54:35
  • Purchases: 1
A Sheltered Life
From: WAMU
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This piece examines young people who are homeless.

  • Added: Aug 05, 2008
  • Length: 06:41
Defining Organic Milk
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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What do you envision when you think of an organic dairy farm? Cows out grazing in a pasture? Or standing on the concrete floor of a feedlot?

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jul 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Best Move for e-Waste
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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About two and a half million tons of old computers, televisions, cell phones, fax machines, and other equipment are trashed each year in the United...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jul 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Coolin' It
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In the summer, an air conditioner can be a necessity. However, cooling down a house can be expensive, but there are ways to reduce the cost.

Bought by CKMO and KOSU


  • Added: Jul 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Nature's Playground
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: July 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Remember the days when kids hiked into the woods? Caught tadpoles in a stream, and played tag on the playground? Well, those days are fading fast.

  • Added: Jul 01, 2008
  • Length: 01:32

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