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How a small community of gold miners in the Colombian jungle is fighting to turn a toxic industry into a green and global market.

  • Added: Jul 07, 2011
  • Length: 34:24
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Dr. Helen Caldicott describes how the nuclear disasters that began in Japan on March 11, 2011, with the massive 9.0 point earthquake and resulting ...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
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A report by leading international scientists concludes that human activities are causing a much more rapid deterioration of the ocean than previous...

  • Added: Jul 05, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
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The 26th segment of The Infrastructure Show podcast series; 6-11

  • Added: Jun 28, 2011
  • Length: 30:47
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In this program we hear about the challenges of growing the fair trade movement from the founder of a leading fair trade certification organization...

Bought by KZYX, WBEZ, KXOT Public Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 27, 2011
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 4
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The gargantuan Three Gorges Dam over the Yangtze River in China is the largest hydroelectric project in the world and is a poster child for China's...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
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Every year, in cities across the world, cyclists throw off their clothes and ride naked as part of the World Naked Bike Ride - a global protest mov...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 15, 2011
  • Length: 18:13
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Melting Away, Credit: Sheri Quinn
Glaciers around the world are melting at an unprecedented rate and glacier shrinkage is evidence of climate change. Paleoclimatologist Lonnie Thomp...

  • Added: Jun 04, 2011
  • Length: 30:02
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Around the world, languages, cultures and ecosystems are disappearing at an alarming rate, erasing richness vital to our survival.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KHNS, KTRL, KXOT Public Radio, and KWGS


  • Added: May 02, 2011
  • Length: 54:57
  • Purchases: 5
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Public Service Announcement for Generosity Water produced by Kennesaw State University Communication students.

  • Added: Apr 26, 2011
  • Length: :31
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The tragic environmental and nuclear catastrophe in Japan is not the only example of world leaders ignoring obvious perils. The catastrophic effec...

  • Added: Mar 29, 2011
  • Length: 02:01
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A little-known crisis is brewing: by seizing Tibet, China has gained control of the headwaters of rivers serving the water needs of almost half...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
Caption: The Turning Torso, Credit: City of Malmö
Invité: Klas Tham La zone industrielle qui va de l'usine Scott à l'usine E.B. Eddy est non seulement le coeur historique de Gatineau, c'est aussi ...

  • Added: Dec 09, 2010
  • Length: 39:28
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Produced around the COP16 meeting in Mexico, the Children's Radio Foundation and Unicef's Unite 4 Climate initiative have produced a series of radi...

Bought by KUNM and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Dec 07, 2010
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Can we influence our friends and families to change their behaviors? A talk show in which 6 young Capetonians discuss the possibility of influencin...

  • Added: Dec 06, 2010
  • Length: 03:57
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18 year-old Noloyiso Mthana journeys each week from the township of Gugulethu where she lives, to recycle paper from her and her neighbors' homes a...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Dec 06, 2010
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Giant cane dominates the muddy banks of the Rio Grande in many places., Credit: Megan Wilde
Sediment is slowly choking the Rio Grande in the Big Bend region of Texas, causing more frequent floods and making it easier for invasive plants to...

Bought by KENW


  • Added: Nov 19, 2010
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Bjorn Lomborg, San Francisco, CA 10/18/10, Credit: Andrea Chase
The author of The Skeptical Environmentalist on a more efficient way to solve the environmental crisis.

  • Added: Nov 14, 2010
  • Length: 18:20
Caption: "Sustaindinavia!" is a miniseries about sustainability in Scandinavia, from Energy Priorities., Credit: Energy Priorities
Carbon policy is a big issue. It's a great time to examine how Copenhagen Denmark has solved multiple problems by integrating energy systems right ...

Bought by WSKG


  • Added: Nov 01, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: SAfari ant
A conversation between David Inoue and Dino Martins about the value of African insects to the worlds favourite things. Without bugs there would be ...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2010
  • Length: 04:49
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Experts say the capitol of Yemen quickly running out of water. It might sound crazy, but the water crisis in Sana’a is due in large part to its un...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2010
  • Length: 06:01
Caption: Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry, Credit: Brittany Jencks
In 1962 France was years ahead of the U.S. in ecological awareness and energy conservation, before the word "ecology" was even used in either count...

  • Added: Jul 19, 2010
  • Length: 05:34
Caption: Samburu men , Credit: Peter Greste
A campfire debate led by WildlifeDirects Director Paula Kahumbu with entomologist Dino martins, mammologist Judith Mbau and local Samburu man Sammy...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2010
  • Length: 22:00
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
Read Mark Twain's English translation of The Jumping Frog

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jun 21, 2010
  • Length: 02:12
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: Apr 29, 2010
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 1