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Algae’s Back, as Biodiesel
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Looking back on an argument, it’s nice when it turns out they were wrong and you were right -- and it’s tempting to say “I told you so.”

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Vertical Farming: Food for the future.
From: Matthew Fidler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Matt Fidler and Dr. Despommier of Columbia University in New York talk about his new concept of Vertical Farming. That is, growing our food in a s...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Nov 26, 2008
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Hydroponic Gardening
From: Clearwater Moment
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Hydroponics as sustainable food production

  • Added: Nov 19, 2008
  • Length: 01:46
Home from the Inside Out
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
Caption: Tina Huang, actress
Home Watch

  • Added: Nov 13, 2008
  • Length: 03:36
Swords to Ploughshares
From: Alix Blair
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A veteran of the Iraq war finds peace through farming

Bought by WMMT, The Story, KFAI Minneapolis, and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 03, 2008
  • Length: 08:53
  • Purchases: 4
Migration Interrupted
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Since the early 1990s, wildlife researchers with Operation Migration have been using ultralight aircraft to literally teach endangered birds a new ...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Birdwatchers Wanted
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Bird watching can be pretty intense. Some birdwatchers travel deep into the Amazon to spy the exquisite Quetzal, or battle surf off the coast of th...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Trailer Treasure
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
One architecture professor is giving trailer parks a good name. Michael Berk of Mississippi State University has developed award-winning mobile hom...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Charity in Hot Water
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
San Francisco's Project Open Hand is in a lot of hot water these days. About 170,000 gallons a year, to be exact.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 28, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Lover of Wood/s
From: Long Haul Productions
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A profile of a musician who makes guitars from the old-growth forest that he's decided to protect in perpetuity.

Bought by WABE, PRX Remix, KUOW, New Hampshire Public Radio, and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Oct 14, 2008
  • Length: 06:31
  • Purchases: 5
Looking Back to Look Forward: Energy and the Environment
From: KNKX
Series: Looking Back to Look Forward: Election 2008
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Examining how energy and the environment are being discussed in the 2008 presidential campaign through the lens of history and current voters' att...

  • Added: Oct 13, 2008
  • Length: 07:56
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
Backyard Farmers
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Raising vegetables and livestock surrounded by surburban neighbors.

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon


  • Added: Sep 06, 2008
  • Length: 07:22
  • Purchases: 1
Destination DIY: Urban Farming
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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City-dwellers raising plants and animals while holding down a day job.

Bought by KZYX and KUT


  • Added: Sep 01, 2008
  • Length: 28:10
  • Purchases: 2
Hummingbird Bander
From: Northwest News Network (N3)
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audio postcard of man who bands hummingbirds

Bought by WILL


  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 02:09
  • Purchases: 1
Wild California Condor Caught in Photo
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Not long ago, a kindergartener snapped a photo of a rare bird! Gabriel Gottfried spotted a large, dark-colored bird perched in a tree near his hom...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Aug 20, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Victory at Chesapeake Bay
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
Entrepreneurship
From: Littleglobe
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Students talk about Entrepreneurship at the 2008 Entrepreneurship Conference in Espanola, New Mexico.

  • Added: Aug 10, 2008
  • Length: 05:18
INTO THE HEART OF TIBET: Interview with explorer IAN BAKER
From: The Tibet Connection
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Explorer, Tibet scholar and author Ian Baker talks about his life's work, experiencing the fabled 'hidden lands' of Tibet, which are considered by ...

  • Added: Jul 24, 2008
  • Length: 16:00
Destination DIY: Cycling
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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An exploration of human-powered transportation.

Bought by KGNU Community Radio, XRAY.fm, KMXT, XRAY.fm, KUT and more


  • Added: Jul 16, 2008
  • Length: 27:58
  • Purchases: 8
Mondo's
From: Voices of Youth - Moab
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A portrait of a local Moab coffee shop as a reflection of community

  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 04:26
"Women Rising XVII: Climate Change and Water"
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Maude Barlow from Canada, and Ge Yun from China warn us about the link between climate change and the loss of one of our most basic human requireme...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
Discovering the Missing Lynx
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: June 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Scientists in Spain have found the missing lynx. But to be perfectly honest, they didn't know they were missing.

  • Added: May 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
Cheetah'n Mother Nature
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Cheetahs are fast, but time is catching up with them. Their numbers are dwindling due to a small gene pool that makes these graceful Big Cats vulne...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
Cleaning Up The Ashtabula
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Generations of kids did their Huckleberry Finn thing down by the Ashtabula, which means "river of many fish" in the Iroquois language. It once tee...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:32

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