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Will's Tiny House
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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Will Hesch of Winona Minnesota built a tiny house in an effort to reduce his carbon footprint. Today we will learn how Will accomplished his task, ...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2011
  • Length: 16:37
Turtle enthusiasts Ed Lagace and Micheal J Pappas
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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Today we interview two individuals who have a passion for the wilderness of MN with a focus on Turtles. First we meet with Ed Lagace who has been i...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2011
  • Length: 27:36
Turtles of the Upper Mississippi Refuge and it's Watershed
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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On this episode of Don't Cha Know we feature Ed Lagace and Michael J Pappas as they talk to us about turtles of the Upper Mississippi Refuge and it...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2011
  • Length: 43:32
Reducing the Waste Stream - A panel discussion with special guest Heather Rogers
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
Caption: Anne Morse (left) and Heather Rogers (right) discuss garbage in our culture, Credit: Andrew Link from the Winona Daily News
Heather Rogers is the author of "The Hidden Life of Garbage" which happens to be the 2010-2011 Common book for Winona State University. Rogers was ...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2011
  • Length: 40:19
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURAL SCAM
From: Joseph Carraro
Series: THE AVERAGE JOE
Caption: THE AVERAGE JOE MAKES A POINT
Turning off the water pumps in the Central California Valley to protect the smelt is criminal and will destroy our nations agriculture.

  • Added: Apr 15, 2011
  • Length: 02:53
Humankind: Passengers (Hour Two)
From: Humankind
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With federal support for public transit hanging in the balance, this sound-rich series (two one-hour documentaries) examines how our personal trans...

Bought by WCPN, WBEZ, Iowa Public Radio, KUT, KXOT Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 15, 2011
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Wilma Subra: Chemistry of the Aftermath
From: American Public Media
Series: The Promised Land
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Chemist Wilma Subra has spent her career defending local communities against Louisiana’s powerful oil and gas industry. Since the Deepwater Horizon...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KCMJ Community Radio, Vermont Public, New Hampshire Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Edward Glaeser on the Triumph of the City
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Just Business
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"We live in an age in which it is effortless to telecommunicate across the globe, in which we could all just dial in from some sylvan suburb," says...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Apr 12, 2011
  • Length: 29:17
  • Purchases: 1
Energía Nuclear: Alternativa segura o amenaza para todos / Nuclear Plants: Clear Energy or Real Danger
From: Voces de Nuestro Mundo
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Qué tan segura es la energía nuclear. How safe is nuclear energy.

  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 28:02
Nat Turner: Planting Seeds for a Lifetime
From: American Public Media
Series: The Promised Land
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For Nat Turner, garden rakes and shovels are tools for transformation. He's transformed an old store in New Orlean's Lower Ninth Ward into an urba...

Bought by KOSU, KCMJ Community Radio, KWMR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 05, 2011
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
The Impact of Dependence on Oil
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Green Ethics
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Oil is cost-efficient as a primary energy source -- in the short term. Long-term, however, oil poses economic risks and damages the environment. Sh...

Bought by WRFA-LP, WMNF, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 3
Kyshun Webster: Reaching for Greatness
From: American Public Media
Series: The Promised Land
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Dr. Kyshun Webster is a man who gets things done. And before that, he was a kid who got things done. Now the founder and executive director of Oper...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Vermont Public, New Hampshire Public Radio, WFIU and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
Warnings Ignored at the World's Peril
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
Humankind: Passengers (Hour One)
From: Humankind
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With transportation jobs on the line, this sound-rich series (two one-hour documentaries) examines how our personal transportation choices - privat...

Bought by KVSC, WCPN, WBEZ, Iowa Public Radio, KUT and more


  • Added: Mar 25, 2011
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 9
The Life and Work of Dr. Calvin Fremling
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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Today on Don't Cha Know - A tribute and recognition to the life's work of Dr. Calvin Fremling. One of the foremost authorities on the endangered en...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 16:03
Christoph Lueneburger on Sustainable Practices
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Forum: Advocates for Ethics in Business
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Christoph Lueneburger is the leader of the sustainability practice and the U.S. private equity practice at Egon Zehnder International, a human capi...

Bought by CI Dolphin Radio


  • Added: Mar 03, 2011
  • Length: 24:42
  • Purchases: 1
Joan Krevlin on Sustainable Communities
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Green Ethics
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Joan Krevlin's work as an architect demonstrates what integrity can bring to a career. Deploying form and function with integrity is key to design....

  • Added: Mar 03, 2011
  • Length: 25:25
Silent Spring - Again
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Rachel Carson would not be happy to see how pervasive the endocrine disrupter BPA has become, and the deleterious effects it is having on our health.

  • Added: Mar 02, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
No ‘Fracking’ Way: The Perils of Natural Gas Drilling (ENCORE)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We’ll hear excerpts from the Oscar-nominated movie Gasland, including stories from residents who say their drinking water catches on fire—one of th...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 02, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Colette Lespinasse on Haiti
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Forum: Advocates for Ethics in Business
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Colette Lespinasse discusses pre-existing governance and human rights issues in disaster-stricken Haiti. She addresses the recent earthquake and ch...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2011
  • Length: 27:57
Dr. Sandra Steingraber - Living Downstream - Part Two
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents a two part interview with Dr. Sandra Steingraber author of Living Downstream: An Ecologist's Personal Investigation o...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2011
  • Length: 28:44
Dr. Sandra Steingraber - Living Downstream - Part One
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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The Living Well Show presents a two part interview with Dr. Sandra Steingraber author of Living Downstream: An Ecologist's Personal Investigation o...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2011
  • Length: 28:36
Oil on the Bayou - After the Spill
From: Julia Botero
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After the explosion on BP's Deepwater Horizon Rig killed 11 workers in April 2010, oil began spewing into the Gulf of Mexico from the damaged well,...

  • Added: Feb 15, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Tibet: The Key to Asia's Rivers
From: Judy Lubow
Series: Planet Warning
Caption: PRX default Piece image
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
"A Second Wind: Elders Act for Justice" Margaret Gordon
From: Making Contact
Caption: Stories, Credit: Ricky Norris
Many retirees enjoy the rest and relaxation that eluded them during their working years. But for some, retirement means opportunities to affect pos...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2011
  • Length: 07:30

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