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You've probably seen those daring para-surfers who use wind power to skip across the waves. Well, the gusts and gales that these terrestrial mammal...
- Added: Jun 26, 2007
- Length: 01:32
From: Paige Doughty
Heartbreaking, real and funny: This piece sums up the environmental dilemma of our times.
- Added: Jun 12, 2007
- Length: 21:11
- Purchases: 2
Salmonlands is a journey into the land of salmon, why they are so significant to the culture and community of the Pacific Northwest, and what it wi...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio and The Nature Podcast
- Added: May 25, 2007
- Length: 27:20
- Purchases: 2
Over South Africa, the Bateleurs combine love of flying with a passion for nature...
- Added: Apr 16, 2007
- Length: 01:32
The waters near the Papua Province of Indonessia is home to a stunning variety of marine life, including species never before seen.
- Added: Apr 16, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Thanks to the "Green Goal" initiative, the 2006 World Cup was the most environmentally friendly World Cup ever.
- Added: Apr 16, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Fewer than 3,000 manatees, the "gentle giants", survive in the wild.
- Added: Apr 16, 2007
- Length: 01:32
While Bangalore, India is known for its high-tech industry, it is also called the "Garden City."
- Added: Mar 28, 2007
- Length: 01:32
So what exactly is an arborist?
- Added: Mar 28, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Last year, the wind industry reached an important milestone in the United States.
- Added: Mar 28, 2007
- Length: 01:32
It started in 1872 on the barren plains of Nebraska...It's Arbor Day!
- Added: Mar 28, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Ever wondered if your city is a "Tree City?"
- Added: Mar 28, 2007
- Length: 01:32
The compact fluorescent light is way more efficient at converting electricity to light than the incandescent bulb.
- Added: Mar 28, 2007
- Length: 01:32
National Arbor Day, celebrated in late April, is a good day to consider the benefits of trees.
- Added: Mar 28, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Benjamin Franklin said 'nothing is certain except death and taxes.' Well, today you can at least reduce your taxes...
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 01:30
Lighting accounts for about a quarter of all the electricity that's consumed in the United States. Here are some ways to lighten the energy load...
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 01:30
On average, each of us scarfs up about 140 pounds of this delectable tuber a year. It's a $2 billion industry, but just a fraction of the potatoes ...
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 01:30
Next time you travel, forget renting that gas-guzzler. A few rental car companies are offering hybrids and cars that run on biodiesel.
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 01:30
Who's afraid of the big, bad wolf? Certainly not wildlife lovers in eastern Germany...
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 01:30
They sighted him wandering through the Bavarian Alps, and the German media named him "Petzi" -- the first brown bear known to roam through super-po...
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 01:30
Organic food is becoming trendy, and you?ll be seeing more of it at your supermarket, it?ll probably be cheaper to.
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 01:30
Well, today, the inventive folks at Adobe Systems are putting their clever minds to work for the environment.
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 01:30
You might say carbofuran is an equal-opportunity killer. It takes out Eagles, Red-tailed Hawks, and migratory song-birds of all types.
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 01:30
The Ashtabula River in Ohio flows into Lake Erie, one of the four Great Lakes.
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 01:30
Ireland is poor in fossil fuel resources, and nearly 90 percent of its total energy needs are met by imported fuels. But the country is rich in win...
- Added: Feb 20, 2007
- Length: 01:30