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Green Roofs
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Remember Carole King’s song, “Up on the Roof”? You know...When this old world starts a getting me down And people are just too much for me to face...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
Callendar Effect, Affects Change
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Wouldn’t it be great to have a freeway named after you, a galaxy – or, maybe a complex formula for calculating carbon dioxide’s effect on climate c...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
Biodegradable Car
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Henry Ford had the right idea. Back in the early 1940s, he developed the world's first "bio-car." Actually, it was a prototype displayed once at a ...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
More Power to Cattle
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Attention feed lot operators. Panda Energy International in Hereford, Texas, wants your manure. But only the good stuff.

  • Added: Nov 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
Patent for Better Insulation
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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There’s a fungus among us that could become a more environmentally-friendly way to weatherize your home, or business. Eben Bayer, a recent graduate...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
Take Home Box
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Here’s a home that’s truly “outside the box” -- or inside, depending on where you stand. They’re made out of recycled steel shipping containers. Ye...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
Oil Eaters
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Considering all the animals trapped in the Los Angeles La Brea Tar Pits, you’d think the gas it’s belching up is caused by something that it ate. A...

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Cornucopia
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Ok, so here’s a quick quiz for you. What does U.S.D.A. stand for? Right: the United States Department of Agriculture! Now, what do they do? Gotcha!

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Gecko Connection
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Island life evolves in isolation, and complex relationships develop that can make island ecosystems especially dependent on niche species.

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Algae to the Rescue
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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On top of everything else ailing Mother Earth these days, apparently she’s got gas. Lots of it.

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Batteries Powered by Sugar
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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i-Pods powered by Kool-Aid? Yep. They might be just around the corner -- no kidding! Researchers are developing biodegradable batteries that gener...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Oct 29, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
No Smelling Spells Trouble for Fish
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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When our noses are plugged, we sound stuffy and have trouble breathing. When fish noses are plugged, they get lost, and lose the ability to have s...

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Being Food-Thrifty Saves Energy
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Mom used to say we should eat everything on our plate. Turns out, she might’ve been right -- but for a different reason.

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Fertilizer Overload
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Too much of a good thing. We all know the hazards of that: too much fat, too much beer, too much chocolate… (Maybe not too much chocolate…) But, fo...

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Green Energy from Plants
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Medieval alchemy -- you’ve seen it in the movies: A wizard-like figure hovers over a glowing vat adding mysterious ingredients in his quest to tur...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Oct 29, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Monitoring Carbon
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Catch the news and weather at 10 tonight along with the day’s carbon report. Carbon report? That’s right. If the CarbonTracker system developed by...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Oct 29, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Mapping Elephant DNA
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Over the years, treasure maps have been of such interest that the Library of Congress devoted a volume to them! Now, a new kind of map is proving t...

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  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
A Future for Taz
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Sometimes the devil makes for good company -- at least that's what they think in Tasmania. Since 1996, a deadly facial cancer has wiped out thousan...

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  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Logging Underwater
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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If a tree at the bottom of a lake falls, does it make a sound? Either way, it doesn’t matter to lumberjacks at the Triton Logging Company. You see,...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
More Trees Please
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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There’s no doubt about it: our environmental problems can seem too overwhelming for one person to do anything about. But even our simplest actions ...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Eavesdropping on Elephants
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Even if you don’t want to talk about the proverbial “elephant in the room,” you could at least count the number roaming around wild. Or so you’d t...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Rubber Hits the Road
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Old tires. Mountains of rubber. What’s happening with to them these days? Well, in Pennsylvania, they’re hitting the road!

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Madagascar Wild
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In 1997, thirteen Duke University residents went to Madagascar where they literally went wild. Today, several of them are still running amuck with...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Powered By The Sun
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Now here’s a ride Little Miss Sunshine and her eccentric family would have appreciated. Think sixties hippie culture meets Star Trek, and you end u...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Oct 28, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Doggie Doo
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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So what should you do with your doggie's doo? Your dog Fido probably wishes you’d just leave it in the yard -- let the world know that somebody imp...

  • Added: Sep 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:30

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