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Howland Cultural Center - Geothermal System
From: Clearwater Moment
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The Howland Cultural Center is a beautiful performance space, gallery, and host to cultural events in the Hudson Valley. The historic building rec...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 01:46
Quirks & Quarks: Episode March 7
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Quirks & Quarks
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Canada's weekly national science program

Bought by North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 1
Quirks & Quarks: Episode February 28
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Quirks & Quarks
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Canada's weekly national science program.

Bought by North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 27, 2009
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 1
Manmade Photosynthesis
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - 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...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Welcome to Windy Acres
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Farming has always been subject to the uncertainties of weather and market conditions. But farmers in Huron County, Michigan, have found something...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Carbon Tracker
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - 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. NOAA has developed a system to track carb...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
When Windmills Fly
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Up in the air -- it’s a bird; it’s a plane; it’s a -- flying windmill? That’s right, a flying windmill.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
The TDP Way
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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“Thermal depolymerization.” No, it’s not a code word for ‘global warming.’ But it IS a big buzz in alternative energy circles.

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Storm Pilots
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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It’s no news to anyone that Hurricanes’ can be devastating. Luckily, hurricane forecasting has improved a lot over the years.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Seaweed to the Rescue
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Here’s a two-fer: A renewable fuel source that also reduces carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Energy Wave
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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It's said that “time and tide wait for no man.” But it looks like there’s considerable power waiting for us in the tides.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Quirks & Quarks: Episode February 21
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Quirks & Quarks
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Canada's weekly national science program

Bought by North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 20, 2009
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 1
Quirks & Quarks: Episode February 14
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Quirks & Quarks
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Canada's national weekly science program

Bought by North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 13, 2009
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 1
Quirks & Quarks: Episode February 7
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Quirks & Quarks
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Canada's weekly national science program

Bought by North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 06, 2009
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 1
Quirks & Quarks: Episode January 31
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Quirks & Quarks
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Canada's weekly national science program.

Bought by North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 30, 2009
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 1
Beetle Inspired Water Technologies
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The African Stenocara beetle has learned a thing or two about water conservation and scientists are hoping to capitalize on the beetle’s adaptation...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jan 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
More Power to Sunshine Van
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Now here’s a ride Little Miss Sunshine and her eccentric family would have appreciated…

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jan 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Sugar Battery
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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i-Pods powered by Kool-Aid? Yep. They might be just around the corner -- no kidding!

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jan 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Facts on Flex Fuels
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Car companies say that flex-fuel vehicles reduce our dependence on foreign oil. But how do they measure up where the rubber meets the road?

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jan 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Potable Water to Drinking Water
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Okay -- so it sounds pretty disgusting when you first hear about it. But, well, here it goes. We may be able to get drinking water from treated sew...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jan 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Sink the Carbon
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Most of us have heard that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas, and a major contributor to global warming. But is there a way to capture the carbon ...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jan 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Zap The Trash
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Here’s a conundrum. What do you do with three thousand tons of smelly garbage a day? Could you just, well, vaporize it?!

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jan 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Paint Plastics
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Have you ever bathed in paint? Canary yellow or baby blue? Well of course you haven’t! But almost three million Americans could have last year, sin...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Jan 29, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Quirks & Quarks: Episode January 24
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Quirks & Quarks
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Canada's national weekly science program.

Bought by North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 23, 2009
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 1
eWaste
From: Marc de Giere
Series: The Digital Divide
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A look at Free Geek, an organization that is giving ewaste a new life.

Bought by KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 16, 2009
  • Length: 13:01
  • Purchases: 1

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