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Tapping Into Geothermal Energy
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Karl Gawell
Humans have been capturing and using geothermal heat from the earth for a very long time. Geothermal energy was being used in China back in the 3rd...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
Women Who Wouldn't Listen: Wangari Maathai and Frances Moore Lappe
From: A World of Possibilities
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Two lives spent breaking the mold of both traditional and feminist perspectives are recounted in candid conversation, each with a focused sense of ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WZEN.org, KREV-LP, KUOW, WHRV and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2011
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 7
Son of a Farmer, Child of the Earth
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with 4th generation family farmer, Eric Herm, and author of "Son of a Farmer, Child of the Earth." Herm is transitioning his f...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
Shopping More Responsibly With Good Guide
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Dara O'Rourke
window | Download Good Guide is a web-based index that scores products from food and beverage to apparel and appliances on their health, environmen...

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon


  • Added: Oct 19, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Environmental Journalist Jeff Goodell on Politics, Policy & Coal
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jeff Goodell
If you could get the President’s attention for just long enough to tell him the ten things you’d like him to do to save the planet, or at least put...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2011
  • Length: 29:59
Climate Change and Tribal Concerns: Part II
From: WTIP
Series: Dr. Seth Moore - Grand Portage Tribal Wildlife Biologist
Caption: Great Lakes Basin, Credit: NASA
Seventh Generation planning: preparing for the effects of climate change on Native American tribes. This is the second in two part discussion on cl...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 06:11
  • Purchases: 3
Climate Change and Tribal Concerns: Part I
From: WTIP
Series: Dr. Seth Moore - Grand Portage Tribal Wildlife Biologist
Caption: Earth , Credit: Photo from NASA via Wikimedia Commons
Preparing for the effects of climate change on Native American tribes. This is the first in two part discussion on climate change with wildlife bi...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, WDSE, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KSRQ, Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 6
China’s Great Green Wager
From: A World of Possibilities
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China today is the most polluted nation on earth. But it’s also on its way to becoming the most environmentally advanced. And it’s no coincidence. ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 10, 2011
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 2
Greening Health Care
From: CHC Radio
Series: Conversations on Health Care
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Dr. Linda McCauley, a renowned environmental health researcher and national leader on greener health care practices, joins us today.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2011
  • Length: 24:20
Designing with Nature: Applying Green Chemistry
From: A World of Possibilities
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You cannot see molecules, but human-made chemicals flow through every living thing on earth today and have a profound impact on every person’s life...

Bought by 'The Sea', KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KXOT Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 26, 2011
  • Length: 55:02
  • Purchases: 4
MONEYBALL -- Jonah Hill
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Jonah Hill, San Francisco, CA 9/16/11, Credit: Andrea Chase
Jonah Hill talks comedy, drama, and animation.

  • Added: Sep 25, 2011
  • Length: 11:53
A $300 House: Fact or Fiction?
From: Housing Revolution
Caption: An early sketch of the $300 House concept, Credit: 300house.com
Vijay Govindarajan, co-creator of the $300 House Project, discusses the genesis of the idea, how it’s different from mere cheap housing, and his ho...

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 25, 2011
  • Length: 15:12
  • Purchases: 2
Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-CA) on Creating a Clean Energy Nation
From: Alex Wise
Caption: Jerry McNerney
This week on Sea Change Radio we hear from U.S. Congressman Jerry McNerney, representing California’s 11th District. In an earlier appearance on Se...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2011
  • Length: 01:00:00
The Audiophiles: The mysterious language of blue whales
From: KALW
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Stand on the beach overlooking Half Moon Bay, and the sound you’re most likely to hear is of waves crashing against the rocks. But when Roger Bland...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, PRX Remix, and KUOW


  • Added: Sep 19, 2011
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 4
Nuclear Power at a Crossroads?
From: Burton Cohen
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Beyond Nuclear's Paul Gunter analyzes the state of nuclear power in the US.

  • Added: Sep 16, 2011
  • Length: 59:43
Kitt Doucette: From the Frontlines of the Plastic Bag Wars
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Kitt Doucette
In just a couple of decades the plastic bag has become ubiquitous on this planet – these “disposable” items don’t biodegrade, however, so they’ve b...

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon


  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Filmmaker Josh Tickell: Fueling the Ethanol Debate
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Josh Tickell
Ask an environmentally aware friend of yours what they think about ethanol and the response will probably be negative. Critics of this long-establi...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
Richard Heinberg: A Post-Carbon Conversation
From: Alex Wise
Caption: Richard Heinberg
What will a post-carbon tomorrow look like? Most experts agree that the end of the age of cheap fossil fuels will mark a fundamental change in huma...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
The Resurgence Of The Rake
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Peter Kendall
This week on Sea Change Radio, we talk about leaf blowers, one of the least eco-friendly items found in the garage or tool-shed of your average Ame...

  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
Natalia Allen: Social Responsibility With Style
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Natalia Allen
What are you wearing right now? Tube socks from China? A Patagonia fleece? A pair of pants made from hemp? Most people probably don’t think that mu...

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon


  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
Further To Fly: Exploring Air Travel Part II
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jim Walsh of American Airlines
Previously on Sea Change Radio, we talked about how a single flight can virtually neutralize all the efforts a family makes in a year to reduce the...

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon


  • Added: Sep 14, 2011
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Slow Food and the Growing World Population (Short Version)
From: Louisville Public Media
Caption: A locally-grown tomato, Credit: Kyle Durbin
An feature-length interview with Slow Food International Secretary General Paolo di Croce about how his organization plans to feed the growing worl...

  • Added: Sep 07, 2011
  • Length: 03:24
Slow Food and the Growing World Population
From: Louisville Public Media
Caption: A dish made with food grown near Louisville, Kentucky, Credit: Dalton Main
An extended interview with Slow Food International Secretary General Paolo di Croce about how his organization plans to feed the growing world popu...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Sep 07, 2011
  • Length: 06:23
  • Purchases: 1
Liquid Gold on Lovers Lane
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with Keith Feigin, owner of Lovers Lane Farm, at his bee keeping center in Ukiah, California. We discuss bees on the loose, ho...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Nature Dreaming: Rediscovering California's Landscapes with David Mas Masumoto
From: California Legacy Project
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Listeners will find Nature Dreaming: Rediscovering California’s Landscapes with David Mas Masumoto both entertaining and enlightening. Two one hour...

Bought by KZYX and KALW


  • Added: Sep 02, 2011
  • Length: 01:50:16
  • Purchases: 2

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