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07 Keeping Plastic Out of the Ocean
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Many kinds of plastic are forever, or nearly so.

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  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
08 Deconstruction Preserves Building Materials
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Today, there?s a new trend in the building industry called ?deconstruction.?

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  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
09 What Does Organic Mean?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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When you?re shopping for food, how do you know if it?s really organic?

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  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
10 There's Genes in That Dirt
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Biologists who try to measure Earth?s genetic diversity have one more place to look: the dirt under our feet.

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  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
11 Heating With The Sun
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Passive solar heating is a way to warm a living space with the heat of the Sun and the natural movement of heat and air.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
12 Medicines of The Tropical Forest
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The future survival of the shamans will depend on how we value the source of their knowledge: the tropical forests.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
13 What We Owe Sleeping Jellyfish
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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When it comes to falling asleep, we may owe it all to jellyfish.

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  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
14 Fueling Your Car With Leftovers
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Leftovers could make a significant contribution to the future of alternative energy.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
15 Behold the Remarkable Midge
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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?As insignificant as a midge,? goes the old saying. But, are midges really insignificant?

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  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
16 Forestry, Native American Style
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The Menominee Indians of northern Wisconsin own 220,000 acres of forest, and their wood products command very high prices.

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  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 2
17 The Return of the Wild Turkey
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Today, the wild turkey population in North America has grown to almost 6 million -- and that?s something to be thankful for.

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  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
18 Dumped Plastics Deadly for Marine Life
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The plastic sandwich bag you pick up today could save a sea turtle tomorrow.

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  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
19 Nature Photography Spurs Land Conservation
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, there are 23 million nature photographers in the United States, outnumbering the nation?s 14 milli...

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  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
20 The Barcoding of Life
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Using ?genetic barcoding? in combination with traditional identification practices is helping scientists make rapid advances in understanding the w...

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  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
21 Secrets of Spawning Eels
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Researchers in Japan have discovered the spawning grounds of Japanese eels.

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  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
22 A Snail's Pace?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Slow doesn't describe the spread of the prolific New Zealand Mud Snail, which today threatens waterways throughout the western United States.

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  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
GOV CANDIDATES DEBATE ENERGY POLICIES ON WESTERN SLOPE
From: KRCC-FM
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Colorado?s candidates for governor squared off in a debate on the Western Slope

Bought by KOTO and KSUT


  • Added: Oct 09, 2006
  • Length: 05:14
  • Purchases: 2
CL 2006 Dr. Jonathan Foley "Living on a shrinking planet and the search for a sustainable future"
From: WQLN
Series: Chautauqua Lectures
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Environmental expert Jonathan Foley urges action to slow global warming.

Bought by Interlochen Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 06, 2006
  • Length: 58:26
  • Purchases: 1
Greg Palast - GMO's in Iraq!
From: Donna Descoteaux
Series: Living Well Show
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What do GMO?s (genetically modified foods) have to do with Iraq?? Good Question! Greg Palast, investigative journalist and author of Armed Madhous...

Bought by WERU


  • Added: Sep 26, 2006
  • Length: 28:52
  • Purchases: 1
GONZO MOUNTAIN BIKERS, AN INTERVIEW WITH HIGH COUNTRY NEWS
From: KRCC-FM
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We talk with High Country News Editor Greg Hanscom about how bikers are trying to preserve and expand their access to trails.

Bought by KSUT


  • Added: Sep 25, 2006
  • Length: 09:49
  • Purchases: 1
PINON CANYON EXPANSION
From: KRCC-FM
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Opponents of Ft. Carson?s plan to grow its remote Pinon Canyon training area made their case in Colorado Springs Tuesday.

  • Added: Sep 25, 2006
  • Length: 05:31
JUDGE RE-INSTATES CLINTON ROADLESS RULE
From: KRCC-FM
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A federal judge in California reinstated a Clinton administration ban on building new roads in portions of national forests nationwide.

Bought by KOTO


  • Added: Sep 25, 2006
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 1
Toiletbowl Conservation
From: Shana S. Weber, Ph.D.
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A sustainability professional explores water-saving dual-flush toilets.

Bought by BSR Radio


  • Added: Sep 22, 2006
  • Length: 04:09
  • Purchases: 1
COMMENTARY: HOMAGE TO STEVE IRWIN
From: KRCC-FM
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Commentator Sandra Knauf is feeling the sting of Steve Irwin's loss.

  • Added: Sep 21, 2006
  • Length: 05:10
GREENS MAKE PLEA FOR ORGANIC CEMETERIES
From: KRCC-FM
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The ?Traditional? cemetery is filled with expensive, unnecessarily preserving caskets, which house bodies pickled in toxic embalming chemicals. She...

Bought by KSUT


  • Added: Sep 21, 2006
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 1

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