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Every Day, on My Way to Work, Somebody Tries to Kill Me
From: Sarah Kobos
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Trade your car for a bicycle, and you learn a thing or two about people.

Bought by KZSC and BSR Radio


  • Added: Dec 03, 2004
  • Length: 11:47
  • Purchases: 2
The Promise of Hydrogen - two parts
From: Cynthia Graber
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As the world grows more concerned about the cost and supply of oil and about climate change, Iceland is beginning an ambitious proejct to wean itse...

Bought by KVNF and CKMO


  • Added: Nov 22, 2004
  • Length: 30:38
  • Purchases: 2
Paul Winter Consort and the Sounds of Nature
From: Lester Graham
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Paul Winter Consort's history of using nature's voices.

Bought by KMUN and WHQR


  • Added: Nov 21, 2004
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 2
Ask the Librarian: Who's got better eyesight -- the jumping spider or the hawk?
From: Jackson Braider
Series: Ask the Librarian
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A schoolbook claims jumping spiders have better eyesight than hawks: is that true?

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and WUAL


  • Added: Nov 12, 2004
  • Length: 04:25
  • Purchases: 2
No-Water Urinals
From: The Environment Report
Series: Your Choice; Your Planet series
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No flush, no water urinals make sense to stadiums, airports and universities.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2004
  • Length: 04:16
RN Documentary: Releasing the River - Restoring the Rhythms of the Zambian wetlands
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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ABG visits a Worldwide Fund for Nature project to restore the Zambian wetlands which - since the construction of two huge hydroelectric dams on the...

Bought by CKMO and KUOW


  • Added: Nov 09, 2004
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 2
Grey Ghost
From: Allan Coukell
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Sound-rich doc of man's search for mystery bird

Bought by The Nature Podcast, KFAI Minneapolis, BSR Radio, and WZBC


  • Added: Nov 08, 2004
  • Length: 30:14
  • Purchases: 4
Among the Navajo - A Journey into the In Between
From: Egon Koch
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The Native American tribe is caught between their traditions and modern life.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KSUT, and WFIU


  • Added: Nov 05, 2004
  • Length: 54:55
  • Purchases: 3
Packrats Hooked on Freecycling
From: The Environment Report
Series: Your Choice; Your Planet series
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New ways to get rid of stuff

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KTNA


  • Added: Nov 04, 2004
  • Length: 04:46
  • Purchases: 3
The Wind Will Carry Us: Moving Beyond the Oil Economy
From: A World of Possibilities
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Oil is heading out and wind is blowing in. So jump in the truck for a ride to the plains where wind is the new power.

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY


  • Added: Oct 28, 2004
  • Length: 55:00
  • Purchases: 1
Hurricane Hell
From: Richard Rene
Series: Here's Looking at You/USA From London
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Natural Disasters and Government Largesses

  • Added: Oct 13, 2004
  • Length: 02:45
RN Documentary: Biodiversity
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Documentary about biodiversity, what it is and why it’s important in connection with UN ‘International Day of Biological Diversity’.

  • Added: Sep 28, 2004
  • Length: 29:16
Finally: A Cure For Nervous Sheep
From: Merle Kessler
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Scientists find way to soothe anxious sheep. But how do you know when sheep are nervous?

Bought by KUSP


  • Added: Sep 23, 2004
  • Length: 01:25
  • Purchases: 1
H20
From: Melonie Magruder
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A Futuristic Thriller with Environmental overtones, which pays homage to Radio Drama of the 30's and 40's

Bought by KGOU, KZYX, and WZBC


  • Added: Sep 09, 2004
  • Length: 53:20
  • Purchases: 3
Dead of Summer and other poems.
From: Marjorie Van Halteren
Caption: NYC, Credit: M. Van Halteren
2" audio poem about summer, part of group of four. available separately.

Bought by KZYX, New Hampshire Public Radio, KZYX, and WMBR


  • Added: Aug 29, 2004
  • Length: 09:15
  • Purchases: 4
Surrounded By Sage: A Native Son Falls for the Land He Left Behind
From: Guy Hand
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A third generation Idahoan takes a closer look at sagebrush country, a landscape overlooked and abused—even by those born onto it.

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Aug 25, 2004
  • Length: 02:57
  • Purchases: 1
Toxic Trail: Rails to Trails Meets Superfund
From: Guy Hand
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The EPA builds a beautiful bike trail in North Idaho to contain heavy metals and promote tourism.

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, KVNF, The Nature Podcast, and BSR Radio


  • Added: Aug 24, 2004
  • Length: 16:22
  • Purchases: 4
Nature Bites: The predatory nature of nature films
From: Guy Hand
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The predatory nature of nature films.

Bought by KVNF, KRCC-FM, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 24, 2004
  • Length: 12:45
  • Purchases: 3
Exploring Hidden River Cave with Peggy Nims
From: Louisville Public Media
Series: Kentucky Works
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day in the life of a cave guide

  • Added: Aug 11, 2004
  • Length: 09:00
The last wild place
From: Edward May
Series: Alaskan Life Portraits
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Wildlife cinemaphotographer Steve Kroschel tells us how his career began, his move to Alaska and about the wild creatures that share his home and l...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2004
  • Length: 19:34
Mass Transportation
From: Richard Rene
Series: Here's Looking at You/USA From London
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Follies of Mass Transit in the UK

  • Added: Jul 07, 2004
  • Length: 02:00
Werner the Wormer
From: Zachary Barr
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2,000 people in Maine make their living digging for bloodworms. Meet Werner Rhode, worm digger.

Bought by NPR Station Showcase with PRX, The Nature Podcast, and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 07, 2004
  • Length: 04:19
  • Purchases: 3
The Tomato and The Big Apple
From: Alwine van Heemstra
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People in New York City are all interconnected and part of a bigger whole.

Bought by WYBC and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 02, 2004
  • Length: 28:42
  • Purchases: 2
Hollywood Blockbuster Sets Sights on Global Warming
From: Vinny Lombardo
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This piece examines the balance between fantasy, and reality in the global warming debate.

  • Added: Jun 13, 2004
  • Length: 07:00
New Jersey Honesty
From: Vermont Public
Series: 10 in Their 20s
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A crunchy-granola environmentalist professes a love for New Jersey.

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 11, 2004
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 2

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