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The Clash of Civilizations: Liberation Ecology and the New Superpower
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers Radio Series 6
Caption: Paul Hawken
There is indeed a clash of civilizations today, between a sustainable civilization and a disposable one.

Bought by KQUA, Panhandle Community Radio, and KPVL


  • Added: Dec 03, 2010
  • Length: 28:28
  • Purchases: 3
Eco Schools: Educating for Sustainable Communities
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers Radio Series 9
Caption: David Orr, Credit: Tim Porter
Most American schools are flunking out when it comes to how well they integrate ecological literacy across the curriculum. And many are doing no b...

Bought by KQUA, Panhandle Community Radio, KKRN, KMXT, and KSKQ


  • Added: Dec 01, 2010
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
Geoengineering
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Green Ethics
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Global warming makes it impossible to limit environmentalism to one country. Should geoengineering be regulated multilaterally before rogue countri...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Nov 15, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Extinction
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Green Ethics
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What should be the balance between preservation and consumption? Should there be a global ethic for protecting endangered species? If so, how shoul...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Nov 15, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Sustainability of Cities
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Green Ethics
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Half the world now lives in cities, and they are growing. Are megacities an opportunity or a threat?

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Sep 28, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Enjoying, Managing, or Restoring Trout
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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Should national parks introduce non-native species for recreational purposes, or focus on preserving the parks' natural state?

  • Added: Sep 28, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
The Sound of Change: Hip Hop in Cuba
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We hear about hip-hop and change in Cuban society, and what people on the ground are saying about new phases in the Cuban revolution.

  • Added: Sep 21, 2010
  • Length: 30:00
Whose Water? The Struggle for Public Ownership of Freshwater
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: http://michiganwro.blogspot.com, Credit: Michigan Welfare Rights Organization
We go to Michigan, where from the city of Detroit, to the farmlands and countryside, citizens are battling to gain greater control over the bounty ...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2010
  • Length: 28:56
Timothy Egan, The Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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The U.S. Forest Service was just about to get the Congressional ax when a monster fire saved it. During this program, Pulitzer-Prize-winning journa...

Bought by WRPI and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 18, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Catastrophic Disaster
From: Voces de Nuestro Mundo
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Gulf oil spill.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jun 02, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1
Heavy Weather (Part II)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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On this edition, we’ll hear part two of a documentary called Heavy Weather, produced by freelancer Barbara Bernstein. She’ll look at how climate c...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
Heavy Weather (Part 1)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Tillamook Floodplain, Credit: Barbara Bernstein
On this edition, we’ll hear part one of a documentary called Heavy Weather, produced by freelancer Barbara Bernstein. She’ll explore the connection...

Bought by WUAL and The Neighborhood


  • Added: Apr 13, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Protecting Our Planet
From: Voces de Nuestro Mundo
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Being "green" to save the Earth.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Apr 06, 2010
  • Length: 27:39
  • Purchases: 1
THINK GLOBALLY, ACT GLOBALLY
From: Voices of Our World
Caption: Tsunami aftermath in Indonesia, Credit: UNEP
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OUR ENVIRONMENT, DISASTERS, AND CONFLICT.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2010
  • Length: 27:57
Dr. Joanna Macy: Gifts of Uncertainty
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Dr. Joanna Macy, Credit: www.bioneers.org
Dr. Joanna Macy is a long-time peace, justice, and ecology activist. A celebrated Buddhist teacher, Dr. Macy’s wide-ranging work spans Eastern and ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 23, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Buying Into A Dying World
From: Alex Smith
Series: Radio Ecoshock Show
Caption: Erik Assadourian
Interview Erik Assadourian on Worldwatch State of the World 2010 Report (transforming cultures from consumerism to sustainability). Then David Satt...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2010
  • Length: 53:05
The Coming Climate
From: Alex Smith
Series: Radio Ecoshock Show
Caption: Richard B. Alley
#1 Should scientists be arrested? Digest of AGU keynote speech by Richard Alley on charges & past climate. #2 The Coming Climate Panic (and skiing)...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2010
  • Length: 51:58
The Simplicity Movement
From: Alex Smith
Series: Radio Ecoshock Show
Caption: Dr. Cecile Andrews
Cecile Andrews, author of "Slow Is Beautiful" & "More Is Less" on re-thinking our lives, helping ourselves & the planet.

  • Added: Dec 30, 2009
  • Length: 51:30
Copenhagen: America & Africa in Climate Decline
From: Alex Smith
Series: Radio Ecoshock Show
Caption: Paul Kingsnorth
The Copenhagen mess. Guest Paul Kingsnorth says civilization IS climate change. Nobody wants to change Western comforts. Opens with a digest of alt...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Dec 19, 2009
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Miner's Canary: First Peoples on Climate Change
From: A World of Possibilities
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Interviews from an indigenous climate change conference during the summer of 2009 in Alaska.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Dec 14, 2009
  • Length: 54:58
  • Purchases: 1
Public Transportation
From: Phil Mariage
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A generational discussion on the issues revolving around public trasportation

  • Added: Dec 07, 2009
  • Length: 56:00
Science or Conspiracy?
From: Alex Smith
Series: Radio Ecoshock Show
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Do you believe in climate science - or is it a hoax aimed at world domination? First half: testimony of John Holdren, Obama science advisor, & Jan...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2009
  • Length: 01:00:00
Healthy Medicine #36: Radiation Hormesis
From: Steven Ayres
Series: Healthy Medicine
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Dr. Zieve talks with Jay Gutierrez about the use of natural, low-dose earth radiation in healing.

  • Added: Dec 02, 2009
  • Length: 48:02
Healthy Medicine #40: The Stress Response
From: Steven Ayres
Series: Healthy Medicine
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Dr. Zieve talks with international consultant and nutritionist Larry Wilson MD about understanding and rebalancing the stress response using hair a...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2009
  • Length: 48:08
Issue Nine
From: Smart City Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This week on Smart City, the group Cincinnatians for progress fight for their right to transit and we'll hear a conversation with Alex Steffan abou...

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WFSU, WLRN, Spokane Public Radio, and WBEZ


  • Added: Oct 27, 2009
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 5

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