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A Jealous Kind of Love (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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When it comes to love, jealousy is sometimes thought of as “natural” or even desirable. But a recent survey suggests that women who see jealousy as...

Bought by WCNY and WTJU


  • Added: Apr 25, 2014
  • Length: 53:50
  • Purchases: 2
The Company Behind the Gulf Oil Spill
From: Mimi Geerges
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A discussion on the oil company BP and how their risk taking and corporate culture contributed to the disaster on April 20, 2010.

  • Added: Apr 09, 2014
  • Length: 28:29
A Citizen's Guide to Political Gamesmanship and Environmental Contamination
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Gravel pits fall under Maine mining regulations
Winning is the short view of Political gamesmanship.Fake news creation is part and parcel of it. Environmental contamination is the long view when ...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2014
  • Length: 07:50
Saving A Shoreline, With Oysters (Half Hour Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Saxis, a tiny fishing community off the east coast, has lost so much shoreline it’s almost an island now.

Bought by WJCT and WTJU


  • Added: Dec 16, 2013
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Saving A Shoreline, With Oysters (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Saxis, a tiny fishing community off the east coast, has lost so much shoreline it’s almost an island now.

Bought by WCNY and WTJU


  • Added: Dec 16, 2013
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 2
Guatemala en Defensa de la Madre Tierra
From: Voces de Nuestro Mundo
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En esta edición analizamos la lucha continua en Guatemala entre las corporaciones multinacionales y los agricultores locales. On this edition we...

Bought by KDNA Radio


  • Added: Jan 25, 2013
  • Length: 28:03
  • Purchases: 1
Beat 'em with a carrot!
From: Good Dirt Radio
Series: Good dirt...for a change
Caption: Go carrot power!, Credit: http://gogreenplus.org
Join us to find out how consumer power, focused as a Carrotmob, is catching on.

  • Added: Nov 13, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
IF A TREE FALLS: A STORY OF THE EARTH LIBERATION FRONT -- Filmmaker Marshall Curry interview
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
Caption: Marshall Curry, San Francisco, CA 12/19/12, Credit: Andrea Chase
Oscar(tm)-nominee Marshall Curry talks objectivity, comparative religion, and being fair.

  • Added: Feb 12, 2012
  • Length: 15:35
Energía Nuclear: Alternativa segura o amenaza para todos / Nuclear Plants: Clear Energy or Real Danger
From: Voces de Nuestro Mundo
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Qué tan segura es la energía nuclear. How safe is nuclear energy.

  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 28:02
Freedom to Roam
From: James Mills
Series: The Joy Trip Project
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An interview with Rick Ridgeway, executive director of Freedom to Roam, a program that works to protect the corridors through which animals travel ...

  • Added: Jan 02, 2011
  • Length: 15:51
Environmental Justice
From: James Mills
Series: The Joy Trip Project
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An interview with Peggy Shepard executive director of West Harlem Environmental Action Inc.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 02, 2011
  • Length: 16:21
  • Purchases: 1
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
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
Issue Nine
From: Smart City Radio
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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
Walk More
From: Smart City Radio
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This week on Smart City we'll talk with the creator of one of my favorite sites, WalkScore.com, and we'll find out what Chicago's former Sustanabil...

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


  • Added: Oct 21, 2009
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 5
The Learning Barge
From: With Good Reason
Caption: The Learning Barge, Credit: Phoebe Crisman, UVa
The world’s first floating wetlands classroom comes to the aid of one of the country's most polluted waterways.

Bought by WFIU and KVSC


  • Added: Aug 24, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 2
Century of the City
From: Smart City Radio
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This week on Smart City: Darren Walker of the Rockefeller foundation joins us to talk about the worldwide phenomenon of accelerating urbanization....

Bought by WFSU, Spokane Public Radio, WLRN, and WBEZ


  • Added: Mar 25, 2009
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 4
Building Green
From: Bill Baue
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BuildingGreen.com founder Alex Wilson discusses the history, current state, and future of the green building movement. Erin Gorman, CEO of Divine ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 11, 2009
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Mindful Path to Sustainability
From: Bill Baue
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Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 29:03
Resilient Cities and Real Urbanism
From: Smart City Radio
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This week on Smart City we're getting real about Real Urbanism with architect Bernard Zyscovich, and we'll find out how the densest cities can also...

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


  • Added: Feb 18, 2009
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 4
The City Dividends
From: Smart City Radio
Series: Smart City Radio
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This week on Smart City: Everybody wants to live in city with fewer people below the poverty line...with more transportation options...and with a ...

Bought by XRAY.fm, WFSU, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 3
Going Green and Going Online
From: Smart City Radio
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This week on Smart City we going green, and going online. Our guests will talk about getting citizens to collaborate online, and working with deve...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 10, 2008
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 2
EASY BEING GREEN
From: Voices of Our World
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The Ways Some People Have Become Enviromental Steward

Bought by KGOU


  • Added: Apr 22, 2008
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
High Country News Interview: Renewable Energy
From: KRCC-FM
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Interview on what western states are doing to increase renewable energy output

Bought by KUSP


  • Added: Mar 09, 2006
  • Length: 09:07
  • Purchases: 1
High Country News Interview: Richard Pombo
From: KRCC-FM
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Interview on the controversial congressman

  • Added: Feb 24, 2006
  • Length: 11:37