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Aligning Business with Biology: Breakthrough Eco-nomics
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers Radio Series 6
Caption: Amory Lovins, Credit: doenerg.blogspot.com
Bioneers are successfully employing the economics of nature to demonstrate how we can solve two of our most intractable environmental challenges: e...

Bought by Panhandle Community Radio and KPVL


  • Added: Dec 03, 2010
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Translating Good Intentions to Good Inventions
From: Grace Hood
Caption: A student presents the product JustMilk, a plastic nipple shield HIV positive moms could use to prevent the spread of HIV to their children
During the month of July, Colorado State University in Fort Collins is hosting 48 budding entrepreneurs, scientists and inventors from 17 countries...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2010
  • Length: 04:47
Can Computers Save Health Care?
From: Tinker Ready
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A Massachusetts town struggles to wire its health care system.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 26, 2010
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
Positive Energy
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The idea of keeping shopping close to home is picking up speed, with local foods increasing in popularity and availability. Harder to understand mi...

  • Added: Jan 06, 2010
  • Length: 06:37
Radio Berkman 139: My Fair Economy
From: The Berkman Center for Internet and Society
Series: Radio Berkman
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How can innovation and fair compensation can go hand in hand?

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 10, 2009
  • Length: 25:05
  • Purchases: 1
High tech razor
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The Edge razor developed by Gillette about ten years ago is a technological marvel that cost three-quarters of a billion dollars to develop.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 01:56
Rolodex
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Although we live in a disposable society, there are a few things designed so well that they are never out of style. The premier example may well be...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:24
Container Ships
From: William S. Hammack
Series: Stories of Technology
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This commentary highlights the risk we run from container ship - the blood supply for our global economy. They could be prime targets for terrorists.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2009
  • Length: 02:52
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
Oregon Coastal Economics
From: Andrew Bartholomew
Caption: Bob Kemp's new crabbing boat the My Lee. The crabbing season began in December.
The story explores emerging developments off the Oregon Coast and how commercial fishermen are responding.

  • Added: Jan 05, 2009
  • Length: 06:12
Plastic Automobiles
From: The humble Farmer
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Plastic is lighter than steel

Bought by Robin Hood Radio/ WHDD AM 1020/FM 91.9-WLHV FM 88.1 /WGHQ AM 920


  • Added: Nov 19, 2008
  • Length: 01:18
  • Purchases: 1
Solar Energy is Not Economically Feasible
From: The humble Farmer
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My electrician tells me that I should forget about solar energy

  • Added: Jul 02, 2008
  • Length: 01:53
The Maine Blackfly Breeders Association
From: The humble Farmer
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Motto: May The Swarm Be With You

  • Added: Jun 04, 2008
  • Length: 01:58
Double Pressure
From: Berkeley J-School
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Market pressures are making it difficult for everyone to start businesses these days, even those businesses designed to relieve pressure.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: May 02, 2008
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 1
Cleaning Up Washington DC's "other" river.
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Cleaning up Washington D.C's "other" river.

  • Added: Apr 08, 2007
  • Length: 03:47
Carbon Credits Explained
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Trading carbon credits, or "cap and trade," is a promising free-market solution.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Jan 12, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
04 Scrape, Don't Rinse
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2006 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Here?s a surprise: An efficient automatic dishwasher will use less water than hand-washing those same dishes.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 1
Bogus Electronics
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
Caption: Inside Technology
Counterfeit electronic goods wreak havoc on market

  • Added: Apr 07, 2006
  • Length: 05:35
Is the Price Right?
From: KUOW
Series: Food for Thought: Farmed Salmon and the Future
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Looking at the cost of purchasing farmed salmon versus wild salmon.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Mar 06, 2006
  • Length: 07:46
  • Purchases: 1
Consumer Powerline
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Consumers trade energy credits via power provider industries

Bought by KRCC-FM


  • Added: Dec 11, 2005
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 1
How Oceangoing Greenhouses Changed Global Commerce
From: Marion Owen
Series: The UpBeet Gardener Series
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How early, miniature greenhouses aboard ships helped shape global commerce

  • Added: Mar 22, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
Chilling Inspiration: How Clarence Birdseye Launched Frozen Foods
From: Marion Owen
Series: The UpBeet Gardener Series
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Traveling to the Territory of Alaska as a biologist, Clarence Birdseye observes how the Natives preserved food, inspiring a revolution in the food...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2005
  • Length: 02:00
Metrology
From: Allan Coukell
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A romp through the history of measurement standards.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and AMERICAN-FM Internet Radio


  • Added: Nov 29, 2004
  • Length: 04:47
  • Purchases: 2