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Close Encounters of the Biological Kind: Learning from the Locals
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers Radio Series 5
Caption: Janine Benyus, Credit: Tim Porter
Nature bats last, but more importantly, it's her playing field. Wouldn't it be wise to learn the ground rules and how to play by them?

Bought by WEZU


  • Added: Dec 16, 2010
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
Global Warming: A Climate of Peril and Promise
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers Radio Series 7
Caption: Bill McKibben
While human activity continues to devastate the atmosphere, a countervailing movement is afoot, evident in the deployment of alternative energy tec...

Bought by KNBA and Panhandle Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 03, 2010
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 2
Nature's Recipe Book: Life Shops at Home
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers Radio Series 7
Caption: Janine Benyus
How would nature do it? Biomimicry is a revolutionary emerging science that models nature's genius to design leading edge technologies that work in...

Bought by Panhandle Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 03, 2010
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
What's Good for Life Wins: The Biomimicry Scientific Revolution
From: Bioneers
Series: Bioneers - Revolution From the Heart of Nature
Caption: Janine Benyus, Credit: Tim Porter
Bathing suits modeled on sharkskin that win the Olympics. Low-energy display screen based on peacock feathers. Nature has done everything human soc...

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Dec 01, 2010
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Phenology Show with John Latimer
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Phenology Show
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John Latimer shares his observations of the change in nature in our lives. Plus bonus content: a video of John talking about Pussy Willows in March!

  • Added: Mar 25, 2010
  • Length: 14:58
Humankind: The Green Economy
From: Humankind
Caption: VAN JONES, founder of Green for All, Credit: Courtesy Richard Hume, Experience Life magazine
Environmental visionary Van Jones, former White House special adviser for green jobs, is featured

Bought by Vermont Public, KBBI Alaska, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KWIT, Marfa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 12
Land for Birds
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Things are going to the birds. Land that is. In the form of 1,500 land trusts in the U.S. that protect bird habitats.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
Biodiesel aboard the Clearwater
From: Tom Niemisto
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Using sustainable fuels aboard the Sloop Clearwater

  • Added: May 07, 2009
  • Length: 01:45
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
Algae’s Back, as Biodiesel
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Looking back on an argument, it’s nice when it turns out they were wrong and you were right -- and it’s tempting to say “I told you so.”

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Vertical Farming: Food for the future.
From: Matthew Fidler
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Matt Fidler and Dr. Despommier of Columbia University in New York talk about his new concept of Vertical Farming. That is, growing our food in a s...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Nov 26, 2008
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
Migration Interrupted
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Since the early 1990s, wildlife researchers with Operation Migration have been using ultralight aircraft to literally teach endangered birds a new ...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Birdwatchers Wanted
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Bird watching can be pretty intense. Some birdwatchers travel deep into the Amazon to spy the exquisite Quetzal, or battle surf off the coast of th...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Cheetah'n Mother Nature
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Cheetahs are fast, but time is catching up with them. Their numbers are dwindling due to a small gene pool that makes these graceful Big Cats vulne...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
Cleaning Up The Ashtabula
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Generations of kids did their Huckleberry Finn thing down by the Ashtabula, which means "river of many fish" in the Iroquois language. It once tee...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
BIONEERS The Golden Rule: Restoring the Earth by Restoring Human Dignity
From: Creative PR
Series: BIONEERS
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Taking care of nature means taking care of people, and taking care of people means taking care of nature.

Bought by KQUA, KQUA, KPOV, KPOV, KFOI Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2008
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 15
BIONEERS The Seaweed Rebellion: Saving the Earth by Saving the Oceans
From: Creative PR
Series: BIONEERS
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We're made of water, totally dependent on it, yet water in turn depends on us to play our part in a good way. Mother Ocean is the primary regulator...

Bought by KQUA, KQUA, KPOV, KFOI Radio, KRYZ-LPFM 98.5 and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2008
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 13
Is There an Echo Here?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Like its name, the Echo Parakeet is bouncing back. And the Mauritius Wildlife Foundation couldn't be happier.

Bought by WYOU


  • Added: Feb 28, 2008
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
What's (Solar) Cookin'?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Now you can whip up a meal while you work on your tan. And that's with free, non-polluting, energy from the sun.

Bought by KMXT and WEPS


  • Added: Nov 12, 2007
  • Length: 01:18
  • Purchases: 2
Penn State and environmental activism group win Green Power award
From: ComRadio
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Penn State University is looking pretty green these days, but don't worry, the school's blue and white colors have nothing to do with it. Last week...

Bought by WXLV-FM


  • Added: Oct 24, 2007
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 1
Home Power Energy
From: Spectrum Radio
Series: Spectrum Radio
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Is "cogeneration" the new way for powering your house and home?

  • Added: Sep 21, 2007
  • Length: 06:40
Saving the Long Island Sound
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: September 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Who would've imagined? A wildlife refuge in sight of New York City? Well, believe it! Because, it's the Long Island Sound...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Aug 27, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Rising and Ebbing Power Source
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
We burn a lot of fossil fuels, and many of us would like to curb our dependence on foreign oil. Ocean tides and crashing waves could be at least a ...

  • Added: Jul 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
Salmonlands half-hour version
From: Barbara Bernstein
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Salmonlands is a journey into the land of salmon, why they are so significant to the culture and community of the Pacific Northwest, and what it wi...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: May 25, 2007
  • Length: 27:20
  • Purchases: 2
Walking Sharks and Supersonic Shrimp
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: May 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
The waters near the Papua Province of Indonessia is home to a stunning variety of marine life, including species never before seen.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2007
  • Length: 01:32