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Saving Energy On Street Lights
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Already declared the third smartest city in the U.S. by Forbes Magazine, Ann Arbor, Michigan recently had another bright idea. They decided to repl...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Beetle Juice
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The African Stenocara beetle has learned a thing or two about water conservation. Living in the Namib desert, it uses its wings to capture water va...

Bought by KMXT, KALH, and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Books Vs. E-Readers
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Paper book or e-reader? Which is greener? Digital readers may save trees. But are they better environmentally overall than good ol' book books?

Bought by KMXT, KALH, and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Ocean Sinks
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Our oceans have had their fill of carbon dioxide! So says a significant new study from Columbia University.

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  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Off-put By Offsets
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Carbon offsets are setting off controversy. Here's the gig: Airplane travelers, commuters or anyone generating carbon emissions, can pay a fee to b...

Bought by KALH and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Smarter Electric Cars
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Tomorrow's electric cars could get smarter, thanks to artificial intelligence and...well, military tanks.

Bought by KALH, WXDU, and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
That Sinking Feeling
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Here's a curious problem. What should you do with old ships, trucks, subway cars, and even military tanks?

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio, KALH, and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Turtles
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Marine scientists recently launched a pilot study to track the elusive loggerhead turtle. Even though loggerheads are the most common sea turtle in...

Bought by KMXT, KALH, and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Parking Lots
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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There's a move to put the "park" back in parking lots! Several universities have explored the idea, testing pavements that absorbs water but keeps ...

Bought by KMXT, KALH, and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Water Rights
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Water conservationists might learn a thing or two from the oil industry. That's right! Groundwater experts at the University of Oregon say that mi...

Bought by KMXT, KALH, and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Nov 29, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 3
Making a book from beginning to end, with one of San Francisco’s last remaining bookbinders
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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Stepping inside the Taurus Bookbindery is kind of like stepping back in time.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 28, 2014
  • Length: 11:20
  • Purchases: 1
Robofish
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Technology inspired by nature, to help nature. That's the case at the University of Michigan, where engineer Xiaobo Tan and zoologist Elena Litchma...

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  • Added: Oct 31, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Flashing Lights Save Birds
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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And to the Red Light District, for birds. Migratory birds make amazing journeys to their wintering grounds and back. But conservation scientist Joe...

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  • Added: Oct 31, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Tidal Barrages
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Britain's Navy, it was once said, ruled the waves! Someday the island nation hopes to command its tides, and generate clean electricity.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Oct 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Virus Battery
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The environmentally polite thing to do in the future might be to give your battery the flu. That's right: Batteries may soon run on a virus.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Oct 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Internet Insights
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Forget using the Internet to track fashion trends. Internet chatter may actually be able to predict ecological changes.

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Oct 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
White Shark Cafe
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Sharks, it seems, are not unpredictable nomads. They're more like commuters: As predictable in their travels as the office carpool. And that fact c...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Oct 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
69 - Nancy asks, "Can Macs get viruses?"
From: WJCT
Series: Ask Deemable Tech (3:30)
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Nancy has heard that Macs are less vulnerable than PCs to viruses and hackers, but isn't sure if she should still install anti-virus software on he...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 17, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Super Cool Fold of the Week
From: Andrew Davis
Series: Claim Your Fame
Caption: Trish Witkowski, Chief Folding Officer, Credit: Louisa Jonas
Every single Thursday for the last five years Trish Witkowski has uploaded a video just meant for the few thousand people in the world that design ...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2014
  • Length: 22:59
68 - Miraya asks, "How can I use third-party keyboards on iOS 8?"
From: WJCT
Series: Ask Deemable Tech (3:30)
Caption: Deemable Tech: Tech help worth listening to.
Miraya heard she can use different keyboards on her iPhone 6, but how does she do it? Ray and Tom help her out in this week's Ask Deemable.

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and WYAP


  • Added: Oct 08, 2014
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 2
Bacteria Super Power
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Batman step aside! You're no match for these polluting villains. Polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, make the Riddler look like a saint. They're fo...

Bought by KMXT and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Sep 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Carbon Away
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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There's a bounty on carbon dioxide molecules these days. And for good reason. Too much C02 can create global trouble by trapping heat in our planet...

Bought by KMXT and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Sep 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Energy From Barnyard Waste
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Forget Chicken Little's paranoid delusions about the sky falling. With chicken litter, we really do have a problem. More than 5.6 million tons of i...

Bought by KMXT and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Sep 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Root And Tillage
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Farmers, start your vacations. Because after crops come in, you can leave the debris where it is and let microbes do the rest.

Bought by KMXT and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Sep 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Penguin Poo At Pole Polluted
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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If you're wondering how our penguin friends in the Antarctic are doing these days, here are the cold, hard facts. Their poo is getting mighty pollu...

Bought by KMXT and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Sep 30, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2