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Fire on the Mountain: Climate Change, Fire, and the Ecological Future of the American West
From: Aengus Anderson
Caption: In the summer monsoon season, grass carpets the Chiricahua foothills., Credit: Aengus Anderson
In the wake of a catastrophic fire, researchers use Arizona's Chiricahua Mountains to look centuries into the future of climate change and ask "wha...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA


  • Added: Aug 25, 2014
  • Length: 06:55
  • Purchases: 2
San Francisco’s Visitacion Valley to get first grocery store in decades
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: The discount supermarket Grocery Outlet is opening a new store in San Francisco's Visitacion Valley neighborhood
Almost 30 million Americans live a mile or more away from a supermarket. That may not sound very far, but for the five million plus who don’t have ...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 13, 2014
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 1
199: More Answers for Sandy
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
Caption: Image: Trains stand in a flooded Metro-North's Harmon Yard, Oct. 31, 2012, on the Hudson Line, in Croton-on-Hudson, New York in the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, Credit: AP Photo | Metropolitan Transportation Authority
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss the New York Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance and their exemplary five-point st...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Nov 28, 2012
  • Length: 06:56
  • Purchases: 1
Infrastructure...generationally speaking
From: Phil Mariage
Series: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow
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Older,middle and younger generation perspectives on Infrastucture priorities

  • Added: Jun 24, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Vietnamese Fishermen Search for the Monetary Value of a Lost Culture
From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
Caption: Ve Nguyen is one of three fishers who have filed test claims for subsistence loss., Credit: Barry Yeoman
Kenneth Feinberg, the Boston attorney in charge of reviewing claims for the BP oil spill, says he expects to start paying interim and final claims ...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 06, 2011
  • Length: 05:45
  • Purchases: 1
How 200 Ailing Pelicans Changed One Man’s Life
From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
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The BP oil spill triggered an outpouring of volunteer energy. Concerned Americans lay boom, picked up tar balls, and performed mundane tasks like a...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jul 06, 2011
  • Length: 05:42
  • Purchases: 1
Grand Bayou, Self-Sufficient and Shrinking, Prepares for a Fisheries Collapse
From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
Caption: Rosina Philippe wonders whether Grand Bayou can survive as a subsistence community., Credit: Barry Yeoman
Members of the Atakapa-Ishak tribe have found a creative use for a high-tech fencing material that has protected soldiers in Iraq and strengthened ...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2011
  • Length: 06:55
An Oystering Community Contemplates Life Without Oysters
From: Richard Ziglar
Series: GulfWatch: Stories about the ongoing effects of the BP Oil Spill from KRVS
Caption: For Byron Encalade, oysters and culture are inseparable., Credit: Barry Yeoman
In Pointe-a-la-Hache, Louisiana, the oyster harvest feeds widows, sustains relationships, and keeps the rural economy humming. But the BP oil spill...

Bought by KUT and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 01, 2011
  • Length: 07:23
  • Purchases: 2
The Last Mosquito
From: Anton Foek
Caption: Mosquito Net
According to scientists from all over the world approximately 1 million people die of malaria every year. The world community spends billions of d...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 07:19
  • Purchases: 1
A Sea Change in the New England Funeral Business
From: Katherine Perry
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They say death, like taxes, is one of the few certain things in life. But the way that culture deals with death is not a static institution. In New...

  • Added: Jan 24, 2011
  • Length: 04:17
Locavore or Globavore?: The Debate Over Local Food
From: Guy Hand
Series: Northwest Food News & Edible Idaho
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As the local food movement grows so does criticism.

Bought by Boise State Public Radio, KVNF, and KISU


  • Added: Oct 05, 2010
  • Length: 07:32
  • Purchases: 3
The Detroit Peoples Water Board is Born
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: http://peopleswaterboard.blogspot.com/ , Credit: Detroit Peoples Water Board
In Detroit, the price of water is so high that for some, it’s out of reach. In response, citizens have come together to form the Detroit People’s ...

  • Added: Sep 16, 2010
  • Length: 09:03
Bicycle Sharing Feature - Boston, MA
From: David Golann
Caption: Bike Sharing Kiosk in Paris
A piece on Boston's plan to create a fleet of city bicycles for public use.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: May 21, 2009
  • Length: 04:43
  • Purchases: 1
Questions and Controversy
From: Sudan Radio Project
Caption: Sudanese women carry firewood in North Darfur., Credit: AP
Analysis and exploration of current issues surrounding the conflict in Darfur.

  • Added: Dec 06, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
Searching For Farming's Future in its Past
From: Rachel Leventhal
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Searching For Farming's Future in its Past is part of a series produced by Rachel Leventhal for the NRDC about the impact individuals can make on t...

Bought by KUT, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Oct 07, 2008
  • Length: 09:41
  • Purchases: 3
Sage Grouse Strut
From: Wyoming Public Radio
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Noise from energy development may threaten Sage Grouse mating

  • Added: Apr 28, 2008
  • Length: 05:12
Kentucky's "Troublesome Creek."
From: Next Generation Radio
Series: NPR's Next Generation Radio
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Mining in Eastern Kentucky dries up water supply

Bought by Georgia Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Apr 12, 2007
  • Length: 03:41
  • Purchases: 1
Bioprospecting in Chiapas
From: Round Earth Media
Series: Here Where We Live: Mexico and NAFTA
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Traditional Mexican healers have stopped "bioprospecting projects of foreign pharmaceutical companies.

Bought by KSUT, KFAI Minneapolis, KUNM, WAER Syracuse, NY, Here and Now and more


  • Added: Apr 20, 2005
  • Length: 07:56
  • Purchases: 6
Roads on the Isthmus
From: Round Earth Media
Series: Here Where We Live: Mexico and NAFTA
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Improved roads were supposed to be a side-benefit of NAFTA, but some poor Mexicans are convinced that highways won't improve their lives.

Bought by KUNM and Here and Now


  • Added: Apr 20, 2005
  • Length: 07:39
  • Purchases: 2
Corn in Oaxaca
From: Round Earth Media
Series: Here Where We Live: Mexico and NAFTA
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US corn imports in Mexico are making it hard for traditional farmers to maintain precious biodiversity.

Bought by KSUT, KFAI Minneapolis, KUNM, and Here and Now


  • Added: Apr 20, 2005
  • Length: 07:44
  • Purchases: 4
Timber in Durango
From: Round Earth Media
Series: Here Where We Live: Mexico and NAFTA
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Community-owned forests in Mexico are tapping into the demand for eco-friendly wood -- at least for now.

Bought by KUNM, Here and Now, and WAER Syracuse, NY


  • Added: Apr 20, 2005
  • Length: 07:03
  • Purchases: 3
Mangroves on the Yucatan
From: Round Earth Media
Series: Here Where We Live: Mexico and NAFTA
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Mexico is trying to balance its lucrative tourism industry with the need to protect fragile coastal ecosystems.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KUNM, Here and Now, and WYSO


  • Added: Apr 20, 2005
  • Length: 07:24
  • Purchases: 4
The Tongass National Forest Part Two
From: Guy Hand
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The contentious legacy of logging on Alaska's Tongass National Forest, the largest intact temperate rain forest in the world.

Bought by PRX to iTunes and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Dec 11, 2003
  • Length: 13:56
  • Purchases: 2