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Brighter Bulbs
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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What do you get when you cross folk art with photonic technology? A very bright idea.

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Farming The Wind
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Farming has always been subject to the uncertainties of weather and market conditions. But farmers in Huron County, Michigan, have found something ...

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
New Partners On The Range
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The words, "holistic," and "cattle range" aren't often heard together. But in California, "holistic range management" is indeed all the rage on the...

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Arctic Fisheries
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In 1945, John Steinbeck wrote a novel called Cannery Row. In it he told the story of life in Monterey, California -- a thriving fishing port at tha...

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
High Fashion Green, For Less
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Let's talk about high fashion and Target, the big box store. The two seemingly opposites converged recently.

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Glass Bottle Comeback
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Believe it or not, just two generations ago, it was unheard of not to recycle glass beverage bottles. Today, that idea itself is getting recycled.

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Recycle Payday
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Are you wasting your waste? A company called RecycleBank says: maybe! So they've come up with a high-tech way to encourage people to recycle...by p...

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Few Plants Thrive With Change
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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If you can't stand the heat...hang in there? That's what some species are doing in response to climate change.

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Products For Responsible Consumers
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Is it 'hip,' or 'cool,' to be environmentally sustainable? That's a question that some of the biggest companies are asking about the world's most p...

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Grasslands Ecosystems Best Left Wild
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Which is better? A picture perfect golf course, or a wild and wooly prairie? Well, when it comes to ecosystem health, the more native plants -- the...

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Saving The Penguin
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Sometimes, creating a preserve can help endangered species fast, like South Africa's Cape penguins. Until recently, this endangered bird, and the o...

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Eco Tourism In Madagascar
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Looking for an environmentally conscious vacation that's out of the way? Try Madagascar.

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Green Skyscrapers
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The new frontier isn't to the north, south, east, or west. It's up, as in skyscrapers. And, the tallest? The Burj-Khalifa tower in Dubai.

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Recycled, Again
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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"Cradle-to-Cradle" is the newest buzz in green manufacturing circles. It's the next evolution of the idea of "Cradle-to-Grave."

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Greenest Fuel
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Alternative fuels are more environmentally friendly than petroleum products, right? Actually, that's not always the case.

Bought by KSKQ


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Misplaced Mussels
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Alien mussels are muscling their way into our waterways. And like unwelcome guests, once the move in, they're almost impossible to move out!

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
A Tale Of Two Heads
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Seems there are some strange critters living in water. Take for example the anglerfish with its glow-in-the-dark lantern on its forehead.

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Carbon Eaters
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Here's a two-fer: A renewable fuel source that also reduces carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Scientists in Denmark are looking at a species of sea...

Bought by KSKQ and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Call Your Mother!
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip Roy tries to call his mother, but it proves to be more challenging than one would expect.

  • Added: Feb 02, 2015
  • Length: 04:30
76- Charles asks, "Does my smartphone have a virus?"
From: WJCT
Series: Ask Deemable Tech (3:30)
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Charles is worried about his smartphone having a virus, and is wondering if he should install an anti-virus app. Ray and Tom help him out in this w...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KCMJ Community Radio, and WYAP


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 03:30
  • Purchases: 3
Emission-Free Ride
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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If your friends call you an "early adopter," you'll want to take note of MIT student Ben Gulak's way-cool emission-free vehicle. It looks like a cr...

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Greenlight For Saiga?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Remember playing with animal match books? By flipping the left- or right-hand pages you could match the picture of an animal's head with its body. ...

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Futures For Future Species
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Can a stock market tool save a species? Conservationists often struggle to project animal populations because they hinge on complicated, interdepen...

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Pizzeria Takes The LEED
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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When the Moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, it's the environment! At least it is at Pizza Fusion -- a chain of gourmet pizzerias.

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
A Class Students Dig
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: February 2015 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Ever wanted to go organic in your garden, but didn't know how? Well, students in East Palo Alto, California, are learning. In fact, they really dig...

Bought by KKRN and Radio Baha'i, WLGI


  • Added: Jan 28, 2015
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2

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