November 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Series produced by Catalina Island Conservancy

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Fun, entertaining, science-based radio show exploring critical issues regarding our natural world.

Isla Earth, a production of the Catalina Island Conservancy, is a radio series exploring environmental issues of local, national, and global importance. Our mission is to increase ecological awareness, deepen understanding, and encourage environmentally sustainable choices.


22 Pieces

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Start Talking Trash
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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During one three hour period last September, volunteers collected more than seven million pounds of shoreline trash around the world.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
Three Cheers for Agrichar
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Let's hear it for "agrichar"! Why? First, because agrichar is a carbon byproduct of pyrolysis, and secondly, because agrichar dramatically improve...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
White on Ice
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The world's largest living carnivore is skating on thin ice these days. With global warming firmly taking hold, the shelves of ice that polar bears...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
Old-Fashioned Mower
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Remember mowing your grandparent's lawn with a push mower? Back then, the older generation had push mowers. Everyone else was into power.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
The Biological Car
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Henry Ford had the right idea. Back in the early 1940, he developed the world's first "bio-car."

Bought by WEPS


  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Good Manure
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Attention feed lot operators. Panda Energy International in Hereford, Texas, wants your manure. But only the good stuff.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
Mushrooms for Insulation
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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There's a fungus among us that could become a more environmentally-friendly way to weatherize your home, or business.

Bought by KISU


  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Lucky Golden Frogs
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Frogs are symbols of good luck, only right now, it's frogs that could use a bit of luck.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
A Perfect Pair?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Ginger Rogers and Fred Astair. Lucy and Ricky. Love and marriage. Development and, well, conservation? What kind of a pairing is that?

  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
Houses Made from Shipping Containers
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Here's a home that's truly "outside the box?" - or inside, depending on where you stand.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
Grizzly Come-back
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In 1975, the federal government declared the Grizzly bear an endangered species. But the Grizzly is making a come-back.

  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
Belching Tar Pits
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Considering all the animals trapped in the Los Angeles La Brea Tar Pits, you'd think the gas it's belching up is caused by something that it ate. A...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 01:31
Watts up with CFLs?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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We recently aired a story about Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs - called CFLs - which were described as environmentally friendly alternatives to in...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
Gorillas in the Mist
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Reduced to a population of just three hundred in the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, the number of mountain gorillas has increased to three hun...

  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 01:26
Ships and Whales Don?t Mix
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The Canadian Defense Department recently tested a robotic submarine that detects the presence of whales and transmits a warning to stay out of thei...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 01:27
  • Purchases: 1
On Needing Geckos...
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Island life evolves in isolation, and complex relationships develop that can make island ecosystems especially dependent on niche species.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 01:25
  • Purchases: 1
Alchemy: A Fuelish Pursuit
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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U.S. Department of Energy scientists would hate to be called alchemists. But they're trying something that would be almost as miraculous as turning...

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 01:14
  • Purchases: 1
Today's Carbon Report
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Catch the news and weather at 10 tonight along with the day's carbon report. Carbon report?

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 01:17
  • Purchases: 1
Getting to the Roots of the Matter
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Mangrove trees are simply amazing, in a sci-fi kind of way. They live in perhaps the most hostile plant environment imaginable.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 01:21
  • Purchases: 1
Fooling Bats Restores Rainforests
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The world's rainforests are disappearing at an alarming rate. But conservationists have a new trick that may help restore them.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Oct 29, 2007
  • Length: 01:15
  • Purchases: 1