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Saving or Selling the Planet? REDD, Climate Change and Indigenous Lands
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: A A Darker Shade of Green: REDD Alert and the Future of Forests
Around the world communities are already facing the impacts of climate change. Now international organizations, like the World Bank, are pushing a...

Bought by WRIR


  • Added: Nov 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:59
  • Purchases: 1
The Road to Ruin Is Paved -- A Fierce Green Fire
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Radio Curious visits with Mark Kitchell, producer of the new film, A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle For a Living Planet, which documents 50 years of...

  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Fuel's Paradise
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Fuel's Paradise, Credit: Seth Shostak
From corn to algae to garbage: the race is on to find a fuel source that can replace petroleum.

Bought by KREV-LP


  • Added: Aug 06, 2012
  • Length: 54:14
  • Purchases: 1
Skeptic Check: OMG, GMO?
From: Big Picture Science
Series: Big Picture Science
Caption: Skeptic Check: OMG, GMO?, Credit: Seth Shostak
You are what you eat – the science –and the controversy - of genetically engineered foods, plus synthetic biology on Mars.

Bought by KREV-LP and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Jun 18, 2012
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 2
Talking Trash -- Groks Science Show 2012-05-16
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
What happens to our garbage after it leaves the bins behind out houses? Is all trash waste? Author and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Ed Humes...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KMXT


  • Added: May 16, 2012
  • Length: 33:06
  • Purchases: 2
Poisoned Water, Fossil Fuels
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Still from the film 'Burning the Future: Coal in America' , Credit: http://www.burningthefuture.org
The endless search for fossil fuels is polluting our waterways, and our water supplies. The fight to protect clean drinking water is motivating Ame...

Bought by WZEN.org


  • Added: May 11, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Poisoned Water, Fossil Fuels
From: Making Contact
Caption: Still from the film 'Burning the Future: Coal in America', Credit: http://www.burningthefuture.org
The endless search for fossil fuels is polluting our waterways, and our water supplies. The fight to protect clean drinking water is motivating Ame...

Bought by WUAL


  • Added: May 11, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Farming Underwater: Steve Mello’s Story
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Farmer Steve Mello has put down roots in “The Delta” in central California. But climate change is threatening the levees which protect Delta farms....

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
Global Ethics Corner: Was Durban Doomed?
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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With the 17th annual global climate change talks foundering in Durban, little hope is left for a worldwide initiative designed to combat global war...

  • Added: Dec 21, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
Looking Back, Moving Forward: 2011 Year in Review
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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A look back at some of the most important issues of 2011: Attacks on organized labor, the Egyptian revolution, and the struggle to address climate ...

Bought by KHNS, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KMUN


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Promise and Perils of Nanotechnology
From: A World of Possibilities
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Today, nano particles are in our food, cosmetics, and hundreds of other items. And this is just the beginning of what is projected to be a $1 trill...

Bought by WZEN.org, KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, WRPI, WDSE, and KUOW


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 56:38
  • Purchases: 5
A Home and Place Perspective from One Who Lives in Two Worlds
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
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On this episode of Culture Clique, KQAL's Teri Tenseth interviews Therapeutic and Recreational Tourism Assistant Professor at Winona State Universi...

Bought by KSRQ and WDSE


  • Added: Dec 09, 2011
  • Length: 58:24
  • Purchases: 2
Global Ethics Corner: Space Junk
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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According to NASA, over 135 million pieces of man-made metal debris orbit the Earth. While the space race may be over, someone's got to do the clea...

  • Added: Oct 11, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
Sustainable Walmart -- Groks Science Show 2011-06-01
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Edward Humes discussed the greening of Walmart.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WRNC-LP, and KMXT


  • Added: Jun 02, 2011
  • Length: 24:24
  • Purchases: 3
Disaster, Decline, or Rebirth: A Japanese Fish Story
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Global Ethics Corner
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Japan's recent tsunami and nuclear disaster have devastated its fishing industry. Fish are at the heart of Japanese culture, yet worldwide stocks o...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2011
  • Length: 02:00
Environmental Biodiversity -- Groks Science Show 2011-04-20
From: Charles Lee
Series: Groks Science Radio Show
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
Richard Pearson discussed the effects of climate change on biodiversity.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio, WRNC-LP, and KMXT


  • Added: Apr 20, 2011
  • Length: 27:06
  • Purchases: 3
Turtle enthusiasts Ed Lagace and Micheal J Pappas
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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Today we interview two individuals who have a passion for the wilderness of MN with a focus on Turtles. First we meet with Ed Lagace who has been i...

  • Added: Apr 18, 2011
  • Length: 27:36
Aldo Leopold's Fierce, Green Fire
From: Marfa Public Radio
Series: Nature Notes
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Aldo Leopold's legendary essay collection, A Sand County Almanac, has inspired countless conservationists and earned Aldo Leopold a place alongside...

Bought by WTIP and KENW


  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Life and Work of Dr. Calvin Fremling
From: KQAL
Series: Don't Cha Know
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Today on Don't Cha Know - A tribute and recognition to the life's work of Dr. Calvin Fremling. One of the foremost authorities on the endangered en...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2011
  • Length: 16:03
No ‘Fracking’ Way: The Perils of Natural Gas Drilling (ENCORE)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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We’ll hear excerpts from the Oscar-nominated movie Gasland, including stories from residents who say their drinking water catches on fire—one of th...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 02, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Climate Protectionism and Competitiveness
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Green Ethics
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The global circulation of goods is a major source of both prosperity and carbon emissions. This short video on ethics asks: Can trade be regulated ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Feb 28, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
How The Connected Community Paves The Way To Sustainability; An Earthway Perspective
From: KQAL
Series: Culture Clique
Caption: James Reidy
Today on Culture Clique we visit with James Reidy, Associate Profesor in Recreation, Tourism and Therapeutic Recreation at Winona State University...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 09, 2011
  • Length: 42:33
  • Purchases: 1
Geoengineering
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Green Ethics
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Global warming makes it impossible to limit environmentalism to one country. Should geoengineering be regulated multilaterally before rogue countri...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Nov 15, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
Extinction
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Green Ethics
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What should be the balance between preservation and consumption? Should there be a global ethic for protecting endangered species? If so, how shoul...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Nov 15, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Sustainability of Cities
From: Carnegie Council
Series: Green Ethics
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Half the world now lives in cities, and they are growing. Are megacities an opportunity or a threat?

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Sep 28, 2010
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1

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