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Hudson River Gybe of Silence
From: Clearwater Moment
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Sailing maneuver during the moment of Silence

  • Added: Apr 02, 2009
  • Length: 01:46
Tale of Two Species
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2009 - 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 and KOSU


  • Added: Mar 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
A Greener Lawn Mower
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2009 - 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.

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Mar 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Cow Pie Energy
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2009 - 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.

Bought by KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Mar 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Pizzeria Takes the LEED
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2009 - 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 KMXT and KOSU


  • Added: Mar 24, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
Howland Cultural Center - Geothermal System
From: Clearwater Moment
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The Howland Cultural Center is a beautiful performance space, gallery, and host to cultural events in the Hudson Valley. The historic building rec...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2009
  • Length: 01:46
Geekhouse Bicycles: Federal Loan Gets Business Rolling
From: Cathy Corman
Caption: Marty Walsh hangs his sign at Geekhouse Bicycles., Credit: Jonathan Simmons
Marty Walsh of Boston's Geekhouse Bicycles received $70,000 in state-monitored federal money in November. Geekhouse is thriving, giving listeners ...

Bought by The Neighborhood


  • Added: Mar 04, 2009
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 1
Seed Rain
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - 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. All it takes is so...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
RBI: Rapid Biological Inventory
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: March 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Get in and get out! It works for the Navy Seals. So why not do the same with a crack team of scientists?

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Feb 25, 2009
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Gimme Shelter
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Katee Schulz, a student at the Maine Primitive Skills School, prepares to spend a night alone in the woods.

Bought by KSKA, New Hampshire Public Radio, and The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Jan 21, 2009
  • Length: 06:39
  • Purchases: 3
Cod Downsizing
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Followers of fish facts -- especially North Atlantic Cod enthusiasts -- are doing a double-take these days.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Food for Thought: Cockroaches
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2009 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Six Flags theme parks staged a Halloween contest in which customers were offered free admission. All they had to do was eat a live Madagascar hissi...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Four Christmas Birds
From: Ruth Beasley
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Learning the Birds birdlady Ruth Beasley probes the lore and legend of Four Christmas Birds: doves, cardinals, partridges, and a mystery bird.

Bought by Mississippi Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Dec 17, 2008
  • Length: 04:29
  • 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
Green at Home and Abroad
From: KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Leaving a green home, staying in a hotel and being green.

  • Added: Dec 03, 2008
  • Length: 04:00
Save Energy -- Shower with Someone!
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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We all know divorce can be painful for those involved. And now, researchers at the University of Michigan have determined that divorce also hurts t...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Tough Times for Pandas
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Giant pandas are about as cute as an animal can get -- and, just as endangered.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Nov 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
A Natural Playground
From: Willa Kammerer
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Gone are the swings, monkey bars and spiral slides. A new type of playground takes a more low-tech approach.

  • Added: Nov 25, 2008
  • Length: 04:53
How Place Shapes Us
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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From Hawaiia, a tropical canvas.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:58
A Postcard from Paris: Getting from A to B
From: Janet Robbins
Series: A Postcard from Paris
Caption: Paris, 2008
Public transportation in Paris has been transformed

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Nov 01, 2008
  • Length: 09:23
  • Purchases: 1
Holy Batfish!
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Holy algae, batfish, we need you to clean up that reef! When researchers wanted to know what fish on Australia's Great Barrier Reef was best at rem...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Striped Bass Comeback
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Is Carl Safina, a prominent marine ecologist, up to something fishy?

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Oct 28, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Setting the Mood for Pandas
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: November 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Apparently, China's pandas could use some help. It seems that some of the males have lost their moves, their mojo, their get down and boogy...well ...

Bought by KOSU and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 28, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 2
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
Rediscovered Okapi
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: October 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Sometimes good old Mother Nature seems a bit mixed up. For example, the rare okapi looks like an unlikely cross between a giraffe and a zebra. It w...

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Sep 29, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1

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