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Interviews with Lisa Patel on Toronto's Real Estate Market, Legendary Canadian Philanthropist Don Johnson, Plus Entrepreneurial & Cultural Updates
From: Ray Samuels
Caption: Donald K. Johnson, Credit: UWO
In this edition of Toronto Business Journal, we speak with TRREB President Lisa Patel about Toronto's hot real estate market. In our Business Se...

  • Added: May 29, 2021
  • Length: 58:00
GN_5.05_CaliforniaWinWin
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 5
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The ‘California Air Resources’ board in the summer of 2018, conclusively showed that California had met its 2020 emissions goal four years earlier ...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Building The Sustainable Hair Salon with Beth Bradley owner of Collective Hair Salon
From: Ken Grey
Series: Maximum Health Radio "Quality Living" with Dr Ken Grey Holistic Physician
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Building The Sustainable Hair Salon with Beth Bradley owner of Collective Hair Salon. 90 % sustainable, with a focus on beautiful hair and a beaut...

Bought by WCNY


  • Added: Mar 07, 2020
  • Length: 27:35
  • Purchases: 1
Huge pot farm coming to Great Lakes region
From: Great Lakes Today
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Canada is moving to legalize recreational use of marijuana, and officials predict that it’s likely to happen by the end of the year. As pot supplie...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WVBI-LP, North Country Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 29, 2018
  • Length: 04:11
  • Purchases: 7
Future Farming of America (Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Southwest Virginia has seen a decline in coal and tobacco—two industries that once boomed in the region. Could hemp be a way to boost the local eco...

Bought by WCNY, KZYX, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Mar 30, 2018
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 12
UnCommonCore Podcast Episode 19 | Reef-A-Palooza: Part 3
From: Tom Howell
Series: Reef-A-Palooza
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The UnCommonCore Podcast explores the ideas, experiences and perspectives that make us all different. Content includes everything from live to tape...

  • Added: Feb 03, 2018
  • Length: 38:02
Businesses along Lake Ontario hurt by flooding
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Fran Beth took over the bar for her mother-in-law, the original Marge., Credit: Veronica Volk
Spring flooding along Lake Ontario is damaging many homes along the shoreline. It’s also hurting people who have businesses there. As Veronica Vol...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, WRVO Public Media, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 25, 2017
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 7
Ep. 16: Embracing Change
From: The Story Exchange
Series: The Story Exchange
Caption: Kryshon Bratton
Hear how Houston pool-builder Kryshon Bratton has used the entrepreneurial "pivot" to stoke growth and create the work-life balance she wants.

  • Added: May 25, 2017
  • Length: 11:57
Cleveland has big plans for its waterfront. But can people get there?
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Richard Pace, Credit: Matt Richmond, ideastream
Cleveland, which sits on Lake Erie, has big plans for building homes and shop along its waterfront. But the city faces some major obstacles – like ...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WCPN, and WBFO


  • Added: May 18, 2017
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 3
Nuclear plant shutdown divides Great Lakes community
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Covert, Mich., Credit: File photo, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Decades ago, the Great Lakes shoreline was a popular spot to build nuclear power plants, because there was plenty of water to cool reactors. Now, s...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WLPR , WCMU Michigan, WBFO, and North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 12, 2017
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 5
Plastic bag bans spark debate in Great Lakes region
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: A plastic bag washed up on the beach at the Erie Basin Marina., Credit: Veronica Volk
Plastic bags are all around us, especially in the checkout lanes of grocery stores. They're also a persistent litter problem on land and along the ...

Bought by Michigan Radio, North Country Public Radio, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WRVO Public Media and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2017
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 7
"Lake Effect" can bring trouble, but some companies embrace name
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Lake Effect Furies skirmish, Credit: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON / Lake Effect Furies skirmish
Residents along the Great Lakes corridor are very familiar with lake effect snows. When cold dry air passes over the lakes, it generates enough sno...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WCPN, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, Interlochen Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 16, 2017
  • Length: 03:44
  • Purchases: 6
The Cactus King
From: Mark Bramhill
Caption: Lyn's giant metal cactus towers over his plant nursery., Credit: Mark Bramhill, Houston, 2016.
Meet Lyn Rathburn: folk artist and cactus mogul.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 28, 2017
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 1
“Steelhead Alley” brings a bump to Great Lakes economy
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Patrick Robinson goes to catch a fish in Elk Creek, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
As winter sets in, Americans who live along the Great Lakes are bundling up. But another season is underway – and it brings an economic bump to an ...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WCMU Michigan, and WCPN


  • Added: Dec 22, 2016
  • Length: 03:39
  • Purchases: 3
Cleaning Up Our E-Waste Mess - Traci Phillips - Ep 09
From: The Story Exchange
Series: The Story Exchange
Caption: Traci Phillips, Natural Evolution
How Native American roots inspired Traci Phillips to turn an environmental mission to stop toxic electronic waste into a successful business.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: 14:00
  • Purchases: 1
Is Space the Place?
From: Distillations
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Trying to save humanity by mining asteroids.

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Jan 06, 2016
  • Length: 22:24
  • Purchases: 1
Farming Creativity
From: Rendered
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Getting back to the kind of robust, regional food system that used to be the norm in America definitely requires some creative thinking.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Aug 23, 2015
  • Length: 16:18
  • Purchases: 1
Witching to find water
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Marc Mondavi demonstrates his divining rods.
The lack of rain has forced California farmers and wine makers to turn from the sky to the ground to find water. It’s down there, but you have to k...

Bought by KPIK-LP, KPIK-LP, WABE, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 01, 2015
  • Length: 08:42
  • Purchases: 4
Can Oakland successfully curb illegal dumping?
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: A mountain of mattresses in West Oakland, Credit: Todd Whitney
For over a decade, Oakland has attempted to abate the illegal dumping of mattresses, electronics, furniture, and other large items onto city street...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 07:20
Ecotourism: A New Catch For Commercial Fishermen?
From: Laine Kaplan-Levenson
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There’s a new push to get tourists in New Orleans off bourbon street and into nature. Eco-tourism is the new way to explore Louisiana according to ...

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Dec 08, 2014
  • Length: 04:34
  • Purchases: 1
The Altamont Pass -- good for renewable energy, bad for birds
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
Caption: Wildlife biologist Doug Bell birdwatching at the Altamont Pass, Credit: Judy Silber
California entrepreneurs saw potential in the gusty winds that blew out at the Altamont Pass, between the Central Valley and Bay Area. By the mid-’...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 07:09
Zero waste in San Francisco is a 2020 vision
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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“The goal is Zero Waste by 2020, and we think that is an achievable goal.” Those words from former San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom back in 2009 p...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 06:04
Calipatria, CA: Renewable Energy Mecca?
From: Lisa Morehouse
Series: After the Gold Rush: The Future of Small Town California
Caption: Geothermal plants and onion fields., Credit: Lisa Morehouse
Will renewable energy save the county with one of the nation's highest unemployment rates?

Bought by KWMR, KUOW, and Radio Newark


  • Added: Jul 08, 2013
  • Length: 07:34
  • Purchases: 3
The Town that Pot Built: Garberville and Southern Humboldt County
From: Lisa Morehouse
Series: After the Gold Rush: The Future of Small Town California
Caption: Lisa interviewing weed., Credit: Kym Kemp.
Marijuana has become the backbone of this town's economy, and identity.

Bought by KWMR, Rhythm & News Service, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 08, 2013
  • Length: 07:51
  • Purchases: 3
Confusion at the gas pump: which grade is best?
From: KALW
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Gas prices in California are always a big problem. And this year, the average price per gallon is set to hit four dollars – the highest average eve...

  • Added: Jan 14, 2013
  • Length: 05:10