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GN_3.38_The Butterfly Whisperer
From: Good News Good Planet
Series: Good News Good Planet - Season 3
Caption: Good News for a Good Planet - Change your focus, change your world.
An endangered California butterfly is on the rise thanks to one man's efforts to restore their environment.

  • Added: May 17, 2021
  • Length: 02:30
Ideal conditions lead to firefly boom
From: Great Lakes Today
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If you’ve noticed more fireflies lighting up your backyard, you’re not alone. WXXI’s Veronica Volk brings us this story about the little summer icon.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WVBI-LP, WSKG, WCPN, WNIJ and more


  • Added: Jul 18, 2018
  • Length: 01:34
  • Purchases: 8
Living Planet 06/22/2018
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Living Planet: Environment Matters ~ from DW
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Living Planet: Insects and us - On this week’s show: Most people think of insects as pests to get rid of — but our survival may be intimately...

Bought by KRZA, KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio], KUPR low power FM, and WFIU


  • Added: Jun 21, 2018
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 4
Discarded Christmas trees a weapon against Asian Carp
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Christmas tree berm at the Royal Botanical Gardens. , Credit: by ANGELICA A. MORRISON
Canada’s Royal Botanical Gardens has a problem. Carp are trying to invade protected marshes, where they could destroy lots of plants. But scientist...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, WVBI-LP, WBFO, WCPN, WCMU Michigan and more


  • Added: Jan 24, 2018
  • Length: 03:45
  • Purchases: 7
Hawaii: GMO ground zero
From: Making Contact
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Hawaii has not only become the primary testing ground for the seed industry but a battleground between biotech companies and concerned residents. M...

  • Added: Jun 09, 2014
  • Length: 05:12
G.M.nO! Genetically Modified Democracy
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Seed Academy at Seven Seeds Farm, Credit: Andrew Stelzer
The movement for GMO regulation is going local. And the seed and pesticide companies are fighting back. As part of “What the Fork”, a multi-media...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2014
  • Length: 29:59
How Much Money?
From: Mike Dronkers
Series: The Humboldt Chronicles: Dispatches from Marijuana Country
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How much money does marijuana actually bring into Humboldt county, California?

Bought by KVMR


  • Added: Feb 10, 2012
  • Length: 29:29
  • Purchases: 1
Denver's Backyard Chicken Initiative
From: Nadia Khasawneh
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Exploring the appeal and annoyances of backyard chickens as some Denver residents push for an initiative to change the city's current hen laws.

  • Added: Feb 21, 2011
  • Length: 05:09
OTL: The Bloomingdale Trail
From: OTL HQ
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The Bloomingdale Trail proposed elevated greenway park in Chicago

  • Added: Nov 21, 2008
  • Length: 09:30
It's in the Little Envelope
From: Jennifer Ball
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Heirloom gardener Diana George Chapin and her family discuss seed saving and its global impact.

Bought by The Nature Podcast


  • Added: Aug 26, 2008
  • Length: 06:06
  • Purchases: 1
Growing Zones Warm Up
From: The Environment Report
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The warmer climate means changes for planting gardens and trees.

  • Added: Jul 02, 2007
  • Length: 04:15