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Coal Gasification
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: May 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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It’s no news flash that, over the years, one of the dirtiest sources of energy has been coal; in fact, it’s among the top contributors to carbon di...

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Recipe for Plastic Decomposition
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: May 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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It's good to know that tomorrow's scientists are solving environmental problems today. Meet Daniel Burd from Waterloo, Canada. Daniel's interested ...

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Brighter Bulbs
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: May 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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What do you get when you cross folk art with photonic technology? A very bright idea. Researchers at the University of Glasgow have combined cell p...

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Farming the Wind
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: May 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Farming has always been subject to the uncertainties of weather and market conditions. But farmers in Huron County, Michigan, have found something...

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
New Partners on the Range
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: May 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The words, "holistic," and "cattle range" aren't often heard together. But in California, “holistic range management” is indeed…all the rage on th...

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Arctic Fisheries
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: May 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In 1945, John Steinbeck wrote a novel called Cannery Row. In it he told the story of life in Monterey, California – a thriving fishing port at tha...

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
High Fashion Green, For Less
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: May 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Let's talk about high fashion and Target, the big box store. The two seemingly opposites converged, recently, largely because of the environmentall...

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Glass Bottle Comeback
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: May 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Believe it or not, just two generations ago, it was unheard of not to recycle glass beverage bottles. Today, that idea itself is getting recycled.

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Recycle Payday
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: May 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Are you wasting your...waste? A company called RecycleBank says: maybe! So they've come up with a high-tech way to encourage people to recycle...by...

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
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Few Plants Thrive With Change
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: May 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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If you can't stand the heat…hang in there? That's what some species are doing in response to climate change.

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Products for Responsible Consumers
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: May 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Is it ‘hip,’ or ‘cool,’ to be environmentally sustainable? That's a question that some of the biggest companies are asking about the world's most p...

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Grasslands Ecosystems Best Left Wild
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: May 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Which is better? A picture perfect golf course, or a wild and wooly prairie? Well, when it comes to ecosystem health, the more native plants -- the...

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Saving the Penguin
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: May 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Sometimes, creating a preserve can help endangered species fast, like South Africa’s Cape penguins. Until recently, this endangered bird, and the o...

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Wind Powers Up National Grid
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: May 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Chicago may be the Windy City, but California may become the wind-powered state.

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Eco Tourism in Madagascar
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: May 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Looking for an environmentally conscious vacation that’s out of the way? Try Madagascar. It’s a California-sized island off the east coast of Afric...

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Green Skyscrapers
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: May 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The new frontier isn’t to the north, south, east, or west. It’s up, as in skyscrapers. And, the tallest? The Burj-Khalifa tower in Dubai. From a di...

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Recycled, Again
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: May 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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“Cradle-to-Cradle” is the newest buzz in green manufacturing circles. It’s the next evolution of the idea of “Cradle-to-Grave, ” where recycled mat...

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Greenest Fuel
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: May 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Alternative fuels are more environmentally friendly than petroleum products, right? Actually, that’s not always the case.

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Misplaced Mussels
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: May 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Alien mussels are muscling their way into our waterways. And like unwelcome guests, once the move in, they’re almost impossible to move out!

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
A Tale of Two Heads
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: May 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Seems there are some strange critters living in water. Take for example the anglerfish with its glow-in-the-dark lantern on its forehead. But as st...

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Carbon Eaters
From: Pat Maxwell
Series: May 2013 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Here’s a two-fer: A renewable fuel source that also reduces carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Scientists in Denmark are looking at a species of se...

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  • Added: Apr 27, 2013
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
90 Second Naturalist - May 2013 Modules
From: WGUC
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90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life

  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 34:30
Dizzy Gillespie
From: KUT
Series: Views and Brews Liner Notes
Caption: Dizzy Gillespie
In this short feature Rabbi Neil Blumofe explores what Gillespie's legacy can teach us about the revolutionary aspect of humor, and how we can live...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2013
  • Length: 03:00
Sound & Memory
From: Science Update
Series: Science Update
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Playing soundwaves synchronized with a person's own deep sleep rhythms may improve short-term memory.

  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 02:00
Clifford Brown
From: KUT
Series: Views and Brews Liner Notes
Caption: Clifford Brown
Jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown is known for his precise and captivatingly smooth technique yet his life was tragically cut short in a car accident w...

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  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 02:35
  • Purchases: 1

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