June 2007 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Series produced by Catalina Island Conservancy
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Fun, entertaining, science-based radio show exploring critical issues regarding our natural world.
Isla Earth, a production of the Catalina Island Conservancy, is a
radio series exploring environmental issues of local, national,
and global importance. Our mission is to increase ecological awareness, deepen understanding, and encourage environmentally sustainable choices.
21 Pieces
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In 2005, Washington became the first state in the nation to require that all new publicly-funded schools, colleges, offices, and even prisons meet ...
- Added: May 24, 2007
- Length: 01:30
It's like a breath of fresh...carbon dioxide? Okay, so that's what you'd be breathing...if you were a plant.
- Added: May 24, 2007
- Length: 01:32
What do you do when the land you love is 'slip sliding away'? Luckily for folks in Louisiana, legislators and scientists are looking at several cre...
- Added: May 24, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Now here's a ride Little Miss Sunshine and her eccentric family would have appreciated-Think sixties hippie culture meets Star Trek...
- Added: May 24, 2007
- Length: 01:32
While cacti can really stick it to us, the plight of the giant saguaro is nothing to poke fun at.
- Added: May 24, 2007
- Length: 01:32
This isn't how fertilizers are supposed to work. You'd think that more nutrients in water would be good for aquatic life.
- Added: May 24, 2007
- Length: 01:32
You probably won't find Jimmy Nardello's Sweet Italian frying peppers or Amish Deer Tongue lettuce at your local supermarket. But, a growing commun...
- Added: May 24, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Woody Allen called marriage the death of hope. Now, while that may be a cynic's perspective, weddings can definitely take a toll on the environment.
- Added: May 24, 2007
- Length: 01:32
The Russian government is trying to protect its Kamchatka peninsula, one of Earth's last salmon strongholds.
- Added: May 24, 2007
- Length: 01:32
If someone could have observed Earth from outer space before there were people, they'd have seen the lion share of living things clustered in the t...
- Added: May 24, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Wild ginseng. It's been a popular herb for hundreds of years, with fans saying that it does everything from increasing energy and boosting concent...
- Added: May 24, 2007
- Length: 01:32
Are elephants going crazy? They've been destroying villages, crops, and attacking-sometimes killing-humans. It's happening at an increasing rate in...
- Added: May 24, 2007
- Length: 01:26
The American West conjures up images of cowboys, cattle ranches, ? and unspoiled mountains under bright blue skies. But one icon of the west ? the...
- Added: May 24, 2007
- Length: 01:28
What's "bugging" farmers these days? Greenbugs and grain aphids. They're tiny insects found nearly on every continent. And they destroy about a hu...
- Added: May 24, 2007
- Length: 01:20
Scientists recently released the most definitive statement yet on the human contribution to climate change and how it compares to natural variabili...
- Added: May 24, 2007
- Length: 01:26
About two and a half million tons of old computers, televisions, cell phones, fax machines, and other equipment are trashed each year in the United...
- Added: May 24, 2007
- Length: 01:23
Competition in the hybrid market could be heating up...
- Added: May 24, 2007
- Length: 01:22
From Dehli to Dallas, and places in between, just about everybody loves shrimp. But that shrimp we toss on the barbe has a hidden cost.
- Added: May 24, 2007
- Length: 01:24
In the summer, an air conditioner can be a necessity. However, cooling down a house can be expensive, but there are ways to reduce the cost.
- Added: May 24, 2007
- Length: 01:26
Save the Whales! For years, that was the clarion call of environmentalists everywhere. So how are the great cetaceans doing?
- Added: May 24, 2007
- Length: 01:32
