January 2008 - 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.


23 Pieces

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In the skies above South Africa, a group of 124 pilots combine their love of flying with a passion for nature by volunteering for environmental mis...

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  • Added: Dec 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 2
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In 1938, scientist Guy Stewart Callendar wrote a paper answering the question of whether carbon levels affect climate change...

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  • Added: Dec 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Last year the wind industry reached an important milestone in the United States...

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  • Added: Dec 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:04
  • Purchases: 1
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Escaping to the roof is taking on a whole new dimension with a phenomenon called "green roofs."

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  • Added: Dec 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
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There's good news and bad news from the northern Amazon nation of Suriname...

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  • Added: Dec 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
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Waverly, Iowa became the first in the Midwest to own and operate its own wind generation facilities.

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  • Added: Dec 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
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You'd have to look hard to find the light-footed clapper rail these days. One reason is that this small, brown bird blends in well with its wetland...

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  • Added: Dec 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
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Tales of pirates and plunder have inspired more than a few Hollywood epics. Did you catch the summer block buster with Johnny Depp? But pirates le...

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  • Added: Dec 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
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Today's creature feature is on a petite pachyderm that has dark gray to reddish brown skin and abundant hair that is finer and softer than a "norma...

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  • Added: Dec 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
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Sunday, April 14th, 1935, mid-afternoon. A monstrous black dust cloud quickly forms over southwest Kansas -- and within minutes, people were runnin...

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  • Added: Dec 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
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Did the sun burn a hole in your wallet this past summer? It certainly did for some folks. You see, it takes plenty of water to keep a yard beautif...

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  • Added: Dec 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
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Pick up your toys! That's what mom used to say... So why not do the same in a forest? After a company logs an area, they ought to pick up after the...

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  • Added: Dec 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
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If you're looking for nature to somehow save us from global warming, don't bank on trees.

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  • Added: Dec 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:28
  • Purchases: 1
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Hello, Bluefin Tuna. Tag, you're it! You are among the last of a species that once thrived throughout the Atlantic.

Bought by KUAC


  • Added: Dec 26, 2007
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
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In 2007, an expedition sponsored by the Wildlife Conservation Society explored a remote area in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Team members were...

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2007
  • Length: 01:28
  • Purchases: 1
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Before you pack up the family and head out for some sand, surf and sun, there's something you might want to consider. Your favorite beach may be cl...

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2007
  • Length: 01:11
  • Purchases: 1
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American motorists are familiar with the need to have emissions checked regularly to certify automobiles for registration. But a team of engineers ...

Bought by KUAC


  • Added: Dec 19, 2007
  • Length: 01:25
  • Purchases: 1
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The Fritillaries are frittering away!

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2007
  • Length: 01:28
  • Purchases: 1
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Your ship has come in, environmentalists. And it's powered by cleaner-burning, highly efficient, fuel cells.

Bought by KUAC


  • Added: Dec 19, 2007
  • Length: 01:23
  • Purchases: 1
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Welcome to the world's largest tropical grasslands. Covering more territory than all of Western Europe, they stretch for over twelve hundred miles ...

Bought by KUAC


  • Added: Dec 14, 2007
  • Length: 01:27
  • Purchases: 1