Series: January 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series

Produced by Pat Maxwell

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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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Is That a Mouse in Your Pocket?
Series: January 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
From Pat Maxwell
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The Pacific pocket mouse loves the beach! Surf and sun make fabulous real estate for humans, and, these mice. And therein, lies the rub!

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  • Added: Dec 22, 2009
  • Length: 00:01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Lava Flows are for the Birds
Series: January 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
From Pat Maxwell
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Raising endangered birds...on a volcano? It has benefits -- or, so says Alan Lieberman, head of the Keauhou Bird Conservation Center, perched on Ha...

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  • Added: Dec 22, 2009
  • Length: 00:01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Tailpipe Carbon Recycling
Series: January 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
From Pat Maxwell
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Imagine a conventional, gas-powered car, with no carbon emissions. I mean, absolutely zero. In the cartoon world, the only way to do that was a ban...

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  • Added: Dec 22, 2009
  • Length: 00:01:30
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The Car Wash
Series: January 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
From Pat Maxwell
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That classic American pastime, washing the family car, might soon get washed down the drain.

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  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 00:01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Encyclopedia of Life
Series: January 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
From Pat Maxwell
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The Book of Life: That book in heaven with the list of names? Well, biologists on earth have started their own version.

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  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 00:01:30
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Zoo on Ice
Series: January 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
From Pat Maxwell
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A frozen zoo...for all animals? Well, no one’s making the Panamanian golden frog shiver in its terrarium. Instead, this is a unique way that the Sa...

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  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 00:01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Fish Fix
Series: January 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
From Pat Maxwell
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Some projects seem simple only to reveal a huge complication later on. I was hemming pants and cut one leg shorter than the other -- yeah, you get ...

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  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 00:01:30
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Off the Grid
Series: January 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
From Pat Maxwell
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We've all heard of individuals who go, "off the grid." You know, the folks who install solar panels or have their children ride stationary bicycles...

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  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 00:01:30
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“Good Onya, Oz”
Series: January 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
From Pat Maxwell
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Think you know how to conserve water? Not like Australia, mate, it's in its worst drought on record. Some toddlers Down Under don't even know what ...

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  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 00:01:30
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Emission-Free Ride
Series: January 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
From Pat Maxwell
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If your friends call you an “early adopter," you’ll want to take note of MIT student Ben Gulak’s way-cool emission-free vehicle. It looks like a cr...

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  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 00:01:30
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Faulty Fish Ladders
Series: January 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
From Pat Maxwell
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If you build it, they will come. But they might not come back! This is what Brazilian engineers learned recently in their effort to save fish stocks.

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  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 00:01:30
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Digging to Live
Series: January 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
From Pat Maxwell
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Plants and animal are going extinct at least 100 times faster than in the past, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and...

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  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 00:01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Beat Home Energy Costs
Series: January 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
From Pat Maxwell
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Is that monthly home heating bill burning a hole in your wallet? I thought so. With the economic uncertainties of recent months, we all get that si...

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  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 00:01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Pizzeria Takes the LEED
Series: January 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
From Pat Maxwell
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When the Moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, it’s the environment! At least it is at Pizza Fusion -- a chain of gourmet pizzerias.

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  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 00:01:30
  • Purchases: 1
A Class Students Dig
Series: January 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
From Pat Maxwell
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Ever wanted to go organic in your garden, but didn’t know how? Well, students in East Palo Alto, California, are learning.

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  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 00:01:30
  • Purchases: 1
The Climate Change Game
Series: January 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
From Pat Maxwell
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To the world-at-large, global warming is anything but a game. But if you happen to be on the Internet, it can be.

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  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 00:01:30
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Where the Buffalo Roam
Series: January 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
From Pat Maxwell
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Home, home on the range only covers 20 percent of what it used to. That’s worldwide, according to a new study from the World Wildlife Fund. Human e...

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  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 00:01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Greenlight for Saiga?
Series: January 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
From Pat Maxwell
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Remember playing with animal match books? By flipping the left- or right-hand pages you could match the picture of an animal’s head with its body. ...

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  • Added: Dec 18, 2009
  • Length: 00:01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Futures for Future Species
Series: January 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
From Pat Maxwell
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Can a stock market tool save a species? Conservationists often struggle to project animal populations because they hinge on complicated, interdepen...

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  • Added: Dec 17, 2009
  • Length: 00:01:30
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The New Power Suit
Series: January 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
From Pat Maxwell
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The Power Suit is back. Yep. Thanks to scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. But goodbye polyester.

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  • Added: Dec 17, 2009
  • Length: 00:01:30
  • Purchases: 1