December 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Series produced by Catalina Island Conservancy
December 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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.
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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.
- Added: Nov 17, 2010
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 3
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...
- Added: Nov 17, 2010
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 3
Isolated on islands, large animals can become small like the pygmy mammoth, and small animals LARGE like the Galapagos Tortoise. Yeah, everything’s...
- Added: Nov 17, 2010
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 3
If you can't stand the heat...hang in there? That's what some species are doing in response to climate change.
- Added: Nov 17, 2010
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 3
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...
- Added: Nov 17, 2010
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 3
In the groovy 60s we were singing “Where have all the flowers gone?” Could a day come when we’ll sing the same about the honeybees?
- Added: Nov 17, 2010
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 3
There are plans underway to eliminate waste in our nation’s parks. One cup at a time.
- Added: Nov 17, 2010
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 3
Why be boring and plant your garden in the ground when there’s a whole world of gardening possibilities up on the roof?
- Added: Nov 17, 2010
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 3
While hydrogen is being touted as the environmentally friendly fuel of the future, a pair of Penn State engineers believe the future may be closer ...
- Added: Nov 17, 2010
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 3
Alternative fuels are more environmentally friendly than petroleum products, right? Actually, that’s not always the case.
- Added: Nov 17, 2010
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 3
Businessman Tom Herlihy has 8 million employees -- eight million, hungry, little red worms, that is. And keeping this work-force fed is a full-time...
- Added: Nov 17, 2010
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 3
Dutch researcher Jos would like to put in a plug for energy self-sufficiency. In fact, he’d like to put in a plug for everyone in his country. Why?...
- Added: Nov 17, 2010
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 3
Aw, c'mon. Building a lakeside getaway...hurts fish? That sounds...fishy. But catch this: the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration...
- Added: Nov 17, 2010
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 3
As eco-friendly furniture makes the transition from small specialty shops to mass market merchandisers, one thing is becoming clear. Green comes in...
- Added: Nov 17, 2010
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 3
It may not be plain to see “we’ve got a tiger by the tail” -- as the song Buck Owens made popular insists. But we do seem to have ’em right where ...
- Added: Nov 17, 2010
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 3
When rain refills a dried out pond, life soon returns to normal. Frogs croak, algae grows and dragonflies dart back and forth. But that’s only part...
- Added: Nov 17, 2010
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 3
The common reed looks harmless as it waves in the wind of America’s wetlands. But, this exotic plant is one of nature’s most effective invasive sp...
- Added: Nov 17, 2010
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 3
Endangered species stories sometimes end happily. Take Southeast Asia's critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphin, also called the Mekong River dolph...
- Added: Nov 17, 2010
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 3
Have you ever opened a pdf file? Or used slick software like PhotoShop to manipulate images? Just a click or two with the trusty mouse, and it’s by...
- Added: Nov 17, 2010
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 3
Let's talk about high fashion and Target, the big box store. The two seemingly opposites converged recently, largely because of the environmentally...
- Added: Nov 16, 2010
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 3