January 2011 - 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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Nature Provides Clues for Survival
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Believe it or not, sometimes, it’s a good idea to be “as cold as ice.” Take, for example, the arctic ground squirrel. He's a creature that knows a ...

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
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Creative Solutions for Climate Change
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Are you worried about global warming? Well, here’s an idea. How about rocketing one trillion miniature umbrellas into orbit somewhere between us ...

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
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Sustainable Flooring Products
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Replacing your floor with wood? Sounds very, well, natural. But, could your wood floor be destroying forests? Well it could, but, it doesn’t have to.

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
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Complex Ecosystem Keeps Sea Urchins in Check
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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An ecosystem is like a finely woven garment -- pull out one thread, and the entire thing might come apart. An unraveling, of sorts, happened off th...

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Citizen Scientists Take A Hike
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The Appalachian Trail has been called “America’s footpath.” It stretches almost 2,200 miles through 14 states and eight national forests from Geor...

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Easter Island’s Palms
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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You know, I'd like to meet the person who cut down the last palm tree on Easter Island. What were they thinking? We’ll never know. But what we do k...

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Depletion of Wild Cod
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Pass the fish and chips, please. Pardon me for eating on the radio, but I just can’t pass up the fish and chips. Neither can a lot of people it s...

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
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Disposing of Doggy Doo
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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A rhinestone dog collar: $35. A doggy doo composter: Priceless... At least that's what Sharon Slack of Canada's Office of Urban Agriculture thinks.

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
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Drinking Ocean Water
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Experts say that as population and water use rise, the world's fresh water supplies are shrinking. Then why don’t we desalinate more sea water and....

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
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Solar Cells, Cheap and Thin
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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When it comes to selling solar cells, it pays to be cheap -- and thin.

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
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Autumn Colors Fading
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Changing seasons in New England is well, second nature. But a change in the look of the season is a change that has folks concerned.

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
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Fuel Cells improve with Platinum
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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You think gas is expensive? What about the price of platinum? Believe it or not, that’s one of the things the automotive industry is looking at be...

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
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Streetcars Make Comeback
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Remember that old-fashioned mode of transportation -- the trolley, or streetcar? It's making a comeback worldwide. From Albuquerque to Winston-Sale...

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
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Costly Invasive Fire Ants
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is killing fire ants using a method that sounds like it was inspired by the movie Alien.

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
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Galapagos Conservation Helps Native Species
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Isolated from the rest of the world for most of their existence, the Galapagos Islands are home to more unique plant species than almost any other ...

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
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Forests Changing in Midwest
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Midwestern settlers of yesterday would feel unsettled by what they’d see there today. They wouldn’t recognize the forests for the trees.

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
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Keeping Methane in Check
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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University of Calgary biology professor, Peter Dunfield, has been to hell and back looking for ways to keep methane gas out of the atmosphere.

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
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Invasive Algae Vacuumed Up
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Okay, so you’re out in the clear waters of Hawaii and notice that algae are smothering the beautiful coral reefs just below the surface. What’s goi...

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
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Second Life for Junkyard Plastic
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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A German company has developed a way to get more mileage out of junked cars. Of course they have to shred them to pieces first.

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
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Sun in Spain Good for Solar Farm
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: January 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain. But near Serpa, in neighboring Portugal, the sun shines nearly all the time. This is why an internati...

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  • Added: Dec 21, 2010
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