December 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.


22 Pieces

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Madagascar Wild
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In 1997, thirteen Duke University residents went to Madagascar where they literally went wild. Today, several of them are still running amuck with...

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  • Added: Nov 28, 2011
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
Vacuums Best for Fleas
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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To get rid of fleas, there may be an alternative to poison, and that’s a simple vacuum cleaner.

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  • Added: Nov 28, 2011
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Project Open Hand
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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San Francisco’s Project Open Hand is in a lot of hot water these days. About 170,000 gallons a year, to be exact. And it’s heated by clean, non-po...

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  • Added: Nov 28, 2011
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Compostable Cups for National Parks
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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There are plans underway to eliminate waste in our nation’s parks. One cup at a time.

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  • Added: Nov 28, 2011
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Rice Growers Go Dry
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Did you know rice doesn’t need to grow in water? In fact, the main reason for rice paddies is to prevent weeds. And with water supplies scarce in m...

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  • Added: Nov 28, 2011
  • Length: 01:32
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A Better Jet Fuel
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Ever wonder what jet fuel is made of? So do scientists from four universities working on a $7.5 million project funded by the Air Force and an airc...

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:32
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Hydrogen from Bacteria
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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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 ...

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Green Toilets in New York City
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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n New York City, at one public park, people may soon come for the tennis but stay for the toilets. That’s because designs for new bathrooms at Rive...

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
A Greener Wood Glue
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Researchers from the College of Forestry at Oregon State University recently received a Presidential citation for developing an environmentally fri...

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:32
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A Brief History of Mistletoe
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Dallying under the Mistletoe during the holiday season is an ancient tradition among lovers young and old. But, the green sprig, tied with a red bo...

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 2
New Technology for Cheetah Conservation
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Cheetahs are fast, but time is catching up with them. Their numbers are dwindling due to a small gene pool that makes these graceful Big Cats vulne...

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Saving Energy on Street Lights
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Already declared the third smartest city in the U.S. by Forbes Magazine, Ann Arbor, Michigan recently had another bright idea. They decided to repl...

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Brazil’s Sweet Deal for Ethanol
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The ethanol experts are at it again. Scientists in Brazil have found a way to boost biofuel production that’s naturally more attractive.

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  • Added: Nov 28, 2011
  • Length: 01:32
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Challenges in Amur Leopard Conservation
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Veterinarians made a house call on the world’s rarest cat recently to give it a high-tech medical examination. It was one of thirty Amur leopards b...

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Worms to the Rescue
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Businessman Tom Herlihy has eight million employees -- eight million, hungry, little red worms, that is. And keeping this work-force fed is a full-...

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Two-Way Energy Traffic
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Dutch researcher Jos Meeuwen 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 count...

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Saving the Iberian Lynx
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Scientists in Spain have found the missing lynx. But to be perfectly honest, they didn’t know they were missing.

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Training for Green Jobs
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Green-collar workers aren’t just wind farm technicians and solar panel installers anymore. Increasingly, the U.S. labor force needs managers with s...

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Argo Monitors Ocean Temperatures
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Between rampant pollution and climate change, scientists say our oceans are ailing. But in order to correctly diagnose it, they’ve concluded they ...

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1
Twist on Wind Turbine More Efficient
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: December 2011 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Together with Sandia National Labs, engineers from Knight and Carver of San Diego have added a new twist to wind turbines used for generating elect...

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2011
  • Length: 01:32
  • Purchases: 1

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