April 2014 - 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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Recycling Wind Turbines
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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With wind turbines popping up all over the world, wind power is quickly becoming one of today's most popular renewable energy sources. But in the m...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
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Decrease In Plant Species
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Remember Pete Seeger's song, "Where have all the flowers gone?" He blamed their disappearance on young girls picking them. But with 8,000 flowers a...

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The Endangered Iriomote
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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For over 200,000 years, the Iriomote Cat lived in isolation on a tiny island between Taiwan and Japan. More recently, however, Iriomote Island has ...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
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Tofu Glue Is Sticking
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Easing fossil fuel dependence involves more than energy-efficient cars and light bulbs. It also involves tofu. That's because scientists at the U.S...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
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'Green' Concrete
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The road to a sustainable future could soon be paved with green concrete. Okay, not as enchanting as a road paved with gold. But since some 27,000 ...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
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Fox Food
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The good news, wildlife can adapt and thrive to urban living. The bad news, its fast food for foxes.

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Habihuts
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Nearly 828 million people live in what the United Nations calls "slums." In some cases, these are temporary "tent" cities that crop up after natura...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
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Project Open Hand
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2014 - 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-pol...

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Vacuums Best For Fleas
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2014 - 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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Chaser: Listening To Nature
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Move over Einstein! There's a new genius on the block. And her name is Chaser, a border collie who lives in Spartanburg, South Carolina.

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Training For Green Jobs
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2014 - 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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Endangered Banana
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Did you know bananas might soon slip into history? That's because from Paris to Peoria, we all eat only one variety, and it's vulnerable to a fungu...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
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Fuel Cells Improve With Platinum
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2014 - 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 bef...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
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Costly Invasive Fire Ants
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2014 - 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. It involves using insec...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
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Galapagos Conservation Helps Native Species
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2014 - 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: Mar 28, 2014
  • Length: 01:30
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Going Green, Vegas Style
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2014 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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In today's Las Vegas, there's more than money that's green. The desert city's hotels and casinos are going green, as in environmentally friendly, b...

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Forests Changing In Midwest
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2014 - 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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Invasive Algae Vacuumed Up
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2014 - 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: Mar 28, 2014
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Keeping Methane In Check
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2014 - 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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Sun In Spain Good For Solar Farm
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: April 2014 - 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 internatio...

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  • Added: Mar 28, 2014
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