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What’s the best way to get rid of my food scraps?
From: Possibly
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Today, we’re taking a look at how we dispose of our food. Next time you’re scraping a plate, should that food go into compost, your sink disposal, ...

Bought by WRFA-LP


  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 03:32
  • Purchases: 1
EE 24-16: What a garden can mean–when you need it most, 4/19/2024
From: WFIU
Series: Earth Eats
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Jerry Mercury had never experienced a place like the community garden he found in Tallinn, Estonia. In a difficult time, it meant the world to him.

  • Added: Apr 18, 2024
  • Length: 53:59
AMOS 23.51: Asian Jumping Worms, 3/13/2023
From: WFIU
Series: A Moment of Science
Caption: A Moment of Science
Asian Jumping Worms

  • Added: Mar 07, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
This Week in Water for December 11, 2022
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Red to Grow, Blue to Flow. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KMXT, KRZA, KGNU Community Radio, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 11, 2022
  • Length: 06:05
  • Purchases: 5
A Plan for Plastic, part two
From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio
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This week, part two of a two-part series laying out steps with examples that represent a coherent and provocative way forward toward a plastic-free...

  • Added: Sep 15, 2022
  • Length: 05:11
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow—What Happens to Waste Collected from Beauty Salons?
From: H2O Radio
Series: Journalism About Water
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One of latest trends in the beauty industry is to keep the large volume of waste that salons generate out of landfills. Looking good now means bein...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 18, 2022
  • Length: 08:49
  • Purchases: 1
Rhonda Sherman, M.S., Extension Specialist on composting, recycling and solid waste reduction.
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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Did you know that the Environmental Protection Agency estimates that one third of all food in the U.S. goes uneaten and in 2018, about 81 percent, ...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Jun 02, 2022
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
This Week in Water for December 12, 2021
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Zapping the Ocean with Electricity to Fight Climate Change? That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KGNU Community Radio, KRZA, and WYAP


  • Added: Dec 12, 2021
  • Length: 05:52
  • Purchases: 4
Got Methane?
From: Wendy Ring
Series: Cool Solutions
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A look at the climate and health impacts of dairy digesters

Bought by KICI Iowa City, RadioFreePalmer, WFHB, and KTAL-LP [Las Cruces Community Radio]


  • Added: Dec 11, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
Curbing food waste and cultivating community
From: Blunt Youth Radio Project
Series: Youth Climate Activism
Caption: freshly harvested sungold cherry tomatoes
Reducing food waste is a good thing for the environment, but it can also help address food insecurity. Producer Ella Nigro spoke to women within th...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2021
  • Length: 11:06
Can you really compost compostable plastics?
From: Possibly
Caption: Bioplastic cups, Credit: Brian Yurasits
Some take-out food containers, cups, and utensils are called “certified compostable.” What does that really mean?

  • Added: Sep 14, 2020
  • Length: 04:00
This Week in Water for June 2, 2019
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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Eco-Friendly Containers? Not So Friendly. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KMXT, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KKFI, KRZA, and KSFR


  • Added: Jun 02, 2019
  • Length: 06:48
  • Purchases: 5
This Week in Water for May 26, 2019
From: H2O Radio
Series: This Week in Water
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It’s Raining...Plastics. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water.

Bought by KMXT and KKRN


  • Added: May 26, 2019
  • Length: 06:36
  • Purchases: 2
Trash Talk: The Persistence of Waste
From: Distillations
Series: Distillations
Caption: Buckhorn Mesa landfill., Credit: courtesy of Flickr user Alan Levine.
During our short time on Earth we humans have created a lot of stuff. Some of it's life-altering, like the device you’re using right now and some o...

Bought by XRAY.fm and WTJU


  • Added: Jan 21, 2015
  • Length: 39:39
  • Purchases: 2
Zero waste in San Francisco is a 2020 vision
From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents
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“The goal is Zero Waste by 2020, and we think that is an achievable goal.” Those words from former San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom back in 2009 p...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 06:04
Returns on Trash and Treasure
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Dale Wannen
Today on Sea Change Radio we talk with two people working on very different fronts of the environmental movement. Our first guest is Dale Wannen, w...

Bought by KVSC and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 2
Worm Bin Disaster
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Julie Sabatier tells the story of her worm composting bin that turned out to be a stinky, DIY disaster.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 14, 2013
  • Length: 09:52
  • Purchases: 1
Tiny Houses
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
Caption: Karin Parramore's tiny house, Credit: Califia Suntree
Destination DIY producer Califia Suntree spoke to two women who built their own tiny houses about living a minimalist lifestyle. The houses are bot...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 24, 2013
  • Length: 07:40
  • Purchases: 2
The Dirt on Compost: Jason Mark
From: Alex Wise
Series: Sea Change Radio
Caption: Jason Mark
Have you ever been to the dump? It’s a pretty smelly place. Part of what you’re smelling is methane, a powerful greenhouse gas that’s created as bi...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 27, 2012
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 1
DIY Disasters
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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All about do-it-yourself projects gone wrong.

Bought by XRAY.fm, KUOW, WYSO, WRVO Public Media, KUT and more


  • Added: Feb 19, 2012
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Mother's Day In The Garden
From: Vermont Public
Series: Charlie's Garden Journal
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Nationally recognized horticulturist Charlie Nardozzi shares a brief history of Mother's Day and gives gardening gift advice.

Bought by KREV-LP, WMNR, and WMNR


  • Added: May 10, 2011
  • Length: 02:29
  • Purchases: 3
Microbes and Worms Turn Oil into Compost
From: Catherine Girardeau
Caption: Thomas Azwell with tea tank, Port Sonoma, CA, Credit: Catherine Girardeau
A UC Berkeley researcher is attacking toxic hydrocarbons left over from oil spills with microbes, earthworms, and a few acres of land. Catherine Gi...

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 11, 2010
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 1
The Mikie Show #18, Linda
From: Michael Carroll
Series: The Mikie Show
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Science is good and fun. We decide to restate that through our conversation with Linda Leigh, botanist, naturalist, farmer. Or is it rancher? We're...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Jun 03, 2010
  • Length: 28:02
  • Purchases: 1