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Michael D. Smith reflects on leadership and shares his enthusiasm for the new Climate Corps. The CEO of AmeriCorps, he is deeply committed to commu...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 30:33
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Secretary Deb Haaland emphasizes her obligation to future generations, discussing the urgency of climate change and the crucial inclusion of Indige...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 24:48
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Baratunde Thurston describes his experiences as a Black man in nature and the influence his mother had on his positive outlook. He’s a comedian, wr...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 29:22
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Following on from native plant week, this week we revisit a BEST OF conversation about some of our favorite native plant visitors: our native bumbl...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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People with disabilities are disproportionately affected by climate change yet are often sidelined from policy conversations. Three disability acti...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 58:23
  • Purchases: 1
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People with disabilities are disproportionately affected by climate change yet are often sidelined from policy conversations. Three disability acti...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 58:23
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This week on World Ocean Radio we're sharing some methods and means to make small and large changes that can have effects on the climate and sustai...

  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 05:15
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Corporate greenwashing has hijacked Earth Day, but the ideas behind the holiday are more urgent than ever. There are environmental issues all aroun...

Bought by WNYE and KWMR


  • Added: Apr 24, 2024
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Batteries are a critical part of the transition away from fossil fuels. From electric vehicles to grid scale storage for wind and solar, demand for...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2024
  • Length: 58:57
Caption: Bill Shanabruch leads Conservation Landscaping Workshop.
Bill Shanabruch left his job as regional biologist for the Piedmont with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality. It was over a boondoggl...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2024
  • Length: 26:08
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We’re once again turning back the clock to the Roaring Twenties on Afterglow, to hear the songs from last century that have stuck around. We’ll foc...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2024
  • Length: 59:00
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We’ve celebrated Earth Day in the United States for more than 50 years. Today, we’re taking a look at what made the first Earth Day in 1970 such a ...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 04:00
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Last week we learned that individuals’ home water consumption doesn’t really make a dent in the water supply, and the benefit of personal water con...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 03:37
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Saving water might not seem all that important in a humid climate like Rhode Island. But actually, there are plenty of reasons why water conservati...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 03:26
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Perfect for the late April celebration although of course every day is Earth Day!

  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 58:50
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"What gives me hope is watching the sparkle in the eye of a child, a young mother, a middle-aged business person, or an elderly person when they im...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 58:02
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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
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A postcard from each edge of the Americas.

  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
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After the headlines, Sierra Club Connecticut's Martha Klein talk with Patti & Doug about stopping a big new natural gas pipeline known as Project M...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 28:54
Caption: Luis Marcos standing in front of the 310 acres in northeast Nebraska that the Maya community hopes will be theirs by the end of the year., Credit: Anja Nilsson
In America’s agricultural heartland, a small group of immigrant farmers look to ancient methods to help modern farming respond to the climate crisi...

  • Added: Apr 22, 2024
  • Length: 35:17
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Fool’s Gold May Turn Out to Be Golden. That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KRZA, KGNU Community Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, RadioFreePalmer and more


  • Added: Apr 21, 2024
  • Length: 06:09
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Nucleus of Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, Credit: Jan Erik Vallestad
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks comes near the Sun once every 71 years. It was discovered in 1812 by Jean Louis Pons at Marseilles, France and then rediscov...

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


  • Added: Apr 21, 2024
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 4
Caption: "Breathing: American Sonnets", Credit: Susan Cook
The town of Brunswick, Maine is set to remove 2/3 of the trees on Maine Street because it is too expensive to work around them as they install new ...

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Apr 19, 2024
  • Length: 01:49
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Maria Pineda, a former farmworker, in a community huerta in Apopka, Florida., Credit: Allison Salerno
Producer Allison Salerno reports on community organizations and scientists who are working with farmworkers in Florida to safeguard themselves from...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2024
  • Length: 25:21
Caption: Amit Shivprasad outside his home in Hollis, Queens. Shivprasad advocates for basement reform, and his community is prone to flooding. Despite previous floods, the area is still undesignated as a flood zone., Credit: Diana Cervantes
Over 100,000 people live in New York City basement apartments; most are immigrants. It’s an open secret that, while basement apartments offer cheap...

  • Added: Apr 19, 2024
  • Length: 31:45