August 2008 - 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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Defining Organic Milk
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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What do you envision when you think of an organic dairy farm? Cows out grazing in a pasture? Or standing on the concrete floor of a feedlot?

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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Be Invasive Savvy
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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So, you want to get out and freshen up your garden a tad. Great! But, before you begin planting willy nilly, take a moment and consider if what you...

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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Sunshine Van Powers Up
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Now here's a ride Little Miss Sunshine and her eccentric family would have appreciated...

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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Shredded Plastics Return to Life
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2008 - 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: Jul 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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Saguaros' Nursery
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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While cacti can really stick it to us, the plight of the giant saguaro is nothing to poke fun at.

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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Sucking Up Invasive Algae
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2008 - 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: Jul 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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Digging Up Mud for Wetlands
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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What do you do when the land you love is 'slip sliding away'? Luckily for folks in Louisiana, legislators and scientists are looking at several cre...

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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Dunfield's Inferno
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2008 - 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: Jul 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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Dead Zones: Courtesy of Fertilizers
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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This isn't how fertilizers are supposed to work. You'd think that more nutrients in water would be good for aquatic life.

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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Trees Do Not a Forest Make
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2008 - 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: Jul 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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Heirloom Gardens
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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You probably won't find Jimmy Nardello's Sweet Italian frying peppers or Amish Deer Tongue lettuce at your local supermarket. But, a growing commun...

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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Natives Struggling in the Galapagos
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2008 - 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: Jul 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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Elephants Going Mad
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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Are elephants going crazy? They've been destroying villages, crops, and attacking -- sometimes killing -- humans. It's happening at an increasing r...

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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Curtailing Invading Fire Ants
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2008 - 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: Jul 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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Where Have the Aspens Gone?
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The American West conjures up images of cowboys, cattle ranches, and unspoiled mountains under bright blue skies. But one icon of the west -- the a...

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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Right Thing for the Right Whale
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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The Marine Mammal Protection Act celebrated its 35th birthday recently. Thanks to that legislation, more marine mammals have also celebrated birthd...

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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Designer Pesticides
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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What's "bugging" farmers these days? Greenbugs and grain aphids, tiny insects found nearly on every continent. And they destroy about a hundred mi...

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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Platinum Performance at Gasoline Prices
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2008 - 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: Jul 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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Best Move for e-Waste
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
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About two and a half million tons of old computers, televisions, cell phones, fax machines, and other equipment are trashed each year in the United...

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  • Added: Jul 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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Cheap and Thin will Win Solar Customers
From: Catalina Island Conservancy
Series: August 2008 - 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: Jul 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:30
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