Living on Earth
World Media Foundation
As the planet we call home faces a climate emergency, Living on Earth is your go-to source for the latest coverage of climate change, ecology, and human health. Hosted by Steve Curwood and brought to you by PRX.
Episodes
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May 6, 2011 • 52min
Living on Earth: May 6, 2011
Arctic Melting Speeds Up Rising Sea Levels / Floods, Tornadoes and Climate Change / Tornado Recovery As a Pathway to Sustainability / Re-engineering the Mississippi River to Reduce Floods and Bring Back Big Fish / GMO Hay Threatens Organic Dairy Farmers? / BirdNote®: Frank Bellrose and the Wood Ducks / Science Note: Fighting Fires With Electricity / Collecting Seeds From Historical Trees / Computer Game based on Climate Models Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 29, 2011 • 52min
Living on Earth: April 29, 2011
China Adopts Cap-and-Trade to Curb Emissions / LOE Lookback - It's All Happening at the Zoo / Science Note: Early Birds / Sustainable City Gardening / The Indonesia Mega Rice Disaster / Earth Ear: Maple Sugaring / **New** Big Floods, Big Explosion Along Mississippi River Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 22, 2011 • 52min
Living on Earth: April 22, 2011
Pesticides Influence on IQ / Climate Goes to Court / Remembering Chernobyl / Solar Street Lamps could be a Cool Fix for a Hot Planet / Coal and Oil Shape Cultural Stereotypes / BirdNote® / **Web Extra" TVA's Landmark Decision Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 15, 2011 • 52min
Living on Earth: April 15, 2011
Feds Cut Cash for Environmental Protection / Warnings About a New Nuclear Reactor / Breast Cancer & Pesticides in 1991 / The 2011 Goldman Environmental Prize / The Human Costs of Coal and Oil / Tracking the World's Most Notorious Butterfly Smuggler Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 8, 2011 • 52min
Living on Earth: April 8, 2011
EPA in Congressional Crosshairs / Deficit Woes Trim Support for Ethanol / LOE Retrospective/ Cancer Alley / Cockroach, Robot, Astronaut / Operation Ice Bridge / BirdNote® How Brown Pelicans Dive / Los Angeles Suburbs Try Neighborhood Electric Cars / Turning Waste to Fertilizer -- Humanure Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Apr 1, 2011 • 52min
Living on Earth: April 1, 2011
Fukushima Disaster Makes Japan's Coastal Waters Radioactive / President Calls For more US Oil & Gas Drilling / Should we Recycle Spent Nuclear Fuel? / A Deadly Spill For Cetaceans? / Breakthrough Discovery For Cystic Fibrosis Treatment / The Drive to Improve Mass Transit / Living on Earth Marks 20 Years On the Air Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 25, 2011 • 52min
Living on Earth: March 25, 2011
Dueling Senate Bills to Block EPA CO2 Regs / True Cost Accounting for Nuclear Power / An End to Nuclear Power in Vermont? / Experts Warned of Reactor Flaws Decades Ago / Rare Penguins Endangered By Oil Spill On Remote Island / Adventures Above the Arctic Circle / Monsters, Manipulation, and the Message from Nuclear Films Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 18, 2011 • 52min
Living on Earth: March 18, 2011
Fighting Further Meltdowns / Dangers From Depleted Atomic Fuel / Japans Nuclear Regulatory Failures / Pro Nuke or No Nuke? Washington Reacts / Which Way Will Duke Energy Go? / Carbon Nation: The Movie / Understanding the Sounds of Ecosystems Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 11, 2011 • 52min
Living on Earth: March 11, 2011
Rethinking the "Debate" Over Climate Science / China's Five Year Plan / Chemical Review / Lost Frogs Update / We Like Lichen / May Be Alien Bacteria / Can a Hollywood Producer inspire Americans on Climate? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 4, 2011 • 52min
Living on Earth: March 4, 2011
Can REDD Work for the Amazon? / Curing Mosquitoes of Malaria / The Future of Biofuels and the Weather / Science Note/Sting to the Heart / The Rx for Healthy Kids / Sea Otters at Bay / The Language of Landscape / Generation Hot / Botanical Books Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
