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.
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Jun 3, 2011 • 52min
Living on Earth: June 3, 2011
Germany Says No to Nuclear Power / Will Jerry Brown Shift California Cap and Trade? / Environmental Activists Murdered in the Amazon / Wet Fields Prevent Corn Planting / Charting the Health of Coral in the Persian Gulf / "Aerotropolis: The Way We'll Live Next" / Living, Breathing Earth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 27, 2011 • 52min
Living on Earth: May 27, 2011
Black Lung is Back / The Best and the Worst U.S. Cities for Pedestrians / Coal Could Fuel Oil Alternative / Project Mohole Pioneers Deep Sea Drilling / Garden Girl in the City / Raising Kids in a Toxic World / Loon Crosses the Lake Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 20, 2011 • 52min
Living on Earth: May 20, 2011
Remaking the Mississippi--Engineering Marvel or Monster? / EPA Stalls on Cleaning Up Industrial Air Pollution / Science Note/ Candles / The Republican Climate Conundrum / A Teenager Sues Uncle Sam over Climate Inaction / Blessing of the Bicycles / Lion Meat, Anyone? / BirdNote® - How Birds Produce Sound / Earthear Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 13, 2011 • 52min
Living on Earth: May 13, 2011
Flammable Gas In Drinking Water From Hydraulic Fracking / Cut the Deficit By Cutting Oil Subsidies, Senate Democrats Say / Coal in the Classroom / Japan Says No More Nukes / Plugging Kids Into the Great Outdoors / Cool Fix / Air Batteries / Belly Button Biomes / Climate Change and Chasing Chile Peppers / **NEW**Coal in The Classroom Story Triggers Response Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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
