The Green Elephant in the Room: Solutions To Restoring the Health of People and the Living Planet
By Rico Verde
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We all know about the doom and gloom associated with environmental issues. We need to tell ourselves a new story. Instead let's talk about energy independence, green jobs, livable cities, clean water, clean air, and healthy children. This is where politics, perceptions, and life-style meet the catastrophe that is unfolding in front of our eyes. Here's a suggestion — subscribe, tune-in, and stop doom-scrolling.
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PLASTIC PLANET: How Big Oil Created our Next Addiction (Part 3 of 3)
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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PLASTIC PLANET: The Visible Crisis – When the World Woke Up (Part 2 of 3)
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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Plastic Planet: From Miracle to Menace (Part 1 of 3)
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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GOLD — AFTER THE SHINE
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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Electrify Everything: The Path to Zero Carbon
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Shrinking Trump - Performance, Pathology, and the Presidency (Part 3 of 3)
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Shrinking Trump: Performance, Pathology, and the Presidency (Part 2 of 3)
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Shrinking Trump: Performance, Pathology, and the Presidency (1 of 3)
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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The Last War - Why Humanity's Oldest Problem is Finally Solving Itself (Part 2 of 2)
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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From Nuclear Nightmares to Digital Warfare: How We Traded Apocalypse for Algorithms Part 1 of 2
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Torching the Future: From Cooking to Catastrophe (Part 3 of 3)
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Torching the Future (Part 2 of 3): Living in the Age of Fire
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Torching the Future: Part 1 of 3 – How Fire Forged Human Civilization
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Aug 23, 2025 |
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Our Sweet Future Lives After we Solve Climate Change
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Climate Denial: Are you a Luke-Warmer?
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Rationing Paradise: How Permits and Fees Create Sustainable Tourism
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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The Travel Paradox: How Mass Tourism Destroys What It Claims to Celebrate (Part 2 of 3)
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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The Travel Paradox: How Mass Tourism Destroys What It Claims to Celebrate (Part 1 of 3)
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Playing God with the Planet: Engineering Our Way to Disaster
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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CAR-FREE and Loving It — The Future is Here
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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The Progress Paradox- Technological Power Without Perspective
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May 24, 2025 |
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Becoming Earth: How Life Transformed a Rock into a Living Planet
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May 15, 2025 |
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From Hyper-Consumer to Active Global Citizen: Rediscovering Community in a Changing Climate
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May 08, 2025 |
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Transforming America: The Coming Storm of Trump's Second Term: Part Three (Eco-Edition)
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Transforming America: The Coming Storm of Trump's Second Term: Part Two
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Transforming America: The Coming Storm of Trump's Second Term: Part One
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Beyond Catastrophe: What's Really at Stake in the Climate Crisis
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Are We Living at "Peak" Civilization?
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Don't Despair – The Climate Fight is Far From Being Over
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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A REPUBLICAN RECKONING: A Fanciful Tale from Climate Denial to Renewable Revolution
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Eco-bad guys who had a change of heart and taking a closer examination of our bright renewable future.
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Donald J. Trump vs. Life on Earth (Part 3 of 3)
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Donald J. Trump vs. Life on Earth (Part 2 of 3)
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Donald J. Trump vs. Life on Earth
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Letters of Warning and Hope: Climate Scientists Write About the Crisis
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Climate Crisis vs. Culture Wars: The Green Backlash
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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Climate End-Game: This is Not Your Daddy's Gloom & Doom
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May 30, 2024 |
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CLIMATE: Nobody Cares Anymore
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May 22, 2024 |
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Battling the War on Logic, Reason, and Common Sense: The War on Science
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May 13, 2024 |
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Shame as a Catalyst: Transforming Inaction into Climate Action
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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The Climate, the Environment, and the Media: Part 2
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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The Climate, The Environment, and The News-Media (Part 1): Rebroadcast
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Where's the Outrage? The Paradox of Inaction in the Climate Crisis
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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A Climate Reckoning: From Ecological Grief to Environmental Action
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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From Personal to Planetary: Why We Need Both Individual and Systemic Climate Action
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Redefining Climate Activism: Individual Action vs. Systemic Change
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Powering the Future: Overcoming Gridlock on the Road to a Renewables Revolution
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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Wired World: The Horrifying Impacts of Fencing on Wildlife and Ecosystems
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Rethinking Climate Solutions: The Myth of Infinite Green Growth
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Jan 28, 2024 |
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Designing Tomorrow: Cities as Catalysts for Positive Environmental Change
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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82. The Most Dangerous Organization in History: The U.S. Republican Party – Part 3
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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81. The Most Dangerous Organization in History: The U.S. Republican Party – Part 2
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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The Most Dangerous Organization in History: The U.S. Republican Party: Part 1
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Beyond Truth: Why is Climate Change so Hard to Fix? Part 2
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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Beyond Truth: Why is Climate Change so Hard to Fix?
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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Humanity at the Climate Crossroads: An Urgent Call for a Climate Emergency Declaration
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Aug 06, 2023 |
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The Carbon Paw Print: Exploring the Global Impact of Rising Pet Ownership
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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The Climate vs. Capitalism: A Roadmap for Action
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Jul 09, 2023 |
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Mega-Summer Musical Tours: Extravaganza vs. The Extravagant Carbon Footprint
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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From Rising Mercury to Rising Murders: Climate Change and Gun Violence
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Jun 18, 2023 |
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Lights, Camera, Inaction: The Entertainment Industry's Failure to Address the Climate Crisis
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Jun 09, 2023 |
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Climate Deadlines and the Countdown to Catastrophe: From Doomsday to Action
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Jun 04, 2023 |
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Climate and Environmental Solutions — Nothing more, nothing less.
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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This Could be the Key to Climate and Ecological Success (Part 3 of 3)
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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Climate Hope: The 3.5% Rule - Peaceful Nonviolent Protest (Part 2 of 3)
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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The Great Climate Solution (limited time offer, only for a select few): Part 1 of 3
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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8 Billion People :: One Humanity - Part Two
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Nov 27, 2022 |
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Eight Billion People, One Humanity: Part One
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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Is Extinction Our Destiny? — Part 2
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Are We the Dinosaur...or the Asteroid? Extinction Part 1
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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Do We Live Better than the Kings and Queens of Old? (Episode 9: Rebroadcast)
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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It's Not Climate Change Stupid!
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May 30, 2022 |
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Travel, Tourism and the Environment
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May 16, 2022 |
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Rulers of the Universe — One Species Dominates the Planet (unfortunately, we are not very good at it) {Rebroadcast}
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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Food Waste — The Dumbest Problem in the World: Rebroadcast
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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A Chat with the Planet —Telling a new story about what a positive future would look like. Rebroadcast
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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Tipping Points of the Heart
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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The intersection between Population Growth, Economic Growth, and the Climate. Plus: News of the Future.
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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News of the Future: Keeping the Lights On — Quieting the Ocean — When will Electric Vehicles Rule the Road?
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Oct 31, 2021 |
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How Can We Talk About What is Happening to The Planet? + News of The Future
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Oct 16, 2021 |
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Introducing: The Future Of...
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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Climate and Covid / Climate vs. Covid.
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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Five Words that will Save the Planet: Part 2 (Rebroadcast)
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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Part 1: Five Words that will Save the Planet (Rebroadcast)
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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Can one person make a difference? YOU BET! (Rebroadcast of Episode #5)
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Jun 05, 2021 |
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Travel, Tourism and the Environment Rebroadcast
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May 19, 2021 |
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Two Tales That Encapsulate our Climate Predicament and Human Nature.
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Apr 06, 2021 |
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Whales - Greater than you Imagine — Love your Lungs — What a Difference a Day Makes — News of the Future
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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Australian Fires: One year out. — The high cost of climate inaction - or - with climate action, the tillions we save... along with the planet. — The massive environmental impact of...Bitcoin? — News of the Future
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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News of the Future 2.0 - Now even Futurier!
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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Introducing News of the Future
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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No better time to declare a climate emergency — Lab grown meat goes on sale — No más natural gas — Low traffic neighborhood – thank you ‘Rona — A toxic leak of…fish? – The top plastic polluters shamefully retain their title — Wonderful news for elephants
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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The Last 4 Years, The Coming 4 Years, and the Next 40 Thousand Years
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Nov 24, 2020 |
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HALF THE PLANET'S PLANTS Are Endangered, THE CHICKS IN THE MAIL: The Misery of Mailing Animals, AIR POLLUTION: Is it Worse In the Car, or Out? DELETING POLLUTION CONTROL DEVICES — for the Worst Outcome, SAVE THE EARTH and Win a Prize! THE SILLINESS OF CLI
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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REWILDING THE PLANET: From Your Flowerpot to Half the Earth, FLY LESS TRAVEL MORE: Alternative Travel Opportunities Instead of Flying
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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Post C-19 Urban Innovations — Our not so Bright Renewable Energy Future — You can Help Bees Thrive
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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Pedaling through the Pandemic: Chronicles of the American West at ten-miles an hour
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Sep 06, 2020 |
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The Second Silent Spring: Insect Populations Collapsing
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Jul 06, 2020 |
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Are The Rich Causing Climate Change? / Corona — Climate - and the Future of Travel.
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Jun 20, 2020 |
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The Pleasure of Swimming in the Ocean / Human-caused Earthquakes and Tsunamis / The Most Fundamental Force on the Planet — Everything Ends up in the Ocean
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Jun 12, 2020 |
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Wildlife after COVID — Our potential future of multiple eco-disasters — Why cities are hotter at night
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Jun 07, 2020 |
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Corona to Climate
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May 07, 2020 |
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Resilience against Coronavirus and Climate Change / Women, Girls, Coronavirus, Climate Change and the assault on Feminism / Fighting Rollbacks on Environmental Regulations / Why 3.5% is a Magic Number / The Future of Children
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Apr 17, 2020 |
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Coronavirus - Climate Change - The Extinction Crisis and Lessons to be Learned
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Apr 02, 2020 |
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Why is it so hard to quit Fossil Fuels? Survivalists are heading to the Island Down-under.
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Mar 21, 2020 |
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Amazing Animal Abilities / An Empire built on SAND
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Mar 06, 2020 |
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1. The Threat of Climate-driven Migration. 2. Why do we need a Green New Deal?
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Feb 21, 2020 |
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Are you a two-faced eco-hypocrite? / Bring your passion to the new Climate Revolution / Introducing: News of the Future
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Jan 24, 2020 |
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The Greatest Polluter in the History of the Planet / Putting the Wild back into the Wild West
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Jan 10, 2020 |
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The US military is preparing for a warming world — Skiing - winter is going away and so is the snow. The ski industry's battle with climate change — Innocent wildlife populations are being ravaged - learn more.
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Dec 27, 2019 |
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Eco-myths – Electric cars future – Dealing with eco-dilemmas – The timing of seasonal events is off – Respecting our animal companions
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Dec 13, 2019 |
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The Menace of Micro-Plastics and Volunteer Eco-Activism
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Dec 06, 2019 |
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How do we talk about what is happening to our planet? - Contrails - Maximum human population - Confessions of a consumer
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Nov 22, 2019 |
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Women are paving the way to a Greener World - There is an Eco-terrorist in the White House - AirCon is heating the world
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Nov 15, 2019 |
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Getting a grip on Paper Products - Is it up to Us or our Government to save us? - Outsized Eco-impacts Americans Have
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Nov 08, 2019 |
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Kids & Cars - Ignoring Warnings - Green Laundry - Taking a Long Walk
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Nov 01, 2019 |
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Season Two: Eco-Solutions
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Oct 25, 2019 |
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Australian Apocalypse
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Mar 29, 2019 |
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At War with the Planet
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Mar 13, 2019 |
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Recycling — is it helping?
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Jan 08, 2019 |
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Can one person make a difference? YOU BET!
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Dec 24, 2018 |
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Part 2: Five Words that will Save the Planet
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Dec 10, 2018 |
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Part 1: Five Words that will Save the Planet
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Dec 03, 2018 |
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A brief introduction to The Green Elephant in the Room
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Nov 20, 2018 |