Living on Earth: Sound Journalism for the Whole Planet

Living On Earth

Click Here to Listen to Real Audio

Major funding for Living On Earth is provided by the National Science Foundation.

Socially and environmentally sustainable investing.
Pax World. For Tomorrow.

For information on how to listen to audio on our website, click here.

Our street address is:
20 Holland Street
Suite 408
Somerville, MA 02144
and our phone number is: 617-629-3626.

Living on Earth offers a podcast feed of the current show.
The url is: http://www.loe.org/podcast.rss
If you use iTunes click here .


(Photo: B. Samra)

Cargo, Clean and Quiet

The Port of Los Angeles is taking delivery of 25 electric trucks. It;’s the first step in a bid to reduce thousands of diesel trips and tons of pollution a day.

Also In This Week’s Radio Show (August 22, 2008):
		The full show
		Allergic Reaction to Climate Change – As temperatures rise, so do pollen counts and populations of stinging insects.
		Java Trees – Indonesia has planted millions of trees to help absorb carbon but that doesn't make up for the country's spotty record on preserving its forests.
		Is Chicken Little Right? – Professor Paul Ehrlich of Stanford has made a career of warning people that the planet is in peril.
		Vida Verde – A Brazilian immigrant-cleaning cooperative in the Boston area greens the way they clean.
		Big Screen Science – A new book probes how good the science is in Hollywood's sci-fi movie.
		Earthear – A small band of musicians serenade the sunset in a rocky inlet on the northern coast of Massachusetts.

Generating Controversy: The Changing Climate of Coal
The problems and promise of coal, and the potential of new technologies.

Election 2008: A Greener White House?
LOE looks at where the presidential candidates stand on climate change, clean energy, and other things green.

A Watering Can, Some Seedlings, and the Greening of a Nation
The story of Nobel Prize Peace winner Wangari Maathai.

Louisiana Storm Protection: Past, Present, Future
Why the levees failed and how to make sure it doesn't happen again.

Early Signs- Reports From A Warming Planet
How climate change is affecting communities around the world.

Fusion or Illusion?
A look at the promise of fusion energy.

The Secret Life of Lead
A twenty year study looks at the effects of childhood lead exposure.

Click here
for EarthEar

© Copyright 1991-2008 Living on Earth. All rights reserved.