Month: November 1991
Pulse of the Planet Daily Audio
CULTURAL SURVIVAL – New Markets in the Rainforest
One strategy for preserving the rainforest is to market products that benefit local people without harming the land.
November 28, 1991CULTURAL SURVIVAL
The pursuit of profit has harmed the rainforest, but, handled differently, it may also be the key to its survival.
November 27, 1991AFRICA -Traditions of Self-Help
Some spectacular increases in food production have resulted from the spread of traditional African self-help techniques.
November 26, 1991AFRICA – Desertification
A vicious cycle of poverty and environmental degradation is causing wide stretches of African land to erode into deserts.
November 25, 1991AFRICA- Wildlife
When farmers and wildlife must share the same land, conflicts often result. But a new approach to wildlife management puts the animals’ fates directly in the farmers’ hands.
November 22, 1991RAINFOREST, VOICES OF THE – Tree Felling
In the dense undergrowth of the rainforest, villagers working together to clear a garden use sound, not sight, to coordinate their efforts.
November 21, 1991RAINFOREST, VOICES OF THE – Sago
Sago is the staple starch of the Bosavi people of Papua New Guinea. It’s preparation is part of the daily routine of village life.
November 20, 1991AFRICA – Practices and Protection
In the Third World, must environmental safeguards be sacrificed for the sake of much-needed development?
November 19, 1991RAINFOREST, VOICES OF THE
In the rainforest, environmental sounds reveal everything from the season of the year to the time of day.
November 18, 1991AFRICA
The African continent faces environmental challenges resulting from both over and under-development.
November 15, 1991LAKE BAIKAL – Oldest in the World
The deepest lake in the world holds as much water as all five Great Lakes put together.
November 14, 1991LAKE BAIKAL -Measuring Pollution
In the far reaches of Siberia lies the cleanest lake in the world.
November 13, 1991ANCIENT FORESTS -Forest Cathedrals
Should forests that have been growing in the Pacific Northwest for thousands of years, be protected as national treasures?
November 12, 1991ANCIENT FORESTS -Spotted Owl
Like a canary in a coal mine, the spotted owl’s decline is a sign that something is wrong with its immediate environment.
November 11, 1991ANCIENT FORESTS
Some centuries-old stands of trees in this country are being deforestated at a faster rate than the Amazonian rainforest.
November 8, 1991OCEAN BOTTOM -Sludge
So little is known about life on the ocean floor that it is hard to judge the effect of continued sludge dumping at sea.
November 7, 1991COW MANURE FUEL
When cow manure can be turned into energy nothing goes to waste.
November 6, 1991DISPOSABLE DIAPERS
If you took all the diapers thrown out each year and lined them up end to end – you’d have enough to reach the moon seven and half times!
November 5, 1991RECYCLING – Tin Cans
In the New York City recycling program, a processing plant uses magnets and airblowers to separate the different types of cans.
November 4, 1991CENTRAL PARK RESTORATION – Too much traffic
Should an urban park be an oasis of wilderness or a recreational outlet? How can a balance be maintained?
November 1, 1991FISH FARMING
By replicating a natural lake system, fish farms can produce food and conserve water simultaneously.