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Dear Reader,
Welcome to our March issue of the Isla Earth
Radio Series e-Digest.
Conservation Quiz. Test your
environmental
knowledge with our e-Digest quiz. All of the
answers
are just
a click away. To start the puzzle fun, click
here.
To check out past
puzzles
click
here.
Do you have a nature picture
that
might make a
great jigsaw puzzle? Send us your story
ideas, nature
pictures, or questions about conservation and
the
environment by email to
producer@islaearth.org.
You can also hear Isla Earth radio shows
online at
our
website
www.islaearth.org
and on radio stations throughout the U.S.
| Tax Credits For Environmental Protection Increased |
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It's almost that time of year again. Time to pay
Uncle Sam your taxes. Well, today there is a
way to reduce your taxes and save a piece of
land for future generations. How about a park
or a green corridor? Check it out.
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| Tackling Electronic Waste |
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How many desktop and laptop computers are
thrown away each year in the U.S.? Well,
together it's enough to bury Los Angeles.
But, what to do with them...
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| America's Wetland |
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Whats wet and wild, a home for some and food
for others, yet is vanishing as we speak (or
read)? Give up?
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| Bears In Deutschland? |
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The German media dubbed him "Petzi", the
first brown bear to roam through the Bavarian
Alps in 170 years. His visit sparked a heated
conversation. After all, can humans and bears
live together?
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| Be De-Lighted By Saving Energy |
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Hot summer months are coming up and with them
the inevitable warnings about
electricity use during peek hours. Not to
mention the utility bills for air
conditioning! Now is the time to plan for a
more energy-efficient summer. Wouldn't that
be cool.
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| Support Isla Earth today through your Amazon.com purchases... |
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Eric Dinerstein was a film student who never
thought he'd be tracking tigers in Nepal -
but before he graduated he became interested
in biology and conservation and would one day
journey around the world studying nature.
Tigerland And Other Unintended Destinations
presents these journeys and studies,
following his discoveries from Nepal to
Montana and presenting his insights on each
unique environment and its attributes. -
Midwest Book Review
Buy Eric's book through Amazon.com by
clicking here and up to
8.5% of the purchase will go to support the Isla
Earth Radio Series.
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KCSN 88.5
FM
Northridge, California
"With our planet in such ecological turmoil,
it is incumbent upon KCSN FM to educate and
enlighten its audience in order to fulfill
our mission as a public service of Cal State
Northridge. Isla Earth Radio Series comes at
a most important and crucial time in human
existence. People need to know!" —Fred
Johnson, General Manager.
Find a station
broadcasting Isla Earth near you, or call
your favorite
local
station to request it!
Click here.
CONNECT with Nature and Conservation
Efforts in Southern California.
The Eco-
Home (TM) is a "living research center"
created to
show how simple improvements can make
homes environmentally sound and healthy yet
warm and friendly. The restored and retrofitted
California bungalow, from about 1911, has
solar hot
water heating, ultra low flow water systems,
photovoltaic panels, as well as other
conservation
features.
For over a century, the Sierra
Club has played a key role in protecting
more than 132 million acres in America's
national park and wilderness areas.
To achieve its conservation goals, the Sierra
Club works to influence policies and
decisions affecting the environment of North
America and the rest of the world.
Los Angeles and Orange Counties in Southern
California, has 58,000 members, organized
into 16 regional groups.
The Los Angeles
Conservation Corps is an organization that
provides
classes and service project opportunities to
at-risk
young adults and school-aged youth. Their
habitat restoration crews
have worked on projects in areas from
wetlands to chaparral and woodlands.
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