Location:
Park City, UT
Genres:
Environment
Description:
This Green Earth is a weekly, hour-long program that focuses on the environment and environmentalism. Host Claire Wiley explores the science, politics, economics and ethics behind the environment, natural resources and sustainability.
Language:
English
Thirst for Data: The Potential Impacts of Proposed AI Center
5/12/2026
Ecologist and Executive Director of Grow the Flow, Ben Abbott shares his perspective on the proposed 40,000 acre, 9 gigawatt AI data Center in Box Elder County, Utah.
Duration:00:25:59
Potential Thermal Footprint of Proposed Stratos Project
5/12/2026
Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Utah, Dr. Robert Davies discusses the potential thermal footprint of the Box Elder County Stratos Project.
Duration:00:23:12
A Microscopic Look at Our World's Winged Phenomenon's
5/5/2026
MIT professor and author, Lorna Gibson, shares details from her fascinating new book, Birds Up Close, which takes us into the hidden wonders of birds.
Duration:00:26:13
The Science of Sustainability
5/5/2026
Environmental engineer, professor, scientist and author Dr. Pablo Ribiero Dias discusses his new book, Climate Changed: The Science of Sustainability and How Each of Us Can Do Our Part.
Duration:00:24:04
Engineers underfoot
4/28/2026
We go deep into the soil to discuss different earthworms, including nightcrawlers with Dr. Josef Gorres, a professor of ecological soil management at the University of Vermont.
Duration:00:19:04
The story behind the superorganism
4/28/2026
University of Utah entomologist Dr. Jack Longino shares stories about ant species he's discovered deep in tropical jungles to his own backyard in Salt Lake City.
Duration:00:28:05
Illuminating the complex layers of the natural world
4/21/2026
National Geographic Explorer and Photographer Anand Varma walks us through his work to illuminate the beautiful and complex layers of the natural world that are otherwise hidden from view.
Duration:00:18:09
Heart of a Lion
4/21/2026
What does it mean to have the "Heart of a Lion"? Biologist, author, and storyteller, Mark Elbroch shares an intimate account of one of the world’s most magnificent and misunderstood terrestrial mammals, the mountain lion.
Duration:00:28:19
Groundbreaking satellite imagery is teaching us about Antarctic penguins
4/14/2026
National Geographic Explorer Dr. Heather Lynch shares her experiences studying penguins in Antarctica.
Duration:00:27:13
Saving birds to save the planet
4/14/2026
In his new book, The Return of the Oystercatcher: Saving Birds to Save the Planet, New York Times best-selling author Scott Weidensaul explores recovery efforts across the globe that are helping bird populations thrive.
Duration:00:25:27
One step at a time to Zero Waste
4/7/2026
Learning how to live a more sustainable life with Samuel McMullen the CEO and co-founder of ZeroWaste.Org.
Duration:00:16:58
From Bakelite to biohazard: The impacts of microplastics
4/7/2026
Tracing the history of plastic from a revolutionary invention to a modern environmental threat with micro plastics research scientist Abby Barrows and Utah Valley University Associate Professor Dr. Sally Rocks.
Duration:00:30:30
The Buzz on Utah Bees
3/31/2026
Utah State University biology professor Dr. Joseph Wilson discusses Utah's native wild bees.
Duration:00:26:34
Differences in Urban and Rural Coyote Behavior
3/31/2026
Pepperdine University biology professor Dr. Javier Monzon shares his findings from a new study on urban coyotes.
Duration:00:23:38
Introducing some of the world's most weird and wonderful creatures
3/24/2026
Zoologist Joanna Bagniewska joins the show to share more about her work and her book The Modern Bestiary: A Curated Collection of Wondrous Creatures. The book presents 100 real, fascinating animals in the style of a medieval bestiary, but with scientific accuracy.
Duration:00:22:37
A Love Letter to the world's most extraordinary ecosystems
3/24/2026
Environmental journalist Caroline Tracey has just released her debut book, SALT LAKES: AN UNNATURAL HISTORY.In this dazzling love letter to these strange and delicate waters, Tracey takes readers on a journey around the world to document salt lakes, their loss, and the efforts to save them.
Duration:00:22:32
Decoding the Outdoors: Tristan Gooley on Nature’s Secret Calendar
3/17/2026
Learn how to become a natural navigator with best selling author and the “Sherlock Holmes of Nature”, Tristan Gooley. Gooley's new book is titled "The Hidden Seasons: A Calendar of Nature’s Clues."
Duration:00:24:28
Capturing the Wild World: A Conversation with Peter and Beverly Pickford
3/17/2026
World-renowned wildlife photographers Peter and Beverly Pickford talk about their journeys across the planet to capture the world’s most wild places from land to ocean.
Duration:00:24:57
The wild wonders of biodiversity
3/10/2026
Award-winning illustrator and author, Jennifer N.R. Smith joins the program to discuss her latest book in her Wild Wonders series, "LIFE: the Wild Wonders of Biodiversity".
Duration:00:19:31
The complex life of the sea's most charismatic creatures
3/10/2026
Environmental journalist Alix Morris has written a captivating book about the life of one of the sea's most enigmatic creatures. The book is titled, A Year with the Seals: Unlocking the Secrets of the Sea’s Most Charismatic and Controversial Creatures.
Duration:00:28:28