Caribbean passion play: broadcaster Alleyne Regis's radio soaps inspire his listeners to clean up their act--and their world.(Out There)

Two young lovers are walking on the beach. He is a conservationist. She is the daughter of a wealthy businessman who sits on the board of her beau's environmental group. While picking up trash and washed-up debris, the genial pair stumbles across a dead sea turtle. Distraught at the sight, she bemoans her father's failure to use his wealth and power to stop developers from destroying the beloved turtle's habitat.

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The lovers are not real. They're characters in a radio soap opera called Changing Tides, cooked up by writers for Rare, a U.S.-based conservation group. The program, which airs in Micronesia, Palau, Guam, and other Pacific …