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Podcast of 3/15/19 live radio show about water with Carol Collier, Dr. Merián Soto and Dr. Fletcher Chmara-Huff

3/16/2019

Water is life. We each and every one of us are made up of 70% water. Going forward into a climate changed future will we have enough clean water to meet everyone’s needs? Listen to this Planet Philadelphia aired 3/15/19 on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM + www.gtownradio.com to hear what our guests have to say this vital resource.

Carol Collier, Senior Advisor for Watershed Management and Policy at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. She served for more than 15 years as executive director of the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) before joining the Academy.
Dr. Merián Soto and Dr. Fletcher Chmara-Huff talk about global water issues, and about OASIS, a celebration of World Water Day, a daylong educational symposium and dance presentation at Temple University.

Listen to the full show here:

https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/31519-live-radio-show-about-water-with-carol-collier-dr-merián-soto-and-dr-fletcher-chmara-huff/

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Listen to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 PM the first and third Friday of the month on your radio dial at WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia, and G-Town Radio, http://www.gtownradio.com. Shows aired live will be available as podcasts shortly after they broadcast.

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Water now and in the future - Today Planet Philadelphia live radio show 4-5 pm, on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM and gtownradio.com.

3/15/2019

How we treat our water resources will determine our health and the health of the planet. Today Planet Philadelphia live radio show 4-5 PM, on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM Germantown Community Radio at gtown radio.com.

Carol Collier

Carol Collier, Senior Advisor for Watershed Management and Policy at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. She served for more than 15 years as executive director of the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) before joining the Academy. She will be talking about the environmental issues affecting the Delaware River basin and how these are being addressed to protect our water and the environment.

Temple University professors Dr. Merián Soto and Dr. Fletcher Chmara-Huff will talk about global water issues, and about OASIS, a celebration of World Water Day to be held on 3/22 starting at 1pm. This is a daylong educational symposium and dance presentation by Temple dance students, in partnership with the Office of Sustainability and the Department of Geography and Urban Studies at Temple University. Some of the participating students may be joining in this live interview.

Listen to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 PM the first and third Friday of the month on your radio dial at WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia, and G-Town Radio, http://www.gtownradio.com. Shows aired live will be available as podcasts shortly after they broadcast.

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4-5 pm Today, Planet Philadelphia: Water - 92.9 FM and streaming at gtownradio.com, 3/15/19,

3/14/2019

Performance from Temple University, OASIS dance performance, a celebration of World Water Day

How we treat our water resources will determine our health and the health of the planet.

Tune in to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 pm tomorrow, Friday 3/15/19, on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM Germantown Community Radio and streaming at gtownradio.com to hear Planet Philadelphia guests talk about different ways to express concerns about water in our current climate change crisis and our future.

Carol Collier, Senior Advisor for Watershed Managementand Policy at the Academy of Natural Sciences

Carol Collier, Senior Advisor for Watershed Management and Policy at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. She served for more than 15 years as executive director of the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) before joining the Academy. She will be talking about the environmental issues affecting the Delaware River basin and how these are being addressed to protect our water and the environment.

Dr. Merián Soto

Dr. Fletcher Chmara-Huff

Temple University professors Dr. Merián Soto and Dr. Fletcher Chmara-Huff will talk about global water issues, and about OASIS, a celebration of World Water Day to be held on 3/22 starting at 1pm. This is a daylong educational symposium and dance presentation by Temple dance students, in partnership with the Office of Sustainability and the Department of Geography and Urban Studies at Temple University. Some of the participating students may be joining in this live interview.

Listen to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 PM the first and third Friday of the month on your radio dial at WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia, and G-Town Radio, http://www.gtownradio.com. Shows aired live will be available as podcasts shortly after they broadcast.

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Water and the Environment, coming up on Planet Philadelphia 4-5 pm Friday, 3/15/19

3/8/2019

Carol Collier, Senior Advisor for Watershed Management and Policy at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia

Water and the Environment

Water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink. Is this our future? 3/22 is World Water Day – what are some of the issues?

Tune in to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 pm Friday 3/15/19 on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM Germantown Community Radio and streaming at gtownradio.com to hear:

Carol Collier, Senior Advisor for Watershed Managementand Policy at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. She served for more than 15 years as executive director of the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) before joining the Academy. She is a professional planner and a certified senior ecologist. In 2007, the American Water Resources Association (AWRA) presented her with the Mary H. Marsh Medal for exemplary contributions to the protection and wise use of the nation’s water resources. She will be talking about the environmental issues affecting the Delaware River basin and how these are being addressed to protect our water and the environment.
Fletcher Chmara-Huff, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Geography and Urban Studies/ Environmental Studies at Temple University. Not only does he have degrees in geography, but he also studied Anthropology and American Indian Studies. He has written on political ecology in relationship to the marine territoriality. He will talk about global water issues, particularly about OASIS (3/22 starting at 1pm), a celebration of World Water Day. This is a daylong educational symposium and dance presentation by Temple dance students, in partnership with the Office of Sustainability and the Department of Geography and Urban Studies at Temple University. Some of the participating students may be joining him in his live interview.

Listen to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 PM the first and third Friday of the month on your radio dial at WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia, and G-Town Radio, http://www.gtownradio.com. Shows aired live will be available as podcasts shortly after they broadcast.

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Podcast: Green New Deal, 3/1/9 92.9FM WGGT-LP Philadelphia

3/2/2019

Planet Philadelphia live radio show aired aired 3/1/9 on 92.9FM WGGT-LP Philadlephia and streamed on gtownradio.com: Getting a better focus on the Green New Deal and the many issues it raises, both scientific and societal, with Mark Alan Hughes, Ph.D., of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, and Dan Lashof, Director of World Resources Institute (WRI) U.S.

https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/green-new-deal-319-929fm-wggt-lp-philadelphia/

Listen to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 PM the first and third Friday of the month on your radio dial at WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia, and G-Town Radio, http://www.gtownradio.com. Shows aired live will be available as podcasts shortly after they broadcast.

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On Planet Philadelphia Today: the Green New Deal, 4-5 pm on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in Philadelphia and streaming everywhere at gtownradio.com

3/1/2019

Do you have questions about the Green New Deal or GND as it is also known? It raises many issues, both scientific and societal. Listen to Planet Philadelphia environmental radio show 4-5 pm today, on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia and streaming at gtownradio.com to get a better focus on the GND.

We’ll be talking today about the Green New Deal – trying to get a better focus on the very many issues it raises with Dr. Mark Hughes, of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, and Dan Lashof, Director of World Resources Institute.

Listen to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 PM the first and third Friday of the month on your radio dial at WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia, and G-Town Radio, http://www.gtownradio.com. Shows aired live will be available as podcasts shortly after they broadcast.

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New Planet Philadelphia 3/1/19 Important Conversations about the Green New Deal

2/22/2019

What is in the Green New Deal (GND) and what are some of the issues, scientific and other that it raises? To find out some answers, tune in to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 pm Friday 3/1/19 on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM Germantown Community Radio and streaming at gtownradio.com

Mark Alan Hughes, Ph.D.

Mark Alan Hughes, Ph.D. is a founding faculty director of University of Pennsylvania’s Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, a faculty fellow of the Penn Institute for Urban Research, and holds several other positions at the University of Pennsylvania. He was founding director for sustainability for Philadelphia. He will be talking about his view of the GND and what it means for our country.

Dan Lashof

Dan Lashof is Director of World Resources Institute (WRI) U.S. and coordinates WRI’s work in the U.S. across climate, energy, food, forests, water and the sustainable cities programs. Dan has been working to promote solutions to climate change for more than two decades. Before joining the World Resources Institute, Dan was the Chief Operating Officer of NextGen Policy Center and previously served as Director of the Climate and Clean Air Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council. He will talk in more detail about the GND and the science behind it as well as his own view of The Deal.

Listen to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 PM the first and third Friday of the month on your radio dial at WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia, and G-Town Radio, http://www.gtownradio.com. Shows aired live will be available as podcasts shortly after they broadcast.

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Podcast: Planet Philadelphia Live radio show 2/15/19 2/15/19: Vinod Thomas and Franco Montalto, Ph.D., climate change strategies

2/17/2019

The podcast is available for last Friday’s live Planet Philadelphia show from 2/15/19 The Environment: National and International Perspectives. What are the perspectives of people with both international and national contacts regarding environmental issues? Liten to these guests to find out:

Vinod Thomas, is former senior vice president at the World Bank, one of whose responsibilities is financing to help with climate issues, and author of Climate Change and Natural Disaster (2018).He will talk about the present climate change crisis and solutions that we may be able to take to avert it.
Franco Montalto, Ph.D., is an associate professor in Drexel’s Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering. He has recently returned from the world climate change conference in Poland, COP24, and has contacts about environmental issues in other countries. He will discuss “integration” and systems issues in relationship to the environment, as well as some of his own work on urban environmental problems.

https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/live-radio-show-21519-21519-vinod-thomas-and-franco-montalto-phd-climate-change-strategies/

Please visit the Show Archive page to listen to podcasts of all the past Plaent Philadelphia live radio shows.

Listen to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 PM the first and third Friday of the month on your radio dial at WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia, and G-Town Radio, http://www.gtownradio.com. Shows aired live will be available as podcasts shortly after they broadcast.

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Today: Planet Philadelphia 4-5, 92.9FM WGGT-LP & gtownradio.com National and international perspectives on how to fix our climate and other environmental problems.

2/15/2019

What are the perspectives of people with both international and national contacts regarding environmental issues?

To find out some answers, tune in today to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 pm on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM Germantown Community Radio and streaming at gtownradio.com.

Live in studio today: Franco Montalto, Ph.D., is an associate professor in Drexel’s Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering. He has recently returned from the world climate change conference in Poland, COP24, and has contacts about environmental issues in other countries. He will discuss “integration” and systems issues in relationship to the environment, as well as some of his own work on urban environmental problems.

Vinod Thomas, is former senior vice president at the World Bank, one of whose responsibilities is financing to help with climate issues, and author of Climate Change and Natural Disaster (2018).He will talk about the present climate change crisis and solutions that we may be able to take to avert it.

Listen to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 PM the first and third Friday of the month on your radio dial at WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia, and G-Town Radio, http://www.gtownradio.com. Shows aired live will be available as podcasts shortly after they broadcast.

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New Planet Philadelphia 4-5 tomorrow, 2/15/19,92.9FM WGGT-LP and gtownradio.com

2/14/2019

What will winter be? © Kay Wood 2019

Perspectives of people with both international and national contacts regarding environmental issues. Tune in to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 pm Friday 2/15/19 on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM Germantown Community Radio and streaming at gtownradio.com.

Vinod Thomas, is former senior vice president at the World Bank, one of whose responsibilities is financing to help with climate issues, and author of Climate Change and Natural Disaster (2018).He will talk about the present climate change crisis and solutions that we may be able to take to avert it.

Franco Montalto, Ph.D., is an associate professor in Drexel’s Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering. He has recently returned from the world climate change conference in Poland, COP24, and has contacts about environmental issues in other countries. He will discuss “integration” and systems issues in relationship to the environment, as well as some of his own work on urban environmental problems.

Listen to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 PM the first and third Friday of the month on your radio dial at WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia, and G-Town Radio, http://www.gtownradio.com. Shows aired live will be available as podcasts shortly after they broadcast.

Call (484) 278-1846 to record a comment/announcement for Planet Philadelphia radio show.

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The Environment: National and International Perspectives, Planet Philadelphia 4-5 pm Friday 2/15/19

2/8/2019

What are the perspectives of people with both international and national contacts regarding environmental issues?

To find out some answers, tune in to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 pm Friday 2/15/19 on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM Germantown Community Radio and streaming at gtownradio.com.

Vinod Thomas

Vinod Thomas, is former senior vice president at the World Bank, one of whose responsibilities is financing to help with climate issues, and author of Climate Change and Natural Disaster (2018).He will talk about the present climate change crisis and solutions that we may be able to take to avert it.

Franco Montalto, Ph.D.

Franco Montalto, Ph.D., is an associate professor in Drexel’s Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering. He has recently returned from the world climate change conference in Poland, COP24, and has contacts about environmental issues in other countries. He will discuss “integration” and systems issues in relationship to the environment, as well as some of his own work on urban environmental problems.

Listen to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 PM the first and third Friday of the month on your radio dial at WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia, and G-Town Radio, http://www.gtownradio.com. Shows aired live will be available as podcasts shortly after they broadcast.

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The podcast is up in case you missed the live 2/1/19 Planet Philadelphia

2/3/2019

You can catch the latest Planet Philadelphia on podcast just in case you missed listening to the live broadcast show. This was a show about solutions for waste and trash that aired on Planet Philadelphia 2/1/19. Guests on this Planet Philadelphia talked about innovative ideas to fight our waste and trash problems: https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/innovative-ideas-to-fight-our-waste-and-trash-problems-aired-2119-on-wggt-lp-929fm-philadelphia/

• Faye Christoforo and Audrey Kriva are from The Post-Landfill Action Network (PLAN), a national organization which supports and advises the student-led Zero-Waste movement on campuses around the country.

• Ron Whyte is Project Coordinator of the Trash Academy of the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program. He will talk about the Academy’s work.

Listen to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 PM the first and third Friday of the month on your radio dial at WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia, and G-Town Radio, http://www.gtownradio.com. Shows aired live will be available as podcasts shortly after they broadcast.

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Today 2/1/19: Solutions for Waste and Trash, Planet Philadelphia 4-5 pm on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM and gtownradio.com

2/1/2019

Guests on today’s Planet Philadelphia talk about innovative ideas to fight our waste and trash problems.

Trash Academy activity, the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program

Faye Christoforo and Audrey Kriva are from The Post-Landfill Action Network (PLAN), a national organization which supports and advises the student-led Zero-Waste movement on campuses around the country.
Ron Whyte is Project Coordinator of the Trash Academy of the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program. He will talk about the Academy’s work.

Listen to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 PM the first and third Friday of the month on your radio dial at WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia, and G-Town Radio, http://www.gtownradio.com. Shows aired live will be available as podcasts shortly after they broadcast.

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Waste and Trash: Various Solutions, Planet Philadelphia 4-5 pm Friday 2/1/19 on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM and gtownradio.com

1/25/2019

Zero waste advocates at City Hall, photo, The Trash Academy

Many have said that we deserve clean cities/towns where trash and waste do not pollute our environment or contribute to global warming. How can society achieve such outcomes?

To find out some answers to this important question, tune in to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 pm Friday 2/1/19 on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM Germantown Community Radio and streaming at gtownradio.com.

Faye Christoforo

Audrey Kriva

Faye Christoforo and Audrey Kriva are from The Post-Landfill Action Network (PLAN), a national organization which supports and advises the student-led Zero-Waste movement on campuses around the country. Faye is Co-Director and Director of Campus Coordination and Audrey is the Director of Partnerships, a branch of PLAN which manages the relations with companies and suppliers to campuses. They will talk about the many innovative things and solutions to waste/trash that are happening because of the work of PLAN and the students in the Zero-Waste movement.

Ron Whyte (left) and Trash Academy students

Ron Whyte is Project Coordinator of the Trash Academy of the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program. He will talk about the Academy’s work. It is a “collaboratory” between community members in Southeast Philadelphia, artists, environmental activists and high school students from all across the city around trash issues. The Academy is supported through the Mural Arts’ Restored Spaces Initiative. The trash projects of the Academy promote; 1) grassroots community organizing and advocacy, 2) public education, and 3) the creation of collaborative and innovative solutions that address the issue of trash through art and sustainability.

Listen to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 PM the first and third Friday of the month on your radio dial at WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia, and G-Town Radio, http://www.gtownradio.com. Shows aired live will be available as podcasts shortly after they broadcast.

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Now also on Soundcloud. Listen to the podcast Planet Philadelphia, live radio show 1/18/19, 92.9 FM and gtownradio.com, green jobs in Philadelphia.

1/21/2019

Now also on Soundcloud. Listen to the podcast Planet Philadelphia radio show about green jobs in Philadelphia from 1/18/19, aired on 92.9 FM and gtownradio.com.

https://soundcloud.com/planetphiladelphia/green-jobs-in-philadelphialive-radio-show-11819-929-fm-and-gtownradiocom

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