Planet Philadelphia
Environmental Radio Show
4-5:00 PM ET 1st & 3rd Fridays/month
WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia
& gtownradio.com
4-5:00 PM ET 1st & 3rd Fridays/month
WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in NW Philadelphia
& gtownradio.com
 Bebito radio interview, photo by Karen Krivit Have a happier greener New Year and listen to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 pm Friday January 4, 2019 on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM Germantown Community Radio and streaming at gtownradio.com. Start the New Year off learning about your world with Planet Philadelphia guests:
Planet Philadelphia 4-5 PM the first and third Friday of the month live on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM and streaming at gtownradio.com, http://www.gtownradio.com. Comments line (484) 278-1846.
www.planetphiladelphia.com | www.gtownradio.com | @planetphila | @gtownradio  G-town Radio is incredibly grateful to everyone who has donated so far. We are on pace for our most successful fundraiser yet.
BUT...we are still short of our goal of $10,000. We need to raise $3,000 more by year's end. Will you help us get there? You can make a one time donation or become a sustaining donor for $5, $10 or $20 a month. Every dollar counts and is tax deductible. Go to the Donate page of our website to make a donation now. (http://gtownradio.com/donate) We still pinch ourselves when we turn on 92.9 FM and hear you (our neighbors) on the radio. It has been a thrilling ride so far. Please help us be even better in 2019. Happy Holidays and best wishes for the New Year. Sincerely, Jim Bear G-town Radio: The Sound from Germantown 92.9 FM http://gtownradio.com
Scientist and Justice Perspectives on our environment on the Winter Solstice radio show 12/21/18
What better way to celebrate our winter solstice than thinking about planet earth and our place upon it? On today's show we talk with guests Roland Wall. Director Patrick Center for Environmental Research at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in Philadelphia and Allison Acevedo, Esq., Director of Environmental Justice at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) about we can do to understand and/or help avoid problems in our own region caused by environmental issues and climate change. Music: Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi Jethro Tull - Ring out solstice bells Ethan Kuperberg - A Singing Rendition of “Climate-Change Christmas Carols”
 What better way to celebrate our winter solstice than thinking about planet earth and our place upon it? Today we talk with guests Roland Wall. Director Patrick Center for Environmental Research at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in Philadelphia and Allison Acevedo, Esq., Director of Environmental Justice at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) about we can do to understand and/or help avoid problems in our own region caused by environmental issues and climate change. Tune in 4-5 pm today to Planet Philadelphia on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM Germantown Community Radio and streaming at gtownradio.com.
G-Town Radio needs to raise another $5000 soon to stay on the air waves. We are all volunteers at this community-based radio station and not funded by National Public Radio or any university/college. G-Town Radio hosts Planet Philadelphia. There are many other interesting and informative shows well worth listening to on G-Town Radio. To donate go to: gtownradio.com/donate. Please mention Planet Philadelphia when you donate. The website also gives information about mailing in contributions.  What are local experts saying we can do to understand and/or help avoid problems in our own region caused by environmental issues and climate change? Tune in to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 pm Friday 12/21/18 on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM Germantown Community Radio and streaming at gtownradio.com to hear what these experts have to say:  Roland Wall. Director Patrick Center for Environmental Research at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University in Philadelphia, has academic interests including urban ecology and coupled human/natural systems. He is attending the UN Conference of Parties 24 (COP24) in Poland about the environment which has just concluded. He will talk about the COP24 and also about what the Philadelphia region can expect to happen, from a scientist’s point of view, because of climate change.  Allison Acevedo, Esq., Director of Environmental Justice at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), has worked at the U.S. Department of Labor and recently co-founded the Philadelphia Black Giving Circle among other jobs supporting systems change and resource collaboration. She will talk about DEP’s designated areas of environmental justice, which include most of Philadelphia, and about what is being done by the state to help mitigate environmental injustice for people who have low incomes and/or who are of color. It's G-Town Radio's Fall Fund Drive, please DONATE. Local radio programing that is 100% VOLUNTEER! Consider Becoming a Sustaining Member! Please click here to donate to G-Town Radio: www.gtownradio.com/content/view/251/96/
Sunrise Movement, Planet Philadelphia radio show 3/16/18 Maddy Feldman, Ben Bristol, and Micah Lott - known by friends as Big Wind, spoke with Planet Philadelphia host Kay Wood about how to stop climate change and create millions of good jobs in the process. Those of us who think young people are apathetic about politics and our world will be quite surprised and inspired by this interview. These three young activists, Maddy Feldman, Ben Bristol, and Micah Lott are part of the new movement an organization called Sunrise is building. Click here to hear their interview:
The Green New Deal has been getting a lot of attention recently. Here on Planet Philadelphia we've been talking about these issues for some time. You might want to listen to this interview on the Sound For The Planet page with Terri Burgin, Co-Chair of the Economic Dignity team at POWER, and Anthony Giancatarino, a Fellow at POWER, about the results in their Green Jobs Report. Planet Philadelphia is broadcast live around northwest Philadelphia on WGGT 92.9 low power FM
and simultaneously streamed live on GTown Radio, http://www.gtownradio.com/ the first and third Friday of the month. www.planetphiladelphia.com | www.gtownradio.com | facebook | @planetphila | @gtownradio
Just click on the button above, or this link: https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/what-to-do-about-the-climate-crisis-at-our-door-step-richard-whiteford-and-meenal-raval/, to listen to the podcast of the latest Planet Philadelphia broadcast on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM Germantown Community Radio and streaming at gtownradio.com 12/7/18
Stark warnings from the National Climate Assessment and several other recent reputable reports say we are already in a climate crisis with real harm happening to us today. Our guests will talk about the crisis and what we can all do to help avert the worst. • Climate change expert, Richard Whiteford, will talk about what the National Climate Assessment means for us here in the Delaware Valley. • Local environmental activist, Meenah Raval, will discuss PGW’s, deal to move for a new LNG (liquefied natural gas) facility at its Passyunk plant, and why it is a bad idea.
Please visit the Show Archive page to listen to podcasts of all the past Planet Philadelphia live radio shows.
Today: Planet Philadelphia 4-5 pm on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM Germantown Community Radio and gtownradio.com12/7/2018
Listen to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 PM the first and third Friday of the month
on your radio dial at 92.9 FM WGGT-LP 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. www.planetphiladelphia.com | www.gtownradio.com facebook | @planetphila | @gtownradio Stark warnings from the National Climate Assessment and several other recent reputable reports say we are already in a climate crisis with real harm happening to us today. Recent natural disasters are only a taste of will happen soon if we do not make the transition to a fossil fuel free society in the next 10-12 years. Our guests will talk about the crisis and what we can all do to help avert the worst. Tune in to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 pm Friday 12/7/18 on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM Germantown Community Radio and streaming at gtownradio.com  Richard Whiteford: as an internationally acclaimed public speaker, climate change expert, writer, and environmental activist, Richard Whitefore follows current climate science from NOAA, NASA, the National Academies of Science and the United Nations Environmental Program. He serves on to the board of the World Information Transfer an NGO at the United Nations and served as their delegate at the COP-21 Climate Summit in Paris in 2015. He will talk about what the National Climate Assessment means for us here in the Delaware Valley.
It's G-Town Radio's Fall Fund Drive, please DONATE.
Local radio programing that is 100% VOLUNTEER! Consider Becoming a Sustaining Member! Please click here to donate to G-Town Radio: www.gtownradio.com/content/view/251/96/ Listen to Planet Philadelphia 4-5 PM the first and third Friday of the month on your radio dial at 92.9 FM WGGT-LP 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. www.planetphiladelphia.com | www.gtownradio.com facebook | @planetphila | @gtownradio |
Planet Philadelphia won the 2024 SustainPHL Sustainable Storyteller award.These nominees use storytelling through various media to inspire positive change and highlight environmental actions.
Planet Philadelphia is a radio show about our shared environment aired 4:00-5:00 PM EST 1st &3rd Friday a month on WGGT-LP 92.9 FM in Philadelphia and/or at gtownradio.com. Also on Villanova University’s radio station, WXVU, Thursday mornings at 9:00 a.m. at 89.1FM.
Podcasts are available at planetphiladelphia.com show archives page. Individual interviews. 
Planet Philadelphia is a partner in Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story.
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