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
New Planet Philadelphia - this Fri., Jan. 15th, 4:00 pm, Gtown Radio - interviews, music and more!1/11/2016
A brand new Planet Philadelphia is coming up this Friday January 15th at 4:00 pm on wonderful Gtown radio – the sound of Germantown, http://www.gtownradio.com/. Planet Philadelphia host, Kay Wood speaks with three exciting guests, starting off with two scientists at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University; Dr. Stefanie Kroll, a director of the Delaware River Watershed Initiative, talks about the ambitious multi-group initiative that was kickstarted with a $35 million commitment by the William Penn Foundation. She is followed up by Lin B. Perez, a GeoSpatial Scientist with the BioGeoInformatics Group at the Academy. She is also a landscape architect and tells us about a number of important things we can do ourselves here in NW Philly to help with water management. Latter on in the show we’ll hear Professor Rakesh Agrawal, the Winthrop E. Stone Distinguished Professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University, about a new energy system combining solar and hydrogen production that's getting a lot of attention, "Hyricity." Tune in to hear these informative interviews and more awesome environmental news on Planet Philadelphia streaming 4:00 to 5:00 pm on http://www.gtownradio.com/ And don’t forget - the Weird Waste Electronics Recycling event is Saturday, January 16, 2016; 10am to 2pm at the Norwood-Fontbonne Academy at 8891 Germantown Avenue in NW Philly. It’s a great way to responsibly recycle all your old dead motherboards or cell phones or lamps – anything with a cord… for more information on that go to http://tinyurl.com/qy4wkhl Podcasts of the shows become available the day after they broadcast. Please tell all your friends that they too can hear great shows about our environment – after all it’s where we all live, work, and play. To make a comment about what you hear on Planet Philadelphia or if you have a question, please call the Listener Comment Line: (484)278-1846. It would be great to hear what you have to say. To find out more about Planet Philadelphia go to http://www.planetphila.com or http://www.gtownradio.com/. @planetphila | @gtownradio | Facebook An eye-opening new Planet Philadelphia show this Friday, December 18th at 4:00pm, on Gtown Radio.12/13/2015
Filmmaker, Ben Kalina, talks with Planet Philadelphia host, Kay Wood, about his directing debut, the award winning “Shored Up,” a documentary film about sea level rise and the after effects of Hurricane Sandy. Also, listen to his eye-opening insights on climate change and ocean acidification. Lots of other riveting stuff as well, including an upcoming electronics recycling event hosted by Weaver’s Way Environment Committee and Green In Chestnut Hill (GRinCH). Too hear all this and more, tune in to Planet Philadelphia on Gtown Radio Friday December 18th at 4:00 on gtownradio.com. To find out more about Planet Philadelphia go to http://www.planetphila.com or http://www.gtownradio.com/ Contact Planet Philadelphia host, Kay Wood, by the links below or call the listener Comment Line: (484)278-1846 to tell us your own exciting environmental insights anytime. Hope to hear from you. @planetphila | @gtownradio | Facebook Evangelical Environmental Network http://creationcare.org/ Africa could lead world on green energy, says IEA head - World Energy Report 2015 predicts Africa could be the first to power economic growth with renewable energy while India becomes one of the world’s biggest energy consumers… http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/nov/11/africa-could-lead-world-on-green-energy-says-iea-head Power Local Green Jobs Action: http://eqat.org/our_campaign New CDP report says corporations have passed an important business tipping point with 89 percent of companies having activities to reduce GHG emissions. This is compared to less than 50 percent five years ago… https://www.cdp.net/CDPResults/CDP-USA-climate-change-report-2015.pdf NextGen Climate America’s new report “economic modeling conducted by ICF International, shows that the transition to a clean energy economy will drive economic growth for decades, creating well-paying jobs and increasing household incomes...” http://nextgenamerica.org/blog/our-clean-energy-economy/ http://www.justmeans.com/press-release/bloomberg-partner-cdp-launches-their-us-climate-change-report The International Energy Agency’s The World Energy Outlook 2015 report says that there’s a clear sign that an energy transition is underway.” … “renewables contributed almost half of the world’s new power generation capacity in 2014 and have already become the second-largest source of electricity (after coal).”… http://ecowatch.com/2015/11/10/renewables-to-overtake-coal/?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=34889b2455-Top_News_11_10_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-34889b2455-85954881 Groundbreaking Ruling: State Has Constitutional Obligation to ‘Stem the Tide of Global Warming’…In a landmark decision, Judge Hill declared “[the youths’] very survival depends upon the will of their elders to act now, decisively and unequivocally, to stem the tide of global warming … before doing so becomes first too costly and then too late.” ... http://ecowatch.com/2015/11/20/stem-tide-climate-change/?ut GM, TARDEC to modify Chevy Colorado to run on hydrogen The Detroit News - “Hydrogen fuel cell technology is important to GM’s advanced propulsion portfolio, and this enables us to put our technology to the test in a vehicle that will face punishing military duty cycles,” said Charlie Freese, executive director of GM’s global fuel cell engineering activities, in a statement... http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/general-motors/2015/11/19/gm-tardec-modify-chevy-colorado-run-hydrogen/76038668/ Things to be grateful for on the environment front like the stopping of Shell Arctic drilling project and the rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline: http://ecowatch.com/2015/09/28/shell-abandons-arctic-drilling-2/ http://ecowatch.com/2015/11/06/obama-rejects-keystone-pipeline/
Planet Philadelphia, November 6th streamed live 4:00, http://gtownradio.com. Guests: local author, Betsy Teutsch, who wrote 100 Under $100 - One Hundred Tools for Empowering Global Women and Coryn Wolk Sustainable Transportation Outreach Coordinator at the Clean Air Council.
Planet Philadelphia on Gtown Radio – the sound of Germantown. Hosted and produced by Kay Wood - a mix of environmental news, interviews, music, poetry, and reporting. Tune in to http://www.gtownradio.com/ for Planet Philadelphia streaming live 1st and 3rd Fridays each month at 4:00 to 5:00.
Coming up November 6th at 4:00 - Guests: local author, Betsy Teutsch, who wrote 100 Under $100 - One Hundred Tools for Empowering Global Women and Coryn Wolk Sustainable Transportation Outreach Coordinator at the Clean Air Council. Planet Philadelphia – a radio show about our environment on http://www.gtownradio.com
Planet Philadelphia on Gtown Radio – the sound of Germantown. Hosted and produced by Kay Wood - a mix of environmental news, interviews, music, poetry, and reporting on community events. Please tune in to http://www.gtownradio.com/ 1st and 3rd Fridays each month at 4:00 to 5:00 pm for Planet Philadelphia and listen to a super show.
https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/planet-philadelphia-radio-show-streamed-live-friday-nov-6-2015/
So strange - the links were here then they disappeared. Here they are again:
“Toyota… says sales of gasoline- and diesel-engine cars will be near zero by 2050” - http://www.wsj.com/articles/toyota-maps-out-decline-of-conventionally-fueled-cars-1444824804 Scientists Turn Green Algae Into Biofuel at $50 a Barrel + exploited an alloy that can deliver a colossal pulse of electric power when you kick it. - ecowatch.com/2015/10/08/green-algae-biofuel/ Micro photosynthetic power cells - A team of researchers from the Optical Bio Microsystem lab at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, have invented and developed micro-photosynthetic cell technology that can harness electrical power from the photosynthesis and respiration of blue-green algae - http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-10/ws-mpp100215.php “The world’s most influential banker says an orderly switch from fossil fuels to renewables is needed to avoid turmoil on world stock markets.” – a few links to stories about Mark Carney’s impressive switch: http://climatenewsnetwork.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=6e13c74c17ec527c4be72d64f&id=c3e84a71fc&e=e242cc392f Mark Carney wants business to calculate the fossil fuel future www.cbc.ca/news/.../carney-warning-fossil-fuel-analysis-1.3250294 CBC.ca http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/13/mark-carney-fossil-fuel-reserves-burned-carbon-bubble “Solar and Wind Just Passed Another Big Turning Point” - It has never made less sense to build fossil fuel power plants. - http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-06/solar-wind-reach-a-big-renewables-turning-point-bnef Check out the Climate Central maps showing Philly's best and worst flooding scenarios depending on what we do about climate change. Even in the best case - with extreme carbon reduction - so long to anything along the river front - including refineries! And if we keep on spewing petro pollution - well I hope in anyone southeast of Frankford Ave and/or Lombard St you've got your water wings handy... http://choices.climatecentral.org/#12/39.9529/-75.1735?compare=scenarios&carbon-end-yr=2100&scenario-a=unchecked&scenario-b=extreme-cuts
Podcast - October 16th Planet Philadelphia
Kay Wood’s environmental radio show, Planet Philadelphia, on local radio station Gtown Radio is a mix of environmental news, interviews, music, poetry, and reporting on http://www.gtownradio.com/ 1st and 3rd Fridays each month 4:00 to 5:00 pm with podcasts available the following day.
Links to the news stories mentioned on the Planet Philadelphia radio show, September 18, 201510/18/2015
Where’s the lawsuit!? I did an editorial about this on Planet Philadelphia this Friday – but seriously folks I think we gotta case! Read the story on philly.com:Exxon's own research confirmed fossil fuels' role in global warming Top executives were warned of possible catastrophe from greenhouse effect, then led efforts to block solutions.http://www.philly.com/philly/busines/Exxons_own_research_confirmed_fossil_fuels_role_in_global_warming_.html German Architect Andre Broessel says he can “squeeze more juice out of the sun”…allowing twice the yield of a conventional solar panel – as an artist, of course, I was attracted because and the prototype’s amazingly cool looking – http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/spherical-sun-power-generator/ Artifical leaf… uses cheap, readily available materials, solar power, and water to make energy and the system pumps up out hydrogen with more efficiency than anything that's gone before. A quote: "It effectively becomes an energy storage solution," "That hydrogen can then be used in a fuel cell to regenerate the electricity—so we just effectively stored the energy and regenerated it again… Or it could be used for fuel cell hybrid car, like Toyota's new Mirai” - http://www.fastcoexist.com/3050712/a-record-breaking-new-artificial-leaf-makes-power-from-sun-and-water Edible Battery - Professor Jay Whitacre, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburg - non-toxic battery to store excess solar and wind energy… according to Professor Whitacre in this story, his battery is safe enough to eat and drink and it’s inexpensive - made out of nothing more than salt water and other simple components - it’s intended for big power farms that could soak up excess electricity during the day — storing power for when the sun’s down - http://www.ozy.com/rising-stars/jay-whitacre-and-the-edible-battery/60826 “People's Climate Music” tour - HOME (Heal Our Mother Earth) - “The tour is bringing awareness of climate injustice to urban communities and people of color,” said the Rev Lennox Yearwood, CEO of Hip Hop Caucus and organizer of the tour. “It’s broadening the current climate movement.” - http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/common-ne-yo-go-green-on-hip-hop-benefit-album-home-20141223 http://earthjustice.org/news/press/2014/people-s-climate-music-enlists-common-ne-yo-karmin-elle-varner-and-more-to-mobilize-action-on-climate-change From the country that gave us the Statue of Liberty – French company called New Wind is putting tree-shaped wind turbines at the Place de la Concorde in Paris. Viva La France! http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/tree-shaped-wind-turbines-paris/ To let me know what you think about Planet Philadelphia, please call the Planet Philadelphia listener comment line: (484)278-1846 or email me at planetphila@gmail.com | Twitter:@planetphila | Facebook: PlanetPhila Please tune in again to listen to the many other fabulous shows on gtownradio.com.
September 18: Andrea Anastasi about a fossil fuel hub dream that could really be a nightmare and much more including Eileen Flanagan’s report from the EQAT action asking PECO to finish the green jobs puzzle.
In case the podcast doesn't work for you here's the link to my mixcloud page: https://www.mixcloud.com/PlanetPhiladelphia/planet-philadelphia-environmental-radio-show-host-kay-wood-sept-18th/
Planet Philadelphia on Gtown Radio – the sound of Germantown. Hosted and produced by Kay Wood - a mix of environmental news, interviews, music, poetry, and reporting on community events. Please tune in to http://www.gtownradio.com/ 1st and 3rd Fridays each month at 4:00 to 5:00 pm hear Planet Philadelphia.
September 4, 2015 was the first Planet Philadelphia environmental radio show on Gtown Radio in the heart of Germantown. The host of Planet Philadelphia, Kay Wood, interviewed inspiration environmental and social justice activist, George Lakey. He has led 1,500 workshops on five continents and led nonviolent direct action activist projects on local, national, and international levels. He’s written many books and articles, and taught classes at Swarthmore College.
Planet Philadelphia is an ongoing mix of environmental news, interviews, music, poetry, and reporting on community events. Please tune in to http://www.gtownradio.com/ 1st and 3rd Fridays each month at 4:00 to hear Planet Philadelphia and listen to a super show.
Podcast - October 16th Planet Philadelphia
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Planet Philadelphia is a radio show about our shared environment aired 4:00-5:00 PM EST the first and third 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:Spotify, Anchor, Google, PocketCasts, Breaker, RadioPublic 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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