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More Special Projects in which Planet Philadelphia
either took part in or thought was of particular interest


CUSP:
​Projects funded by the Climate and Urban Systems Partnership mini-grant competition, run by the Franklin Institute.


Socially Just Climate Futures in Philadelphia
https://www.planetphiladelphia.com/cusp-projects.html
This series was produced by 17 undergraduate students at Temple University enrolled in the “Geography of Hazards” course in Spring 2018. Dr. Hamil Pearsall, supervised the project. The students partnered with a local organization or agency: Philadelphia Horticultural Society, Temple University Office of Sustainability, Philadelphia Department of Public Health. Kay Wood, from Planet Philadelphia, and Richard Johnson, CUSP Project Manager at the Franklin Institute, provided guidance on science communication. Tim Chaten shared his expertise with podcast production. This project was funded by the Climate and Urban Systems Partnership mini-grant competition, run by the Franklin Institute.

Imagining Philadelphia’s Energy Future
https://www.chemheritage.org/event/imagining-philadelphias-energy-futures
As the planet warms there will be several large challenges we as a society need to address. Most of these challenges will hit our youth the hardest. This Planet Philadelphia features podcasts by  Temple University students about the climate change adaptation process and its implications for equity and social justice. Seventeen undergraduate students at Temple University enrolled in the “Geography of Hazards” course offered by the Geography and Urban Studies Department produced these podcasts. Dr. Hamil Pearsall, a professor in the Geography and Urban Studies Department at Temple, supervised. The students worked in groups of four to five to create the episodes, and each group partnered with a local organization or agency: Philadelphia Horticultural Society, Temple University Office of Sustainability, Philadelphia Department of Public Health. Kay Wood, from Planet Philadelphia, and Richard Johnson, CUSP (Climate and Urban Systems Partnership) Project Manager, provided guidance on science communication. The Franklin Institute provided funding through its CUSP project competition.



CUSP
Dr. Karl Hausker


Behind The Rhetoric:
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Planet Philadelphia aired May 18, 2018:
Dr. Karl Hausker

The PowerPoint presentation Dr. Karl Hausker mentioned on the May 18, 2018 Planet Philadelphia radio show interview with reporter Linda Rosenwein and host Kay Wood about a realistic route to reducing carbon emissions by 2050.
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