Planet Philadelphia4-5:00 PM today - World & Local Benefits of Sustainability

[Kay Wood]

Planet Philadelphia4-5:00 PM today - World & Local Benefits of Sustainability 10/17/2025   92.9 FM WGGT-LP & https://gtownradio.com/ Photo: Andreas Gucklhorn on Unsplash.jpg What are various recent data sets telling us about how easy it is to be sustainable and what changes to make? These reports may be useful to the participants in the upcoming COP in Brazil as well as to all of us. Richard Damania is the Chief Economist of the Sustainable Development Practice Group of the World Bank. He will talk about their new report, “Reboot Development: The Economics of a Living Planet”, based on their research. The report describes how worldwide economic growth and jobs can benefit from sustainable practices, rather than suffer from them. Flora Cardoni is Deputy Director of PennEnvironment, a nonprofit which works to improve the Pennsylvania environment and natural world. She will discuss a new study from their organization about the economic and other effects of putting solar installations on or around schools.​ Also on this show: Local resident, Amanda Stebbins, talks about the importance of voting  to retain Pennsylvania Supreme Court judges on November 4th election. Related news items Planet Philadelphia airs 4:00-5:00 PM EST 1st & 3rd Fridays/month at 92.9 FM WGGT-LP in Philadelphia & https://gtownradio.com everywhere. For more about Planet Philadelphia,  https://www.planetphiladelphia.com/about.html planetphiladelphia.com |  gtownradio.com | facebook | threads | instagram linkedin | planetphiladelphia.bsky.social