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EcoRadio KC is a magazine show, including live segments, prerecorded stories, and interviews. The weekly explores our interdependence with the rest of the world, showing the connections between the ways we choose to live and the health of the whole community of life.
For January 23rd, please tune in to hear host Richard Mabion and Rich Gutowski talk with guests Dr. Pamela Talley and Karan Gupta, as they move forward with the 2nd step of designing the caliber of strategy needed to provide Job Training and Workforce Development in the low-income portion of the population.
Dr. Pamela Talley is from St. Louis, MO. She is a member of the EPA’s National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEPAC) team from region 7. She is Executive Director of Lewis Place Historical Preservation, Inc. Lewis Place, the oldest African American private street in St. Louis, Missouri is a quiet, stately neighborhood just north of the Central West End. In 2001 a group of determined residents formed Lewis Place Historic Preservation, Inc. Now gardens abound in the neighborhood and many of the stately homes have regained their old polish. The grounds of the central parkway undergo annual revitalization, and neighbors gather there every September for the Lewis Place Reunion and Barbeque.
Karan Gupta is a contractor from Kansas City KS and he is concentrating on restoring the land bank property in low-income neighborhoods.
Richard and Rich understand that climate change requires homeowners to retrofit their homes so that people can live comfortably in extreme heat and extreme cold. Otherwise, the cost of utilities is more oppressive to people than the temperature. What is more, if training and skilled job opportunities can occur in low-income neighborhoods, we will have done improvements for all times.
We at EcoRadio KC are glad to encourage awareness and protection of our world. Our goal is to assure our listeners are aware of how we can create a sustainable present for a sustainable future!
This will be a great radio hour!
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
Margaret Mead
