Skip to content
Living on Earth is an environmental news and information program. Each week host Steve Curwood guides the listener through a mix of news, features, interviews and commentary on a broad range of ecological issues.

Living on Earth

Listen Live

Listen Live

Weekend Edition Saturday, hosted by NPR's Peabody Award-winning Scott Simon, wraps up the week's news and offers a mix of analysis and features on a wide range of topics, including arts, sports, entertainment, and human interest stories.
Next

Weekend Edition Saturday

Weekend Edition Saturday, hosted by NPR's Peabody Award-winning Scott Simon, wraps up the week's news and offers a mix of analysis and features on a wide range of topics, including arts, sports, entertainment, and human interest stories.

WHYY
rewind
play
fast-forward
 
 
 
Radio Schedule
WHYY
  • DONATE
Primary Menu
  • News
  • Radio & Podcasts
    • Radio Schedule
    • Ways to Stream
    • WHYY Listen App
  • TV
    • WHYY TV Schedule
    • WHYY Watch App
    • Live TV
    • Watch on Demand
    • Stream PBS Kids
  • Arts
  • Events
  • Education
    • WHYY Youth Media
    • WHYY Media Labs
    • WHYY Early Education Programs
    • For Students
    • Pathways to Media Careers
    • Youth Media Awards
  • Support
    • Membership
    • WHYY Passport
    • WHYY Member Portal
    • Sponsorship
    • Vehicle Donation Program
    • Volunteer
  • NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE
PlanPhilly

PlanPhilly Archive

'In Perpetuity' by Duane Linklater, at Penn Treaty Park.  (Steve Weinik/Monument Lab)
PlanPhilly
Community

Neon monument to Philly’s Indigenous history glows again

After it was vandalized and damaged while on display during Monument Lab, Duane Linklater’s “In Perpetuity” was relit for Indigenous People’s Day.

6 years ago

Earl Wilson (left) and Leo Brundrage, both longtime residents of Eastwick, at Brundage’s home during the cleanup of the landfill site. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

How Philadelphia built a neighborhood on toxic soil

Eighteen years after the EPA found hazardous materials in Eastwick’s soil, neighbors are cautiously optimistic about the future.

6 years ago

Listen 5:37
The Frank Furness-designed 19th Street Baptist Church (Alex Lewis for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

City denies demolition for Frank Furness’ Point Breeze church

The Philadelphia Historical Commission denied a permit for demolition of 19th Street Baptist Church on Friday, eight months after it was initially filed.

6 years ago

Helen Gym speaks at a protest of the Hahnemann closure on June 27, 2019. (Nina Feldman/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Helen Gym has a plan to prevent another Hahnemann

A new bill introduced in Philadelphia City Council seeks to give local authorities additional oversight over future hospital closures.

6 years ago

Rashida Ali-Campbell on her lot on N 41st St. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Meet the woman turning a West Philly lot into an ‘Earthship’ made of tires and glass bottles

Rashida Ali-Campbell just won a three-year court battle over the control of the West Philly lot she wants to turn into an eco-home and oasis.

6 years ago

A large number of cyclists, runners, and pedestrians took the opportunity to ride, glide and walk over a car-free South Street during Philly Free Streets day on Saturday.
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

It’s time to test a car-free Chestnut Street

Across the world, cities are taking their streets back from cars. Philadelphia has an opportunity to test the pedestrian-first model on Chestnut Street.

6 years ago

A historic home in need of repair on Upland Way in Overbrook. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly considers a new preservation fund aimed at owners of historic homes

Philadelphia officials want to create a fund to help homeowners with limited incomes comply with costly historic preservation regulations.

6 years ago

(Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

Say goodbye to dashboard receipts — PPA to install pay-by-plate parking kiosks

The Philadelphia Parking Authority plans to install new solar-powered parking kiosks in Center City next week.

6 years ago

Octavia Abney watches her son Dylan, 4, sit on a Philadelphia Police Department motorbike during the Love Peace and Soul Fest block party on Sunday October 5, 2019 at the site of the August Police shooting and stand off in the Nicetown-Tioga section of Philadelphia. (Bastiaan Slabbers for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

On a ‘loving and caring’ Nicetown-Tioga block, neighbors come together to heal after trauma

Nicetown-Tioga neighbors never expected a trauma in their community like the police shootout that happened in August. Together, they are moving forward.

6 years ago

Crashed cars with airbags deployed are shown to visitors as part of the display of Toyota Motor Corp.'s safety performance standards, called
PlanPhilly
Community

Philly cops are getting inside the ‘black box’ of city’s rising traffic fatality problem

Philadelphia police are getting access to the black boxes behind car crashes in the city. The data will help investigators understand why collisions happen.

6 years ago

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney at City Council. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Mayor Jim Kenney headed to Copenhagen to share stage with AOC, Mike Bloomberg and other top climate leaders

At the C40 World Mayors Summit, Kenney will share the podium with national leaders such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Al Gore.

6 years ago

3300 Mantua Avenue is one of many new developments utilizing wood frames. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Why does it take so long to get a Philly building permit? Quiñones-Sánchez has an answer.

A reform aimed at making it faster and less costly to build in Philadelphia is gaining momentum at City Hall.

6 years ago

A Philadelphia judge purchased this row home at 1514 N. Hollywood Street and the two adjacent vacant lots from the city. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philly is close to settling on a ‘better way’ to sell city land

Councilmember Maria Quiñones-Sánchez said the bill would inject more strategy into city land sales while streamlining the process for redeveloping public land.

6 years ago

Philly skyline
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

Why aren’t we talking about these other Philly real estate tax abatements?

Philadelphians know about the controversial 10-year tax abatement, here are five other real estate abatement programs that assist over 200K homeowners in the city.

6 years ago

Kensington resident Donna Aument voiced her opposition to a proposed supervised injection site at a meeting to update residents on the ongoing Philadelphia Resilience Project's efforts in combating the opioid epidemic. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

Kensington neighbors dismayed by ruling on supervised injection site

A judge’s decision that the facility proposed by Safehouse would be legal touched off mixed emotions among those living amid the city’s opioid crisis.

6 years ago

Page 129 of 1,034« First«...127128129130131...»Last »
  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor
  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor
PlanPhilly sq logo
Learn More

In-depth, original reporting on housing, transportation, and development.

Join the Conversation

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor

Latest News

  • Volunteers collect over 5,000 pounds of trash off Delaware’s beaches this year

    1 hour ago

  • More than 1,000 Philadelphians petition for a safer Fairmount Park

    2 hours ago

  • Trump orders Israel to stop bombing Gaza after Hamas partially accepts his peace plan

    13 hours ago

Want a digest of WHYY’s programs, events & stories? Sign up for our weekly newsletter.

Together we can reach 100% of WHYY’s fiscal year goal

Donate
Learn about WHYY Member benefits
Ways to Donate
WHYY

WHYY provides trustworthy, fact-based, local news and information and world-class entertainment to everyone in our community.

WHYY offers a voice to those not heard, a platform to share everyone’s stories, a foundation to empower early and lifelong learners and a trusted space for unbiased news. Learn more about Social Responsibility at WHYY. It’s how we live.

Contact Us

Philadelphia

215.351.1200
talkback@whyy.org

Delaware

302.516.7506
talkback@whyy.org

Our Programs

  • Albie’s Elevator
  • Art Outside
  • Billy Penn at WHYY
  • Check, Please! Philly
  • The Connection
  • Delishtory
  • Flicks
  • Fresh Air
  • Good Souls
  • Jukebox Journey
  • Movers & Makers
  • On Stage at Curtis
  • Peak Travel
  • Philadelphia Revealed
  • PlanPhilly
  • The Pulse
  • Radio Times Rewind
  • Sports In America
  • Studio 2
  • Things To Do
  • Voices in the Family
  • WHYY News Climate Desk
  • You Oughta Know
  • Young Creators Studio
  • Young, Unhoused and Unseen
  • Your Democracy

Inside WHYY

  • About
    • Social Responsibility at WHYY
    • Board and Executives
    • Community Advisory Board
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Employment
    • Internships
    • Press Room
    • Meet Our Newsroom
    • WHYY News Style Guide
    • WHYY Productions
    • WHYY Spaces
    • Submissions
    • History
    • Directions
    • Coverage Area
    • Financial Statements
    • WHYY Community Report
    • Supporters
    • Privacy
  • Mobile Apps
  • Meet Our Newsroom
  • Employment
  • Lifelong Learning Award
  • N.I.C.E. Initiative
  • Contact Us
  • Sponsorship
  • Directions
  • FCC Public Files
  • FCC Applications

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
Sign up for a Newsletter

© MMXXV WHYY

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use for WHYY.org