Hi everybody, it's Joe Lample, the Joe Behind Joe Gardener, and welcome to the Joe Gardener

show.

Today's episode, ironically, comes at the perfect time to complement last week's episode,

featuring the Philadelphia Horticultural Society, commonly referred to as Ph.S.

That episode demonstrated how one organization, comprised of many volunteers, is improving

the health and wellbeing of the greater Philadelphia region through gardening and horticulture.

But the point in sharing that episode with you was to hopefully inspire you to try and

take one nugget or two from what you heard about all the many ways that Ph.S. is changing

lives and communities for the better through the superpower of gardening and applying them

to your neighborhood or community.

For Ph.S. it starts with training its staff and volunteers with the knowledge and then providing

them actionable opportunities to bring it to life.

I tell you that because that's an important theme to today's episode.

So this week by sheer coincidence in the timing, or maybe not, we have another powerful

and far-reaching example to change behavior starting in the classroom at the earliest

of ages through environmental literacy, which leads directly to environmental stewardship.

Now if you are a regular listener to this podcast, and even if you're not, I hope you are

well aware of the need for environmental literacy.

And yet realistically, it's hard to teach an old dog new tricks, and that's why I'm so

thrilled to present this conversation today for you featuring Dr. Todd Klowinsky, Environmental

Education Specialist at the Cesar Rodney School District in Delaware.

Now about six years ago, through a serendipitous moment, Todd had the opportunity to bring

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