Show Description:

Coronavirus: A Wake-Up Call

The coronavirus is a disease that has come about as a result of our society’s continued disconnection from the natural world, and our inability to direct our compassion toward ALL life on earth. If these attitudes and actions are not reversed, outbreaks such as COVID-19 are very likely to happen again and again. Our fate is in our hands. If we choose to act, not only will we reduce our risk of repeating this episode, but nature will return, the climate will stabilize and our food supply will be abundant. Seems almost too good to be true… but it is, and you can be part of the solution!

Join HealthyPlanet’s Bob DiBenedetto for a description of how the original act that caused this virus to jump from animals to humans is also responsible for:

– many other animal-transmitted viruses that have resulted in over 100 million deaths in the past century.

– much of the destruction of our natural world that in turn drives animals out of their habitats and into the human realm.

– contributing to those preexisting conditions that make us more susceptible to having more severe complications if infected.

– the dangerous form of pollution that weakens our lungs, therefore making us more likely to suffer more serious impacts from the virus, and more.

This show is a call to action. Knowledge is power, and each of us needs to ask ourselves if we’re ready to stop contributing to these needless, self-inflicted plagues. We know you are! Join us, and be part of the solution.
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HealthyPlanet President and Executive Director Bob DiBenedetto can address people of all ages on a variety of empowering topics. He will help your audience to understand the important role that each of us play in creating a healthy planet, and inspire them to choose to be a participant in creating a clean, healthy and compassionate world!

Bob is a co-founder of HealthyPlanet and a 30-year veteran of nonprofit health/environmental education. He is the long-time host of “The Healthy Planet” drive-time radio program on 90.1 WUSB, FM., and was founder and director of the LI Healthy School Lunch Program. 

He is a researcher, writer and speaker on the powerful effects that our food and lifestyle choices have on our health, the environment, world hunger and all life on Earth. He is also a strong advocate and spokesperson for a rapid transition toward a clean energy society. 

Bob has done presentations to tens of thousands… including students (from kindergarten through graduate nutrition students at Columbia Teacher’s College); parents; administrators; food service directors; public officials; and to a wide variety of health, environmental, corporate and community groups. He has also appeared as a guest on many local and national TV and radio shows. He provided the facts and expert commentary for a UPN Nine TV special report The True Cost Of Beef; has been featured on the WBAI radio program, Wake Up Call; and was interviewed on WWOR by Jim McQueeny on New Jersey Now!  He has been quoted in publications from Newsday to The New York Times. 

Bob sits on the Suffolk County Cancer Prevention & Health Promotion Coalition, where he co-chairs the Prevention and Education Committee. He has worked with a wide variety of community coalitions focused on issues ranging from climate change to clean energy to safe alternatives to pesticides and more.

Bob graduated from Georgetown University with a degree in Economics and Theology, has been researching personal growth and development for over 25 years, and is a 40 year vegetarian/vegan. He has an extensive background in the study, practice and teaching of meditation and various martial arts to students of all ages. He attained a Fourth Degree Black Belt in Okinawan Karate.

For speaking invitations, fill out the linked form here: https://healthyplanetusa.org/book-our-speaker/contact-us-for-speaker-info/

Hear The Healthy Planet Radio Show twice monthly at 6PM, with Bob DiBenedetto on the first and second Friday of each month, on WUSB, 90.1FM, or Live Stream at: http://wusb.fm/

Free of charge, and rich with information and inspiration!

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