Podcast interview with Mary Jo Aagerstoun, Ph.D., president, EcoArt South Florida about combining art, science and community
Posted by Elena del Valle on September 10, 2012
Mary Jo Aagerstoun, Ph.D., president, EcoArt South Florida, Inc.
Photo: Mary Jo Aagerstoun, Ph.D.
A podcast interview with Mary Jo Aagerstoun, Ph.D., president, EcoArt South Florida, Inc. is available in the Podcast Section of Hispanic Marketing & Public Relations, HispanicMPR.com. During the podcast, she discusses combining art, science and community with Elena del Valle, host of the HispanicMPR.com podcast.
An “accidental environmentalist” Mary Jo seeks to make a difference for South Florida’s environment through art that engages community. To this end, in 2007, she founded EcoArt South Florida, a nonprofit that brings together art, science and community engagement. Mary Jo’s increasing interest and self education in environmental issues led her also to several volunteer advisory experiences, including most recently as a consortium member of 7/50, a 50 year planning effort engaging seven counties in South East Florida, and funded by the United States Department of Housing and Community Development, and with her own city, West Palm Beach.
She is a member of the relatively new City of West Palm Beach Sustainability Advisory Committee where she serves as the chair of the subcommittee on natural resources and water conservation, and is a past member of the city’s Art in Public Places Board and the Comprehensive Plan update committee.
To listen to the interview, scroll down until you see “Podcast” on the right hand side, then select “HMPR Mary Jo Aagerstoun, Ph.D.” click on the play button below or download the MP3 file to your iPod or MP3 player to listen on the go, in your car or at home. To download it, click on the arrow of the recording you wish to copy and save it to disk. The podcast will remain listed in the September 2012 section of the podcast archive.
