First hour: What is "The New American City?"
Second hour: Monthly Science Roundtable - The science of drought
The UN says that by the year 2050, 85% of the population will live in cities. We truly are a post-agrarian world, but what does that mean for future generations? Rochester is hosting a CityAge conference, the first of which was hosted in Vancouver four years ago. The theme of the conference is "The New American City" and it aims to foster ideas about business development and social progress as we head toward the middle of the 21st century. Our guests:
- Miro Cernetig, co-founder of CityAge
- Raul Salinas, director of strategic business development for the City of Rochester
In our second hour, Donald Trump recently said that he doesn't think there is a real drought in California. That came as a surprise to scientists, who have been tracking the water crisis out west for a while now. So our Monthly Science Roundtable digs in to the science of the drought: how closely tied to climate change is it? And how does it impact us in western New York? Our guests:
- Josh Goldowitz, professor and undergraduate coordinator for the Environmental Sustainability Health & Safety BS Degree Program in the College of Applied Science & Technology at RIT
- Matthew Hoffman, assistant professor in the School of Mathematical Sciences at RIT
- John Stella, associate professor in the Department of Forest and Natural Resources Management, SUNY-ESF
- Craig Miller, senior editor of Climate Watch at KQED
