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Coming up on Connections: Thursday, January 3

First hour: Winners of the Seneca Park Zoo Society's Environmental Innovation Awards

Second hour: The impact of climate change on parents and potential parents-to-be

The Seneca Park Zoo Society set out to find local businesses and organizations that are doing things differently to limit climate change. This is more than just changing the light bulbs or driving a Prius to work. The Zoo Society recently held its inaugural Environmental Innovation Awards, and some of the winners are very visible (at least for those driving along route 104, where they'll find a massive windmill). Others are doing things quietly. We'll meet them:

  • Bob Bechtold, president of Harbec
  • Kimie Romeo, local activist
  • Jacob LaDue, member of the Harley School's HuMANGROVE team
  • Jim Howe, director of the Central and Western New York Chapter of the Nature Conservancy
  • Mike and Wendy Nolan, owners of I-Square
  • Pamela Reed Sanchez, executive director of the Seneca Park Zoo Society

Then in our second hour, writing for The Intelligencer, journalist David Wallace Wells poses some questions for parents and prospective parents: whether it’s moral to reproduce in this climate; whether it’s responsible to have children; whether it is fair to the planet or, perhaps more important, to the children. He's talking about the impact of climate change on the psyche of parents, and whether a growing number of couples is deciding not to have children at all based on the direction of our civilization. It's a heavy subject, and our guests will weigh in:

  • Larkin Podsiedlik, mother and executive director for food and nutrition of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Steuben County
  • Neely Kelley, mother and member of Mothers Out Front
  • Wendy Low, mother and member of Mothers Out Front
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Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.
Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.