Today at 1:30, Rob Lorei will interview on his show RadioActivity two people who have made their mark, not only in Sarasota, but also in environmental science. This is a part of the effort to bring attention to Saturday’s big event of the International Day of Climate Action. Hosted by 350.org, organizations from around the world will participate in this main event to show how important it is that we reach an international climate treaty.
His guest are:
David Benzing
He holds a PhD in botany from the University of Michigan. He taught biology and environmental science at Oberlin College for 41 years. He’s published four books, chapters in more than a dozen more volumes, plus about 75 research reports in technical journals including on titled “Climate Change”. He has also taught a course on climate change to undergraduates. He currently occupies an honorary position at the Selby gardens.
Demetra McBride
Schooled both here and in Europe, Demetra McBride is a former lawyer, currently working for Sarasota County’s Environmental Resource Management division. McBride regularly publishes and presents on climate action and urban heat islands, as well as mitigation/adaptation strategies and countermeasures to both. Most recently, she presented her peer-reviewed paper on eco-masterplanning cities as urban islands before an international audience of scientists and researchers at a conference hosted by Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories.
So please take the time to listen. It will be a very good half hour.
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