Green Sense Radio Show has been on the air since 2010 and is one of the first programs focused on covering the topic of sustainability. Each week we sit down with scientists, business leaders, activists, or entrepreneurs, to learn more about how they shape a sustainable future. Listen every week to hear the latest show, download our complete library of podcasts from Spotify and Apple, and tune into 780 AM & 105.9 FM, WBBM Chicago, to listen to the Green Sense Minute every Thursday and Saturday.
Episodes
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
Tom Appel: EVs in the new year
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
Vehicle expert Tom Appel has been with the Green Sense Show for 10 years! And now that the new year is starting, he discusses what to expect in '24, reflects on last year's trends, and explains how Consumer Guide Automotive reports and analyzes the automotive industry. He also explains how consumers can discern fact from fiction when it comes to electric vehicles, including Tesla claims, charging stations, and much more.
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
How green are EVs? - Green Sense Minute
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
Are electric vehicles really more eco-friendly? EV expert and Consumer Guide Automotive publisher, Tom Appel, compares gas and electric vehicles.
Wednesday Dec 27, 2023
Zero Waste - Green Sense Minute
Wednesday Dec 27, 2023
Wednesday Dec 27, 2023
Kelli Pelc is the founder of The Refilleri, a zero-waste store in Chicago. They offer refillable or zero-waste solutions for a variety of products to make living an eco-friendly urban lifestyle more accessible.
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Kel Mitchell: Tis the Season
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Kel Mitchell is an award-winning actor, comedian, and youth pastor. He discusses World Vision's holiday gift-giving program for children and families in need, why he got involved, and how you can help. He also talks about his Nickelodeon shows, his various projects, and his hometown Chicago.
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Giving with Kel Mitchell - Green Sense Minute
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Tuesday Dec 19, 2023
Tis the season to give. Award-winning actor, comedian, and youth pastor Kel Mitchell discusses a holiday gift-giving program for children and families in need.
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Global Seed Bank - Green Sense Minute
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Tuesday Dec 12, 2023
Lise Lykke Steffensen, CEO of NordGen, talks about the Svalbard Seed Bank in Norway, where more than one million seeds are stored in an arctic mountain to preserve the world's crop diversity.
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Predicting Wildfires - Green Sense Minute
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Whitney Young High School student Nikita Agrawal describes the computer model she developed to predict wildfires.
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Nikita Agrawal: exceptional student environmentalist
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Nikita Agrawal is a student at Whitney Young high school in Chicago who has created a model for predicting wildfires. She explains why she is passionate about science, climate change, and environmental justice. Nikita has already been involved in programs at NASA and Argonne National Laboratory and is interested in environmental economics.
Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
Accelerating Startups - Green Sense Minute
Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
Kim Blomquist, Director of Marketing and Communications at mHUB, returns to the Green Sense Minute to discuss how the innovation center helps accelerate startups in Chicago.
Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
Kim Blomquist - mHUB tech accelerator
Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
Tuesday Nov 28, 2023
Kim Blomquist, Director of Marketing and Communications at mHUB, returns to the Green Sense show to discuss the new climate energy tech accelerator. Kim also discusses how the new innovation center helps accelerate startups in Chicago by assisting them to figure out their business strategies and to create hard-tech prototypes.