Green Sense Radio

Quitting Urban Farming - Green Sense Minute

Jason Halm quit urban farming and has advice for people who want to change careers.

Jason Halm: Changing Green Careers

Can you have an urban farming job that you're passionate about and still make a livable wage? Jason Halm describes how he's become a recovering urban farmer and has advice for people who want to change careers. Jason is also the first guest contestant for the Green Quiz; he answers questions with some fun facts about agriculture.

Emotional Intelligence - Green Sense Minute

This week’s Green Sense Minute features Paige Franks, senior executive search advisor with BEST Human Capital and Advisory Group, who is passionate about emotional intelligence.

Paige Franks: Emotional Intelligence

Paige Franks, senior executive search advisor with BEST Human Capital and Advisory Group, discusses emotional intelligence: the history, how it helps people work together, why it's important, and how it is different from IQ.

Supply Chain - Green Sense Minute

Lisa Anderson, founder of LMA consulting, who discusses global changes in the supply chain. 

Lisa Anderson: Supply Chain Changes

Lisa Anderson, a management and supply chain consultant and founder of LMA consulting, discusses the history of container shipping, how the global supply chain has changed to become more sustainable, how COVID has affected shipping, issues with the Panama Canal, attacks at ports, logistic infrastructure, and other challenges. 

Sybil Derrible: Engineering Sustainable Infrastructure

Sybil Derrible, Professor of Urban Engineering at the University of Illinois Chicago, discusses how cities can be engineered to be more livable with sustainable infrastructure. He compares American cities to European ones, and talks about water and energy supplies, transportation and traffic, and education.

Sustainable Cities - Green Sense Minute

Sybil Derrible, Professor of Urban Engineering at the University of Illinois Chicago, researches sustainable infrastructure. 

Great Lakes Ice - Green Sense Minute

Alisa Young from the Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shares data about decreased ice on the Great Lakes.

Why do lakes have less ice?

Alisa Young, Weather and Climate Program Lead in the Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), discusses why the Great Lakes have less ice, how she got into her profession, and job opportunities in the field.