Green Sense Radio

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.

Tesla Test Drive - Green Sense Minute

Tom Appel, Publisher of Consumer Guide Automotive and host of the Car Stuff podcast, rides in the 2024 Tesla Model Y dual motor long-range EV in full self-driving mode. 

Tesla Test Drive: self-driving Model Y

Tom Appel, Publisher of Consumer Guide Automotive and host of the Car Stuff podcast, joins Green Sense host Robert Colangelo on a test drive of the 2024 Tesla Model Y dual motor long-range EV in full self-driving mode. They drive in Robert's new Tesla from Chicago's southwest suburbs to Midway Airport.

Brian Chaplin - Green Sense Minute

Brian Chaplin, Professor of Chemical Engineering at University of Illinois Chicago, discusses how the engineering field is changing. 

Brian Chaplin: Forever Chemicals

Chicago is quickly becoming a water hub, where academic research, industry, and government are working together on new innovative technologies. Brian Chaplin, Professor of Chemical Engineering at University of Illinois Chicago, talks about the Great Lakes ReNEW program and his research with PFAs, better known as Forever Chemicals. He also discusses engineering career paths, water treatment, and removing toxins.