
We face economic, environmental, and social challenges every day that require sustainable solutions. Entrepreneur, scientist, and author Robert Colangelo talks with experts across a variety of global sectors – Energy, Transportation, Food, Agriculture, Water & Waste Management, Climate, and more. Every week, Robert and his guests explore practical, cost-effective, and innovative solutions. You’ll hear objective facts to help you make informed choices so that your lifestyle and business can be more sustainable. 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 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.

Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Relax in Nature - Cook County Commissioner Josina Morita
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Cook County Commissioner Josina Morita (13th District) is back on the show to talk about how the county's forest preserves can help you relax, and how nature can be a cure for the wintertime blues. She also discusses how she is addressing inequities and promoting diversity.

Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Forests and Mental Health - Green Sense Minute
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Tuesday Nov 21, 2023
Cook County Commissioner Josina Morita (13th District) talks about how forest preserves can help you relax.

Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Dr. Ross Cunning: Coral Reef Researcher at the Shedd Aquarium
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Dr. Ross Cunning, research expert at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium, says the ocean's coral reefs are living animals, the start of the food chain, and incredibly important. He discusses what his recent research expedition revealed about how coral bleaching affects the Dry Tortugas off of Miami's coast and the Florida Keys.

Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Protect Coral Reefs - Green Sense Minute
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Tuesday Nov 14, 2023
Dr. Ross Cunning, research expert at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium, explains why coral reefs are very important.

Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
Why So Many EVs? Tom Appel Explains
Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
Tom Appel, publisher of Consumer Guide Automotive, is back with an update on how the UAW strike is affecting the car business, recent trends in EV sales, and why electric vehicles are piling up in dealers' lots and in the supply chain.

Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
UAW and EVs - Green Sense Minute
Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
Tuesday Nov 07, 2023
Tom Appel, publisher of Consumer Guide Automotive, talks about the volatility of the electric vehicle market and how the UAW strike affects it.

Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Netflix Painkiller Attorney and Big Oil - Green Sense Minute
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Jeffrey Simon is the real lawyer behind the Netflix series Painkiller. Now he's focused on how Big Oil is hiding the facts about fossil fuels.

Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Attorney Jeffrey Simon on Netflix, Environment, Corporations
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Tuesday Oct 31, 2023
Jeffrey Simon is the real lawyer behind the Netflix series Painkiller, and he won a historic 2-billion dollar settlement from Johnson & Johnson and other pharmaceutical companies. Now he's suing oil companies for 52 billion dollars. Jeffrey talks about how justice should be achieved, how the petroleum industry is harming the environment, his book Last Rites, and how companies shouldn't harm the public through recklessness or misinformation.