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
Wednesday Feb 16, 2022
Wednesday Feb 16, 2022
There are currently 2.4 billion people around the world who don’t have access to clean water because of poor or no infrastructure to treat wastewater. This week we spoke to Triangle Environmental’s Founder & Principal Tate Rogers to learn more about the company’s development of a small on-site water treatment system that maximizes the chemical energy potential contained in wastewater to produce zero-waste and valuable effluent streams.
Monday Feb 07, 2022
Monday Feb 07, 2022
This week we are joined by AppHarvest founder and CEO Jonathan Webb to discuss how
AppHarvest hopes to become the farm of the future, investing in robotics and artificial
intelligence, while transforming Appalachia into a year-round hub for vegetable production.
Johnathan will also be the keynote speaker at Indoor Ag Con, Feb28- March 1 st in Las Vegas.
Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
President Biden began his term nearly a year ago facing massive environmental and public health challenges. One year in, how has his administration fared when it comes to the big environmental issues - especially ones that don’t get much media coverage?
This week we’re joined by Lisa Frank with Environment America Research & Policy Center to look at how the current administration is tackling environmental challenges such as climate change, pollution, energy policy, and more.
Tuesday Jan 25, 2022
Tuesday Jan 25, 2022
This week we spoke with Anthony Dente, principal engineer, Verdant Structural Engineers
to discuss sustainable building material such as straw, bamboo, hemp, and cob as novel new green building materials. We review the benefits and limitations and talk about projects in which straw has been used to construct residential and low-rise commercial buildings.
Tuesday Jan 18, 2022
Tuesday Jan 18, 2022
Eight million metric tons of plastic waste end up in our oceans each year. This week we spoke to Patrick Simpson of PKS consulting, who is working to launch a Mobile Plastic Ocean Waste Recycler pilot system in Alaska coastal communities. Listen to the full episode and learn how this system collects plastic in the oceans and turns it into usable plastic building materials, creating an economic driver for ocean cleanup.
Wednesday Jan 12, 2022
Wednesday Jan 12, 2022
It’s a new year and you’re ready for change – it’s finally time to trade that paycheck for a dream. But how do you start your startup and make the world more sustainable? Gener8tor is a nationally ranked accelerator program that brings together founders, investors, corporations, job seekers, universities, musicians and artists. This week we spoke with Ryan Jeffery, Managing Director of the newly launched Sustainability Accelerator to discuss how Gener8tor is launching a new program to accelerate investing in sustainability and climate tech startups. He talks about the program and how you can be one of the five winners picked to enter the program- the reward a $100,000 investment.
Tuesday Jan 04, 2022
Tuesday Jan 04, 2022
It’s easy to be negative these days as the media bombards us with news about the ongoing pandemic, inflation, kinks in the supply chain, a dysfunctional government compounded by a waterfall of negative social media that can make the future feel hopeless. But what if, technology and innovation can turn all that negativity into innovation that make life better for us all?
Practical Futurist Michael Rogers has been tracking trends in technology for decades. He's a speaker, moderator, panelist, author, journalist, not to mention the New York Times futurist in residence. Michael shares his optimistic insight into how technology will make a better life better.
Wednesday Dec 22, 2021
Wednesday Dec 22, 2021
This week we sat down with Tom Appel, publisher of Consumer Guide automotive for a look back on this year’s top automotive news. This included a discussion on Charge anxiety, EV price hurdles, Toyota’s $70 B investment in EVs and why Elon Musk is Times person of the year.
Tuesday Dec 21, 2021
Tuesday Dec 21, 2021
Commercial food production and food waste are responsible for one-third of greenhouse gasses. This week we spoke with Rian McDonnell, CEO of FloWaste, a technology startup that is determined to address the business, environmental and ethical issues of food waste. FloWaste uses AI that includes a camera-driven, machine learning system that tracks how food is being wasted - and how it can be reduced.
Wednesday Dec 08, 2021
Wednesday Dec 08, 2021
If the pandemic taught us anything, it’s that video games are more popular than ever. With millions of games available and players at every age it brings up the question, how can we share important messaging through these games? This week we spoke with Earthshot’s Co-founder and President Mark Bernstein to discuss the company’s new development of video games that are inspiring climate change.