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 Aug 20, 2024
Mont Handley: Shark Tank, PittMoss, Purdue
Tuesday Aug 20, 2024
Tuesday Aug 20, 2024
Mont Handley is the founder of PittMoss and is the Associate Director of the Commercialization and Manufacturing Excellence Center in the College of Technology at Purdue University Northwest. He was a contestant on "Shark Tank" and talks about his experience on the show, how his business developed, the lessons he learned, and how he is leveraging that experience to help other entrepreneurs. Then Mont takes the Green Sense Quiz to answer questions about entrepreneurship.
Tuesday Aug 13, 2024
AI and Jobs - Green Sense Minute
Tuesday Aug 13, 2024
Tuesday Aug 13, 2024
Practical futurist Michael Rogers discusses how artificial intelligence will affect jobs.
Tuesday Aug 13, 2024
Michael Rogers - The Future
Tuesday Aug 13, 2024
Tuesday Aug 13, 2024
Michael Rogers is a practical futurist, author, and speaker. He discusses how artificial intelligence will affect jobs, including the greenhouse industry, education, and health care. Michael also describes advancements in material science, cities, and transportation. Then he talks about words that he thinks will be outdated in the future.
Tuesday Aug 06, 2024
Aurora's Fox River - Green Sense Minute
Tuesday Aug 06, 2024
Tuesday Aug 06, 2024
Alex Minnella, Senior Planner in the Mayor’s Office of Economic Development, discusses the Fox River as Aurora is becoming more sustainable.
Tuesday Aug 06, 2024
Alex Minnella - Sustainable Aurora
Tuesday Aug 06, 2024
Tuesday Aug 06, 2024
Alex Minnella, Senior Planner, Mayor’s Office of Economic Development, discusses Aurora's sustainability initiatives: the net zero neighborhood, EV readiness program, and portable housing and transportation. Alex also describes Aurora's location, economy, and how it became one of the first Illinois cities to get a casino. Then he answers questions about sustainability in the Green Sense Quiz.
Tuesday Jul 30, 2024
Charles Platkin - Food as Medicine
Tuesday Jul 30, 2024
Tuesday Jul 30, 2024
Charles Platkin, PhD, JD, MPH, is Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Food As Medicine. Charles describes how food can be used as medicine and sorts through the misinformation. He discusses his health journey and answers questions with food fun facts in the Green Sense Quiz.
Tuesday Jul 30, 2024
Food as Medicine - Green Sense Minute
Tuesday Jul 30, 2024
Tuesday Jul 30, 2024
Charles Platkin, Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Food As Medicine, discusses his latest research.
Tuesday Jul 23, 2024
Tom Appel on EV sales: up or down?
Tuesday Jul 23, 2024
Tuesday Jul 23, 2024
Are EVs still selling? Our electric vehicle expert, Tom Appel, publisher of Consumer Guide Automotive and host of the Car Stuff podcast, tells us what brands are popular, which companies are struggling, and where sales are stronger. Tom also answers questions to test his knowledge about EVs in the Green Sense Quiz.
Tuesday Jul 23, 2024
EV Sales - Green Sense Minute
Tuesday Jul 23, 2024
Tuesday Jul 23, 2024
Are EV sales really down? Tom Appel, publisher of Consumer Guide Automotive and host of the Car Stuff Podcast, explains why more electric vehicles are hitting the market this year.
Thursday Jul 18, 2024
Water to Hydrogen Gas - Green Sense Minute
Thursday Jul 18, 2024
Thursday Jul 18, 2024
Meenesh Singh, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Illinois Chicago, is researching a better way to make hydrogen gas.