Green Sense Radio

Used Electric Vehicles - Green Sense Minute

Tom Appel, Publisher of Consumer Guide Automotive and host of the Car Stuff podcast, discusses why used EVs are affordable.

Buying used EVs - Tom Appel

We're happy to have Tom Appel, publisher of Consumer Guide Automotive and host of the Car Stuff Podcast, back on the show to give advice for buying a used electric vehicle. He describes changes in the auto market, why there are so many used EVs available, where people can buy them and get the best deal, facts about battery life, and more.

Investing for impact - Green Sense Minute

Laura Fieselman is Vice President of Operations at Salient Predictions, which uses data and machine learning to predict climate trends and weather risks.

Impact investing

Generating a return on investment and making a social impact: this week Robert Colangelo speaks with Laura Fieselman, Vice President of Operations at Salient Predictions, a startup that is using data and machine learning to predict climate trends and weather risks. Laura explains the capital markets, and thoroughly discusses the specifics of how impact investments are implemented and achieved.

Farmer Buy Local - Green Sense Minute

This week’s Green Sense Minute features Andrea Matranga, an economic historian at Università di Torino in Italy, who researches how the first agriculture or neolithic revolution was driven by climate change. 

Agriculture a mistake?

Andrea Matranga, a researcher and economic historian at Università di Torino in Italy, wrote an academic paper, "The Ant and the Grasshopper: Seasonality and the Invention of Agriculture." In this episode, Robert Colangelo and Andrea discuss if agriculture was the worst mistake in the history of mankind, forcing us into sedentary lifestyles, or if it lay the foundation for civilization to flourish.

Seeing the Universe - Green Sense Minute

This week’s Green Sense Minute features Ryan Lynch, staff scientist at the Green Bank Observatory, who talks about how new technology can help us understand the universe.

Ryan Lynch - Green Bank Observatory

Ryan Lynch is staff scientist at the Green Bank Observatory, a $100-million facility that includes the largest steerable radio telescope in the world. It is used to study the galaxy's gravitational waves and objects in our solar system. Ryan talks about the wide variety of science that collects information near Earth, and even billions of light years away. He also describes life in the Quiet Zone and innovations that are transforming our understanding of the universe.

International Seed Bank - Green Sense Minute

Lise Lykke Steffensen, CEO of NordGen, talks about the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway, where duplicate seeds are stored from around the world.

The most diverse bank

We welcome back Lise Lykke Steffensen, who is soon stepping down from being CEO of NordGen, which helps run the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway. She explains why the seed bank is in a remote location, what kinds of seed duplicates are stored there, and how they address climate change and ensure diversity.