Green Sense Radio

Chris Castro, founding director, executive vice president, and chief sustainability officer at Climate First Bank, says clean energy projects are creating more jobs.

Chris Castro is founding director, executive vice president, and chief sustainability officer at Climate First Bank. He discusses how the bank interacts with customers, net zero operations, climate-based lending, and funding clean energy projects. He also assesses evolving climate change goals, clean energy targets, and the effects of the new Trump administration's policies. Chris was previously o...

Tom Appel, Publisher of Consumer Guide Automotive, discusses Tesla's declining profits.

Tesla's Q1 profits are reportedly down 71 percent. Tom Appel, publisher of  Consumer Guide Automotive  and host of the  Car Stuff Podcast , gives us the latest information about Tesla and the future of electric vehicles, how the other companies are doing, fluctuating prices, and how the used and new EV market has developed.

Carey Gillam is Managing Editor of The New Lede  and author of The Monsanto Papers: Deadly Secrets, Corporate Corruption, and One Man's Search for Justice. 

Jeff St. John, Director of News and Special Projects at Canary Media, explains why clean energy is important.

Jeff St. John, Director of News and Special Projects at Canary Media, discusses the Trump administration's new executive orders and policy initiatives, and how they affect various aspects of sustainability efforts, including clean energy, environmental protection, the EPA, and program funding. Jeff also breaks down several issues, including the Inflation Reduction Act and infrastructure, energy so...

Kim Blomquist, Senior Director of Marketing and Communications at MHub, describes what Hardtech is.

Kim Blomquist is back on the Green Sense show in her new role as Senior Director of Marketing and Communications at mHUB, which hosted the HardTech Summit in March. She explains what Hardtech is and shares insights from the summit, which included the annual Revolution Awards. Kim also gives us an update on how startups can access mHub resources including the prototyping lab, the support ecosystem,...

Yasmina Zaidman, Chief Development and Partnerships Officer at Acumen, describes how they invest in entrepreneurs to alleviate poverty.

Yasmina Zaidman is the Chief Development and Partnerships Officer at Acumen, a non-profit that uses an investment approach to fund entrepreneurs to decrease poverty. Yasmina also describes her career journey and shares advice for people who want to make a sustainable difference in global issues.

Chris Higgins, founder of Urban Ag News, is a third-generation farmer and an expert in controlled environment agriculture (CEA). He explains why investors have lost interest in CEA. 

Chris Higgins is a third-generation farmer and the founder of Urban Ag News. He is back on the show to discuss how controlled environment agriculture (CEA) was once a hotbed for innovation, and why investors have lost interest. He also does a deep dive into the challenges indoor farmers face, including how crops are grown and distributed, and the input costs and labor.

Sybil Derrible, Professor of Urban Engineering at the University of Illinois Chicago and author of The Infrastructure Book: How Cities Work and Power Our Lives, explains why cities should be more sustainable.

Sybil Derrible is Professor of Urban Engineering at the University of Illinois Chicago, where he also directs the Complex and Sustainable Urban Networks Lab. We're thrilled to have him back on the show to discuss his new book, The Infrastructure Book: How Cities Work and Power Our Lives. He also offers a deep dive into how urban renewal can be technical and sustainable.

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

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.

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

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.

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. 

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...

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 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...

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

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.