Electric Grid Solutions
Energy is not just about power plants and poles anymore. Autumn Proudlove, Associate Director of Policy and Markets at the North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center, talks about how customers are becoming active participants in the grid.
Home Energy Audit Tips
How can you benefit from a home energy audit? Ron and Rich Cowgill explain how an audit is done and how you can save money.
David Gohlke: EV Supply Chain
David Gohlke, energy and environmental analyst at Argonne National Laboratory, discusses the full span of electric vehicles.
Roberto Rodriguez: Green Cleaning
Roberto Rodriguez is an instructor in the Green Janitor educational program at SEIU and works at Northwestern University.
Julian Spector: Inflation Reduction Act
Julian Spector from Canary Media explains the finances and climate change aspects of the IRA (Inflation Reduction Act).
Heather Murphy: Cooling the Desert
Heather Murphy from the Street Transportation Department for the City of Phoenix talks about how they are cooling the pavement in the hot desert city.
Tonatiu Rodriguez: Growing Trees with Openlands
Tony (Tonatiu) Rodriguez, Forestry Program Coordinator at Openlands, talks about growing trees and protecting urban forests.
Green Automotive News Update
Green Automotive News Update: EV Technology, Government Incentives, and More with Tom Appel, publisher of Consumer Guide Automotive.
Margaret Frisbie: Friends of the Chicago River
Margaret Frisbie, executive director of Friends of the Chicago River, returns to the Green Sense show to discuss clean water and a free tool to help organizations.
Dan McCarthy: Clean Energy
Dan McCarthy, news editor at Canary Media, discusses what is causing a clean energy manufacturing boom in the U.S.
Adler Planetarium: Pink Floyd and Eclipses
Michelle Nichols is back on the show to give an update on eclipses and the Pink Floyd “Dark Side of the Moon” immersive show at the Adler Planetarium.
Deborah Binder: Earthships
Earthships help make the planet a better place for the future. Deborah Binder talks about how a home can be a self-contained vessel, built to be sustainable.
Alison Sant: Urban Solutions
Alison Sant is the author of From the Ground Up: Local Efforts to Create Resilient Cities (Island Press) and talks about how to create climate-resilient cities while addressing structural inequality.
Doug Farr: Climate Action Museum
Doug Farr, a nationally recognized architect, urbanist and author, returns to the Green Sense show to talk about the new Climate Action Museum in Chicago.
Anthony Tindall: Sustainable Recycling
Anthony Tindall manages the Cook County Department of Environment and Sustainability's Solid Waste Division and talks about the new partnership with South Suburban College and the creation of the Center for Hard to Recycle Materials (CHaRM).
Yang Yang: Agrovoltaics
Professor Yang Yang is lead scientist at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, where his team's transparent solar panel experiment can revolutionize indoor farming.
Michelle Nichols: Adler Planetarium
Michelle Nichols is director of Public Observing at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago, which is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd's bestselling album, "The Dark Side Of The Moon," with an immersive audio visual experience.
Franklin Vanderbilt: Musician Making Change
Drummer Franklin Vanderbilt has performed with famous artists and is starting a youth center on Chicago’s West Side to teach life skills, art, and horticulture.
Chuck Knapp: Shedd Aquarium Conservation Research
Chuck Knapp, Vice President of Conservation Research at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, talks about his career and how people can get more engaged with conservation.
Tips for buying a new car
Tom Appel, publisher of Consumer Guide Automotive, gives tips on buying a new car: EV, hybrid, or gas?