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?
Josina Morita
Cook County Commissioner Josina Morita talks about water conservation and water responsibility.
Lise Lykke Steffensen
Known as the Doomsday Vault, the Svalbard Seed Bank is located hundreds of miles beyond the Arctic Circle in Norway. Lise Lykke Steffensen, CEO of NordGen, shares the facts and clears up misinformation about the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
Quilen Blackwell
How can we help the inner city's economy? Quilen Blackwell, president and founder of the Chicago Eco House, discusses how his non-profit uses sustainability to alleviate poverty.
Ben Kravitz
We sit down with Ben Kravitz, an expert in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, to discuss the complex history of climate change and how political influences can sometimes distort scientific truths.
Marianne Lalonde
From Skepticism to Action: The Rise of Fact-Based Critical Thinkers in Politics
Mike Bryson
The role the arts and humanities play in changing hearts and minds about climate change, water conservation, and sustainability.
Ron Cowgill
Ron shares his thoughts on what makes housing affordable, tips for homeowners on saving money and energy by weatherizing their homes, and tips for installing a home EV charger.
Kelli Pelc
The Refilleri is a zero-waste store in Chicago, IL offering refillable or zero-waste solutions for a variety of products. Learn more about their high quality items with little impact to the Earth.
Joe Webber
Learn about Four Star Mushrooms, an indoor grow operation that sells its exotic mushrooms to the best restaurants in Chicago.