About

Why do we tell these stories?

The Green Chem Essential video and podcast series tells stories about the work that’s happening in the field of Green Chemistry, and about the inspiring people who do that work.

Why should anyone care about Green Chemistry?

Consider the all things we need and use on a daily basis -- energy, water, food, clothing, shelter, communication, transportation, medicine. If we want to tackle climate change and create a more sustainable future, we have to find cleaner, safer, and more efficient ways to get these things.

In most cases, that requires thoughtfully redesigning these things, and the processes we use to make these things, all the way down at the molecular level.

Green Chemistry makes that possible. In this science lies the potential for hope, and the possibility for action.

Background

Green Chem Essential is produced and hosted by media veteran James Rea. James brings to this effort more than 25 years of experience in communicating green chemistry, and related sustainability topics, to a wide range of audiences, and across all media formats.

This includes work with the U.S. EPA, National Public Radio (NPR), the ACS Green Chemistry Institute, the Center for Green Chemistry & Green Engineering at Yale, Change Chemistry, and Beyond Benign.

James’s years of experience in producing radio and web video programming led him, in 2015, to become a workshop instructor with the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, a role he proudly continues to fill.

Taken together, this media production and coaching experience has given James a unique ability to interview experts in a way that lets the audience both understand the work, no matter how complex, and appreciate the person behind that work. It’s a powerful combination that forms a wonderful foundation for every episode of Green Chem Essential.