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Chicken Enthusiasts and Monarch Supporters

September 15, 2018September 21, 2019 Mike Nowak butterflies, Chicago Chicken Enthusiasts, Doug Taron, dragonflies, environment, From the Start Band, gardening, monarch migration, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, urban agriculture, Windy City Coop Tour

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Members of the Chicago Chicken Enthusiasts promote the 2018 Windy City Coop & Eco-Yard Tour…and provide some musical entertainment. Mike test drives an electric vehicle in nine minutes. Doug Taron, PhD from the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum reports on large numbers of migrating monarch butterflies.

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The Budburst Challenge: Natives v. Nativars

July 14, 2018July 20, 2018 Mike Nowak butterflies, citizen scientists, environment, gardening, Kayri Havens, Laury Lewis, master gardener, phenology, pollinators, Project Budburst, Sheffield Music Festival and Garden Walk, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show

Chicago Master Gardener Laury Lewis stops by the studio to preview the 50th Annual Sheffield Music Festival & Garden Walk and answer gardening questions. Kayri Havens and Jennifer Schwarz Ballard from Budburst at the Chicago Botanic Garden are looking for citizen scientists to participate in the Nativars Research Project.

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April 15, 2018 – Science is for Citizens, Too

April 14, 2018April 19, 2018 Mike Nowak butterflies, Cam Davis, Doug Taron, energy efficiency, environment, gardening, green living, MWRD, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, stormwater, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, Yellow Brick Properites

Cheryl Julcher from Yellow Brick Properties is a realtor who uses sustainability as a selling point. Cam Davis just garnered 15,000 write-in votes for an MWRD seat in the Illinois primary. But will he be seated? Butterfly expert Doug Taron celebrates 30 years of the Illinois Butterfly Monitoring Network, and has a monarch update.

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March 18, 2018 – Live from the 2018 Chicago Flower & Garden Show!

March 17, 2018April 1, 2018 Mike Nowak butterflies, Chicago Flower and Garden Show, Chris VanCleave, environment, gardening, green living, Natural Garden Natives, Purple Cow Organics, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, The Rose Kings, William Moss, Wyld Creek Water Gardens

Mike and Peggy broadcast live from the 2018 Chicago Flower & Garden Show. They talk to show president Tony Abruscato, The Rose Kings Chris VanCleave and Brian Puckett, Sandy Syburg from Purple Cow Organics, William Moss the Garden Boss, and Janie Grillo aka Butterfly Jane.

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Purple Cows, Orange Butterflies and Glorious Sleep

September 12, 2010September 12, 2010 Mike Nowak butterflies, compost, Illinois Extension, Mighty House, Monarch Watch, Mr Brown Thumb, peat moss, Purple Cow Organics, sustainability

September 12 , 2010 Welcome to our new time–9:00 to 11:00 a.m.! Did you enjoy that extra hour of sleep?