Chicago Chicken Enthusiasts Archives

Guy McPherson and Near Term Human Extinction

September 28, 2019September 30, 2019 Mike Nowak Advocates for urban Agriculture, animal welfare, Chicago Chicken Enthusiasts, climate change, environment, feedback loops, gardening, Guy McPherson, Nature Bats Last, Peggy Malecki, roosters, The Mike Nowak Show, urban livestock

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Guy McPherson, professor emeritus at the University of Arizona, returns to the show to talk about his blog Nature Bats Last. He believes we are in the end days as a species, and has paid the price for being so outspoken. Laura Calvert from Advocates for Urban Agriculture and Martha Boyd of Chicagoland Chicken Enthusiasts report on their opposition to a proposed ordinance that would ban roosters and impose fees and fines on people raising livestock in the city.

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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.

Information from Past Shows

Chicken tours and lawn cures

September 21, 2012 Mike Nowak Chicago Chicken Enthusiasts, Illinois Extension, Martha Boyd, Melinda Myers, Milorganite, natural lawn care, urban agriculture, Windy City Coop Tour

September 16, 2012 Ladies and Gentlemen, start your chickens! I don’t care how seriously other people take them, I still