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The New Sustainable Reality

September 26, 2020November 2, 2020 Mike Nowak Alaina Harkness, Chicago Water Week, Current Chicago, eco-influencer, fall tree care, Great Lakes, Peggy Malecki, Skeet from Bartlett Tree Experts, The Mike Nowak Show, trees under drought stress

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The New Sustainable Reality refers not only to trees and water, but Mike and Peggy’s new Internet-only show. They talk to Skeet from Bartlett Tree Experts about fall tree care. Alaina Harkness is executive director of Current, which calls itself a “water innovation hub.” She talks about the first ever Chicago Water Week, taking place virtually from September 28 to October 2.

Protecting Plovers in Chicago - Montrose Beach

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Protecting Piping Plovers in Chicago

June 29, 2019July 2, 2019 Mike Nowak Chicago Ornithological Society, environment, fireworks, gardening, Great Lakes, Kathleen Thompson, MAMBY, Montrose Beach, Peggy Malecki, piping plover, Recall Desk, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show

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Mike and Peggy follow up on last week’s conversation about the return of the piping plover to Chicago’s Montrose Beach, and how its progress is being threatened by the scheduled MAMBY concert event. Paul Fehrenbacher from the Montrose Lakefront Coalition (MLC) and Douglas Stotz, senior conservation ecologist in the Keller Science Action Center at the Field Museum are working to save an endangered species. Kathleen Thompson reports from the “Recall Desk.” You won’t want to miss it.

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July 2, 2017 – Carpin’ About Climate

July 1, 2017July 7, 2017 Mike Nowak Asian carp, climate change, environment, gardening, Great Lakes, invasive species, Joel Brammeier, Michele Hoffman, Microcosm, Rick DiMaio, science, The Mike Nowak Show

Mike and Peggy talk with Alliance for the Great Lakes president and CEO Joel Brammeier about whether it is already too late to keep Asian carp out of Lake Michigan, and discuss All Hands on Deck, an effort to examine all facets of protecting the Great Lakes. Then Meteorologist Rick DiMaio and educator and filmmaker Michele Hoffman discuss climate change on the eve of Rick’s trip to Iceland with students from Loyola University.

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April 29 & 30, 2017 – A Sunday Kind of Show

April 28, 2017May 23, 2017 Mike Nowak bobcats, Brad Temkin, coyotes, Dan Egan, environment, gardening, Great Lakes, Humane Society, invasive species, Logic Lawn Care, Marc Ayres, Professor Mike Bryson, St. Lawrence Seaway, The Mike Nowak Show

Starting this weekend, Peggy and Mike are on 1590 WCGO on Saturdays from 10 to 11am and on Sundays from 9 to 11 am. This week, they talk green roofs, green and natural lawns, keeping the Great Lakes healthy, and keeping predator hunting in Illinois ethical.