Michele Hoffman Archives

March 25, 2018 – Microcosm Rides Again!

March 24, 2018April 1, 2018 Mike Nowak Crate Free Illinois, environment, gardening, gestation crates, Go Green Oak Park, Macy's State Street, Michele Hoffman, Microcosm, pesticide preemption laws, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, Trader Joes

Mike and Peggy preview the 2018 Macy’s Flower Show, discuss how Go Green Oak Park is waging a battle against unnecessary pesticide use, talk to Michele Hoffman at the Science Desk about her upcoming voyage to Alaska to shoot more footage for the film Microcosm and how you can participate, and examine a victory for Crate Free Illinois in the fight against animal cruelty.

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October 15, 2017 – When Plants Fight City Hall

October 15, 2017May 1, 2021 Mike Nowak coral reefs microfragmenting, environment, extended growing season, gardening, green living, hoop house, Michele Hoffman, native plants, Nicole Virgil, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show

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Nicole Virgil wants to grow vegetables in a backyard hoop house and Ron Cress wants to grow native plants on his lot, and they both find themselves fighting City Hall to make it happen. Michele Hoffman welcomes Dr. David Vaughan to the Science Desk to talk about his new growing technique that might give the world’s declining coral reefs a fighting chance.

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August 20, 2017 – Respect for Animals Large and Small

August 19, 2017August 29, 2017 Mike Nowak agriculture, coral reefs, Crate Free Illinois, environment, factory farms, gardening, Humane Society, Mark Schick, Michele Hoffman, Microcosm, Shedd Aquarium, The Mike Nowak Show

Jessica Chipkin from Crate Free Illinois and Scott Beckstead of the Humane Society preview the new Illinois Agriculture Advisory Council. Michele Hoffman of Microcosm and the Shedd Aquarium’s Mark Schick report on the future of the oceans’ coral populations.

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July 23, 2017 – Soil Sisters, Ocean’s Daughter

July 22, 2017July 25, 2017 Mike Nowak Chicago North Branch Corridor, Deepwater Horizon, Elaine Coorens, environment, gardening, In Her Boots, Linda Kivirist, Michele Hoffman, Microcosm, plankton, Soil Sisters, The Mike Nowak Show, women farmers

Farmers Lisa Kivirist and Alison Parker preview coming Soil Sisters and In Her Boots events. Scientist, educator and filmmaker Michele Hoffman previews her trip to Florida to research plankton and the affects of the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe. Elaine Coorens explains a coming deal for new land use in the North Branch Industrial Corridor in Chicago.

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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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The state of urban agriculture and new environmentalists

May 30, 2013 Mike Nowak 350.org, Advocates for urban Agriculture, Chicago Youth Climate Coalition, Farmers for Chicago, fossil fuel divestiture, March Against Monsanto, Michele Hoffman, Microcosm, sustainability

May 26, 2013 The state of urban agriculture in Chicago Ten years ago, if you had said that the City