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March 4, 2018 – On the Road Again

March 7, 2018 Mike Nowak

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Guests: Jim Slama of the Good Food EXPO; Cam Davis,write-in candidate for the MWRD; Kenneth Gallt of Foliage Design Systems

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March 4, 2018 – On the Road Again

March 4, 2018March 22, 2018 Mike Nowak Beth Vercolio-Osmund, Cam Davis, Congress, environment, gardening, Good Food EXPO, green living, Jim Slama, MWRD, sustainability, TerraCycle, The Mike Nowak Show, Tom Szaky

Mike and Peggy are on the road at the Greater Chicago Home + Remodeling Show in Schaumburg with show packed with guests–Jim Slama from the Good Food EXPO; Cam Davis, who is running as a write-in candidate for the MWRD; Kenneth Gallt of Foliage Design Systems of Chicago; genius recycler Tom Szaky from TerraCycle; and 16th Congressional District candidate Beth Vercolio-Osmund.

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February 25, 2018 – Celebrating Our One Earth

February 28, 2018 Mike Nowak

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Jim Nienhuis, Ph.D. talks about the evolution of vegetables and his work helping women entrepreneurs in Central America. Lisa Eldred

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February 25, 2018 – Celebrating Our One Earth

February 24, 2018February 28, 2018 Mike Nowak Chanda Chevannes, environment, gardening, indoor plants, Jim Nienhuis, Linda Booker, MCC Bioneers Series, One Earth Film Festival, plastic straws, Sandra Steingraber, sustainability, The Houseplant Guru, The Mike Nowak Show

Jim Nienhuis talks about the evolution of vegetables, his work helping women entrepreneurs in Central America, and his talk for the 2018 Great Lakes Bioneers McHenry County Speaker Series. Lisa Eldred Steinkopf has written House Plants: The Complete Guide. Mike and Peggy interview a couple of directors featured in the One Earth Film Festival, opening this week.

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February 18, 2018 – Being Christy

February 24, 2018 Mike Nowak

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The inimitable Christy Webber returns to talk horticulture, business and the Chicago Flower & Garden Show. Adam Federman from The

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February 18, 2018 – Being Christy

February 17, 2018February 24, 2018 Mike Nowak Adam Federman, Chicago Flower and Garden Show, Christy Webber, Department of the Interior, environment, fossil fuels, gardening, green living, immigration reform, landscaping, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show

The inimitable Christy Webber returns to talk horticulture, business and the Chicago Flower & Garden Show. Adam Federman from The Nation Magazine returns to report on the latest threats to what we thought were protected U.S. natural lands.

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February 11, 2018 – Healing Agriculture, Healing Earth

February 17, 2018 Mike Nowak

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Dr. John Ikerd, Craig Watts, and activist-farmer Karen Hudson talk about how to change industrial agriculture. Dr. Michael Schuck and

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February 11, 2018 – Healing Agriculture, Healing Earth

February 11, 2018February 24, 2018 Mike Nowak agroecology, Bioneers, CAFOs, environment, gardening, green living, Healing Earth, John Ikerd, Loyola University Chicago, McHenry County College, Pope Francis, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show

Dr. John Ikerd, former chicken raiser Craig Watts, and activist/farmer Karen Hudson preview the annual meeting of Illinois Citizens for Clean Air and Water and the many issues surrounding industrial agriculture. Dr. Michael Schuck and Dr. Nancy Tuchman from Loyola University Chicago explain their open source online textbook called Healing Earth.

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February 4, 2018 – Saving the Monarch, Round 2: Pessimists v. Optimists

February 9, 2018 Mike Nowak

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Kylee Baumlee, author of The Monarch: Saving Our Most-Loved Butterfly, visits the WCGO studios, along with Carol Niec and Kerrie

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February 4, 2018 – Saving the Monarch, Round 2: Pessimists v. Optimists

February 3, 2018February 9, 2018 Mike Nowak environment, extinction, gardening, green living, habitat loss, Kylee Baumlee, milkweed, monarch butterfly, seed germination, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, The Seed Keeper Company

Kylee Baumlee, author of The Monarch: Saving Our Most-Loved Butterfly, visits the WCGO studios, along with Carol Niec and Kerrie Rosenthal from The Seed Keeper Company. On a snowy day, Pat Skach fills in for meteorologist Rick DiMaio.