gardening, the environment, green living and a lot of humor

Juanita Irizarry is Executive Director of Friends of the Parks (FTOTP). She talks about recent issues involving the watchdog organization, including the planned Barack Obama Presidential Libary in Jackson Park, a proposed PGA-calilbre golf course on the city's south side and the group's victory in keeping the proposed Lucas museum from claiming lakefront land. She promotes an upcoming conference called Rethinking the Role of Chicago’s Parks: Parks As Democracy?