carbon sequestration Archives

Doug Tallamy on Fighting to Save Trees and Natural Areas

April 9, 2022April 16, 2022 Mike Nowak carbon sequestration, David J. Nowak, Doug Tallamy, Homegrown National Park, Jeannette Hoyt, native plants, Peggy Malecki, Save Bell Bowl Prairie, Save Jackson Park, The Mike Nowak Show, tree loss due to Obama Presidential Center, USDA Forest Service

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Author and educator Doug Tallamy returns to the show to talk about the importance of protecting and creating spaces to promote biodiversity. Jeannette Hoyt from Save Jackson Park and David J. Nowak from the USDA Forest Service in Syracuse, New York, discuss the damage done to local ecosystems–and urban neighborhoods–by removing large swaths of trees, which is happening with the construction of the Obama Presidential Center on Chicago’s south side.

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Straw Bale Solutions, Carbon Solutions

February 17, 2019February 29, 2020 Mike Nowak carbon sequestration, Cottage in the Court, Dirt Rich, environment, Joel Karsten, Marcy Cravat, One Earth Film Festival, Peggy Malecki, poor soil, Straw Bale Gardening, sustainability, Teresa Speight, The Mike Nowak Show

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Teresa Speight from Cottage in the Court talks about passing along her passion for gardening. Joel Karsten explains why the techniques in Straw Bale Solutions have become popular throughout the world. Marcy Cravat returns to the One Earth Film Festival with a documentary about our hopes for sequestering carbon.

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The Challenge of Biochar and Biosolids

May 20, 2018June 1, 2018 Mike Nowak 2018 Farm Bill, biochar, biosolids, carbon sequestration, environment, gardening, Jackson Park, local food, MRWD, Obama Presidential Center, rural energy, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show

Juanita Irizarry from Friends of the Parks returns to talk about the progress of the proposed Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park. Liz Moran Stelk of Illinois Stewardship Alliance and Andy Olsen from ELPC say we need a better 2018 Farm Bill. Dan Dinelli from North Shore Country Club, Tom Marerro of Wakefield Biochar and Dominic Brose from MWRD talk biochar and biosolids.