COVID-19 Archives

Trowels Out at Garden Rant

March 20, 2021May 18, 2021 Mike Nowak COVID-19, Current Water, Garden Rant, gardening controversies, Marianne Willburn, Peggy Malecki, Scott Beuerlein, Susan Harris, The Mike Nowak Show, water quality, World Water Day 2021

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Garden Rant is celebrating its 15th year of poison pens and killer wit about all things gardening. Ranter Marianne Willburn and co-founder Susan Harris stop by to talk about their work…and fun. Alaina Harkness of Current Water returns to talk about World Water Day 2021 and protecting water quality in the age of climate change and coronavirus.

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Volunteer Your Garden In a Food Crisis

May 2, 2020May 6, 2020 Mike Nowak AmpleHarvest.org, Bonnie Plants, COVID-19, eco-influencer, food insecurity, Gary Oppenheimer, healthy and sustainable homes, local food pantries, Meteorologist Rick DiMaio, Nate Kipnis, Peggy Malecki, The Mike Nowak Show

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Gary Oppenheimer from AmpleHarvest.org returns to the show to talk about his organization has teamed with Bonnie Plants to provide fresh produce to food pantries across the country. Architect Nate Kipnis talks about what a healthy home means in the time of COVID-19 and into the future.

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Easter Sunday in the Church of Green

April 11, 2020April 15, 2020 Mike Nowak clean air and water, COVID-19, Dr. Allan Armitage, eco-influencer, gardening walkabout, gutting environmental protections, Natural Resources Defense Council, Of Naked Ladies and Forget-Me-Nots, Peggy Malecki, rollback of Obama clean car standards, The Mike Nowak Show

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What’s Easter Sunday in the Church of Green? It’s a visit with garden expert and author Dr. Allan Armitage to talk about how COVID-19 has changed the way we grow things. Then it’s a visit from J.C. Kibbey and Mark Nabong from the NRDC, who report on the ways that our own government has forsaken the environmental health of its own lands, water and air for…what?

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Connecting in the Age of Coronavirus

March 15, 2020March 26, 2020 Mike Nowak carriage horse ban in Chicago, Chicago Alliance for Animals, Connecting in the Age of Coronavirus, COVID-19, Dr. Teresa Horton, eco-influencer, Jennifer Jewell of Cultivating Place, Jodie Wiederkehr, pandemic, Peggy Malecki, Rebecca McMackin from Brooklyn Bridge Park, The Mike Nowak Show, what is social distancing

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Mike and Peggy explore ways to connect with nature during a worldwide pandemic. Benjamin Futa, Jennifer Jewell and Rebecca McMackin from the canceled Spring Symposium at Allen Centennial Garden in Madison, Wisconsin talk about the refuge of your backyard in this crisis. Dr. Teresa Horton of the Nature, Culture, and Human Health Network explains how social distancing can affect communities. On a different note, Jodie Wiederkehr from the Chicago Alliance for Animals explains how carriage horses might be on verge of disappearing from Chicago, and why that’s a good thing.