environment

Lincoln Yards Meeting
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Illinois Hemp, Lincoln Yards Controversy

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Three farmers and Liz Moran Stelk from Illinois Stewardship Alliance explain why the signing of the industrial hemp bill makes sense for the state. Alderman Scott Waguespack and representatives of Friends of the North Branch Park & Nature Preserve talk about the fight to make open space in the new Lincoln Yards neighborhood.

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William Moss with Mike and Peggy
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(William) Moss, Leaves and Carriage Horses

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William Moss The Garden Boss returns to the show to offer gardening advice. Mike and Peggy examine the latest in the battle regarding whether the carriage horse industry will continue in Chicago.

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Melinda Myers, Gardening Queen
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Return of the Gardening Queen

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Gardening expert Melinda Myers returns to talk about late season strategies for your outdoor garden and early season strategies for indoor plants. Mike and Peggy report on post-election environmental stories.

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Chef Carrie Schloss explains honey varietals
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A Taste of Honey Varietals

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Carrie Schloss wrote The Asheville Bee Charmer Cookbook and visits the WCGO studios to talk recipes featuring honey. Jerry Gudauskas of the Illinois Beekeepers Association talks about the insects that make the honey. Mike and Peggy look at environmental stories of the past few weeks.

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Learning to Love Bats with Joy O'Keefe
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Learning to Love Bats

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As we celebrate Bat Week, Indiana State University’s Joy O’Keefe tells us why this mammal is so important and so misunderstood. Kim Hankins previews the Green Living Expo at McHenry County College. Madison Hopkins from the Better Government Association follows up on her wave-making article about recycling in Chicago.

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Planting Fall Bulbs - Species tulip
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Planting Fall Bulbs…and Votes

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Horticulturist Dan Kosta from Vern Goers Greenhouse has advice on getting your spring blooming bulbs in the ground while there’s still time. P.J. Miller tells you why Happy Leaf LED grow lights are a great way to jump start your seedlings or keep plants healthy throughout the winter. Mike and Peggy report on the endorsements of environmental groups for the 2018 elections.

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We Are the Champions

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Landscape architect Thomas Rainer offers some heretical advice on what makes plants happy. Peggy and Mike welcome some winning gardeners from the Chicago Excellence in Gardening Awards ceremony.

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Peggy and The Wisconsin Vegetable Gardener
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Mark and Marcus: Music and Sustainability

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Folk musician Mark Dvorak and Stephanie Schrodt stop by the studio to promote next week’s Folktober Fest in Oak Park. Holly and Joey Baird, The Wisconsin Vegetable Gardener, have early fall tips. In the advance of the ILCA’s IMPACT Conference, Marcus de la fleur talks about the benefit of putting native plants in your home’s landscape, and the difficulty of finding companies that will maintain them.

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Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
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Midewin: Where the Buffalo Roam

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Mike and Peggy broadcast live from Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, just southwest of Chicago near Wilmington, Illinois, and talk to range of guests about one of the great restoration projects in the history of the planet.

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Helianthus!

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The cast and crew of Green Scene’s play “Helianthus!” come to the WCGO studios to talk about this theatrical history of the plant we call a sunflower. Gary Oppenheimer of AmpleHarvest.org is back on the final day of Food Waste Weekend to promote the productive distribution of excess food in America.

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