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We start a brand new year with a brand new book. The Healthy Garden: Simple Steps for a Greener World is written by a couple of gardening pros–Kathleen Norris Brenzel and Mary-Kate Mackey. We’ll talk about how and especially why you should become a friend of the earth. Then Mike and Peggy talk about some of the environmental stories making headlines. And meteorologist Rick DiMaio has his first report of the year, following Chicago’s first snow of the year.

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SNAP SNAFU

July 21, 2018August 20, 2018 Mike Nowak Community Supported Fisheries, environment, Experimental Station, Farmers Markets, gardening, green living, Sitka Salmon Shares, SNAP, sustainability, The Green Divas, The Mike Nowak Show

Corey Chatman from the Experimental Station helps explain a potential issue concerning SNAP purchases at farmers markets across the country. Green Diva Meg talks about her new podcast at The Green Divas website. Dr. Nicolaas Mink of Sitka Salmon Shares addresses the challenges facing Community Supported Fisheries.

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May 6, 2018 – Chicago Grows Green Lawns and Rivers

May 5, 2018May 11, 2018 Mike Nowak environment, fish species, Friends of the Chicago River, gardening, green living, John Quail, Midwest Pesticide Action Center, organic lawn care, stormwater, sustainability, synthetic fertilizer, The Mike Nowak Show

Ruth Kerzee of the Midwest Pesticide Action Center explains what Chicago Grows Green Week has to do with your lawn. John Quail from Friends of the Chicago River highlights environmental victories and the outlook for the future of this urban river.

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Coal Ash Threat Dead Ahead!

April 28, 2018January 26, 2019 Mike Nowak coal ash, cold season crops, Eco-Justice Collaborative, environment, gardening, green living, Milwaukee, Prairie Rivers Network, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, The Wisconsin Vegetable Gardener

Holly and Joey Baird, The Wisconsin Vegetable Gardener, answer your gardening questions for a cold spring. Pam and Lan Richart from Eco-Justice Collaborative Andrew Rehn from Prairie Rivers Network explain the threat to a cherished east central Illinois river.

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April 15, 2018 – Science is for Citizens, Too

April 14, 2018April 19, 2018 Mike Nowak butterflies, Cam Davis, Doug Taron, energy efficiency, environment, gardening, green living, MWRD, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, stormwater, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, Yellow Brick Properites

Cheryl Julcher from Yellow Brick Properties is a realtor who uses sustainability as a selling point. Cam Davis just garnered 15,000 write-in votes for an MWRD seat in the Illinois primary. But will he be seated? Butterfly expert Doug Taron celebrates 30 years of the Illinois Butterfly Monitoring Network, and has a monarch update.

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Expect Great Growing in 2022

How to Create The Healthy Garden

Net Zero Energy Design…and Beyond!

The REAL National Emergency: Food Justice and Food Insecurity

SNAP SNAFU

Live from Custer Fair in Evanston

May 6, 2018 – Chicago Grows Green Lawns and Rivers

Coal Ash Threat Dead Ahead!

Make Earth Day Count

April 15, 2018 – Science is for Citizens, Too