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Environmental justice - Crawford Coal Plant

Environmental Justice Is Social Justice

June 6, 2020November 2, 2020 Mike Nowak Black Lives Matter, Community Supported Agriculture, Crawford Coal Plant, eco-influencer, environmental justice and social justice, George Floyd, Keep Eating Healthy campaign, Kim Wasserman, local food during pandemic, national protests against racism in America, Peggy Malecki, The Mike Nowak Show

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Part of the national conversation about the death of George Floyd involves how social justice is tied to environmental justice. We welcome Veronica Kyle from Faith in Place, scholar and activist Mila K. Marshall and Michael Howard from Eden Place Nature Center to talk about how we move forward. Then, four businesses from our Keep Eating Healthy campaign stop by to talk about what the COVID Spring season has been like.

Keep Eating Healthy - Peggy Malecki and Jody Osmund

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Keep Eating Healthy and Grow Some Food Yourself

April 4, 2020April 15, 2020 Mike Nowak Bartlett Tree Experts, Cedar Valley Sustainable Farm CSA, Chicago Botanic Garden, eco-influencer, Green City Market Chicago, Keep Eating Healthy campaign, landscaping as essential business during coronavirus outbreak, Lisa Hilgenberg, Peggy Malecki, Prairie Fruits Farm & Creamery, Regenstein Fruit and Vegetable Garden, The Mike Nowak Show

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Lisa Hilgenberg from the Regenstein Fruit and Vegetable Garden at the Chicago Botanic Garden explains how 50,000 plants get maintained during a coronavirus outbreak. Scott Jamieson from Bartlett Tree Experts reports on the kind of essential tree care work that can still be done during a stay-at-home order. Jody Osmund from Cedar Valley Sustainable Farm CSA, Leslie Cooperband and Wes Jarrell from Prairie Fruits Farm & Creamery, and Melissa Flynn of the Chicago Green City Market are all working to keep local farmers in business during this crisis.