Jennifer Molski of HF Christmas Tree Recycling and Kay McKeen of SCARCE explain to recycle trees, lights and other holiday jetsum. Then Mike, Peggy and Rick DiMaio discuss the environmental stories of 2017.
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It’s a Wonderful Slice of It’s a Wonderful Life makes its return to the airwaves featuring the Not Even Ready for Weekend Smart Talk Players, after bird conservationist Judy Pollock reports on the annual Christmas Bird Count.
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Adam Federman of The Nation Magazine talks about his investigative series, The Plot to Loot America’s Wilderness, Beth Vercolio-Osmund explains why she’s running for the Illinois 16th District Congressional seat, and Whitney Richardson reports on the progress of The Kitchen Community and the Logan Square Winter Farmers Market.
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Doris Taylor from the Morton Arboretum Plant Clinic talks about why trees have been reluctant to drop their leaves this fall, Kate Green from Lurvey Garden Center has information on holiday plants, and meteorologist Rick DiMaio reports on California wildfires and the year in climate change.
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Chris VanCleave, “The Redneck Rosarian,” is back to make sure your roses are ready to survive whatever winter Chicago decides to have this year. Carey Gillam talks about her important new book, Whitewash, about why the weed killer glyphosate (in Roundup) is still controversial.
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Michelle Byrne Walsh from State By State Gardening returns to share her annual list of The Good, The Bad and The Wha? of holiday garden and environmental gift giving. Polly McGann and Victor Zaderej present an update of their terrific Happy Leaf LED grow lights.
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Anna Stork, co-founder of LuminAID Lab, explains how she and her business partner are helping victims of natural disasters by supplying the with portable, inflatable solar lights. Chicago Alderman Scott Waguespack talks about why Chicago still can’t recycle.
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Mike and Peggy welcome back Scott Stewart, Executive Director of the Millennium Park Foundation, on the eve of that group’s 20th anniversary, and environmental reporter Kari Lydersen, who reports on a victory over fracking in Illinois and the future of the Future Energy Jobs Act.
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Mike and Peggy celebrate their final Saturday show (they’ll still be on Sundays from 9-11am!) at the 10th Anniversary Green Living Expo at McHenry County College in Crystal Lake.
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The #GiveHealthyMovement, McHenry County College Green Living Expo, and a some bad days at Bubbly Creek are covered in the first hour. Then Bill Whitney from City Bee Savers comes to the studio to talk about the search for queen bees that can survive in northern Illinois.
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