The Green Divas Archives

Snakes, Forest Preserves and Green Divas

October 17, 2020November 2, 2020 Mike Nowak Cassandra West, eco-influencer, environmental politics, Forest Preserve Foundation, Grace Wu, Green New Deal, Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, Peggy Malecki, Racial Equity and Access to Nature, snakes of the upper Midwest, The Green Divas, The Mike Nowak Show

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Herpetologist Grace Wu talks about the snakes of Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie. Cassandra West previews the Forest Preserve Foundation 2020 Symposium, A conversation about Racial Equity and Access to Nature. Green Diva Meg and Green Diva Lisa talk environmental politics and make an announcement about a collaboration with The Mike Nowak Show with Peggy Malecki.

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Know Your Grow with William Moss

February 15, 2020February 17, 2020 Mike Nowak decline of amphibians, Frogs of Midewin, growing hemp, Know Your Grow, legal Cannabis in Illinois, Midewin Tallgrass Prairie, Peggy Malecki, reporting on climate change, The Green Divas, The Mike Nowak Show, William Moss The Garden Boss, Yale Climate Connections

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William Moss The Garden Boss returns to the show to talk about the challenges, horticultural and legal, of growing Cannabis in Illinois. Dr. Matthew Goldberg reports on the mission of Yale Climate Connections, a new addition to The Mike Nowak Show with Peggy Malecki. “Leap Year” has more than one meaning, as Trevor Edmonson from The Wetlands Initiative explains about his work with frogs at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie.

MLK Food Justice and Sustainability Weekend

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The REAL National Emergency: Food Justice and Food Insecurity

January 13, 2019May 17, 2019 Mike Nowak AmpleHarvest.org, environment, food justice, food pantries, gardening, Gary Oppenheimer, green living, pollinators, Robert Nevel, sustainability, Terri Reardon, The Green Divas, The Mike Nowak Show

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Green Diva Meg returns to talk low stress ways of being sustainable. Gary Oppenheimer of Ample Harvest explains how they’re working to help food pantries deal with the government shutdown. Robert Nevel of KAM Isaiah Israel and Terri Reardon of the Chicago Park District preview the 10th Annual MLK Food Justice and Sustainability Weekend.

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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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June 4, 2017 – Well-Tended Gardens and Markets

June 3, 2017June 7, 2017 Mike Nowak ConnectFresh Illinois, environment, gardening, Illinois Farmers Market Association, local food, Sugar Beet Food Co-op, The Green Divas, The Mike Nowak Show, The Well-Tended Perennial Garden, Tracy DiSabato-Aust, vegetarian

Tracy DiSabato-Aust talks about the latest edition of her best selling book, The Well-Tended Perennial Garden, Chris Roland promotes the good food movement from the Sugar Beet Food Co-op, Green Diva Meg returns to the program to spread the gospel of green, and Janie Maxwell, Executive Director for the Illinois Farmers Market Association (ILFMA), stops by the studio.