The Mike Nowak Show with Peggy Malecki Archives

Thoughts on Pigs and People

December 10, 2019 Mike Nowak CAFO, Crate Free Illinois, factory farm, healthy pigs, The Mike Nowak Show with Peggy Malecki

Let’s face it. I’m a city guy. Always have been, probably always will be. But that doesn’t mean I don’t

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How Two Gardeners Beat Chicago City Hall

December 8, 2019December 11, 2019 Mike Nowak Adam Minter, eco-influencer, fighting weed ordinances, invasive plants, Jeffrey P. Smith, Junkyard Planet, native plants in urban yards, recycling v. reuse, Secondhand, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show with Peggy Malecki

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Pete and Noreen Czosnyka, who live on Chicago’s northwest side, just accomplished something special–they beat the City of Chicago in a court case involving native plants in their yard. Pete and his lawyer Jeff Smith join us in studio. Then, Adam Minter, author of Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale, talks to us about an unexpected but thriving economy of secondhand stuff.

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Skeet’s Holiday Critter Carnival

November 30, 2019December 5, 2019 Mike Nowak Bartlett Tree Experts, EarthPaint, eco-influencer, Habitat for Humanity ReStores, marcescence, Product Stewardship Institute, recycling paint, special-needs workforce, The Mike Nowak Show with Peggy Malecki, tree insect pests, winter tree care

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Show regular Skeet from Bartlett Tree Experts returns to talk dormant season tree care. And he promises to bring more critters into the studio. (Yay?) Chris McCarthy from EarthPaint explains how you CAN recycle paint and do it for good causes at the same time. BTW, he’ll sell you some great quality paints, too.