The Mike Nowak Show Archives

July 16, 2017 – Floating Gardens, Trash Talking Professors

July 16, 2017July 18, 2017 Mike Nowak British Columbia, Carl Zimring, Chicago River, environment, floating gardens, gardening, habitat, Illinois Recycling Association, Kris Kaar, The Mike Nowak Show, Urban Rivers, wildfires

Members of Urban Rivers present their idea for bring floating nature to the Chicago River; Carl Zimring and Kris Kaar explain the IRA event “A Couple of Professors Talkin’ Trash;” and Mike and Peggy get an update on the British Columbia wildfires from Dave Scott of Spaced Out Radio.

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July 15, 2017 – 49 Years and Counting

July 14, 2017July 18, 2017 Mike Nowak Chiicago Excellence in Gardening Awards, environment, flooded gardens, gardening, Laury Lewis, Master Gardeners, native plants, Sheffield Music Festival and Garden Walk, The Mike Nowak Show

Former Chicago Gardener of the Year and co-director of the 49th Annual Sheffield Music Festival & Garden Walk Laury Lewis stops by the studio to promote “The Summer’s Best Festival” and talk a little gardening.

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July 9, 2017 – Of Seeds, Monarchs and Kayaks

July 8, 2017July 18, 2017 Mike Nowak Allan Lawrance, environment, gardening, Lee Buttala, monarch butterly, Openlands, Paddle Illinois Water Trails, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Seed Savers Exchange, species diversity, The Mike Nowak Show

New executive director of Seed Savers Exchange Lee Buttala talks about the challenges of being the guardians of 25,000 varieties of seeds. Allen Lawrance from the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum has monarch update for the 2017 season. Laura Barghusen from Openlands announces the launch of Paddle Illinois Water Trails for canoes and kayaks.

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July 8, 2017 – The Return of the Natives

July 7, 2017July 18, 2017 Mike Nowak caterpillars, Douglas Tallamy, environment, gardening, horticultural industry, insects, native plants, oak trees, The Mike Nowak Show, trees and shrubs

Mike and Peggy talk to Charlotte Adelman and Bernard L. Schwartz about their new book, Midwestern Native Shrubs and Trees and the importance of putting native plants in your landscape.

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July 2, 2017 – Carpin’ About Climate

July 1, 2017July 7, 2017 Mike Nowak Asian carp, climate change, environment, gardening, Great Lakes, invasive species, Joel Brammeier, Michele Hoffman, Microcosm, Rick DiMaio, science, The Mike Nowak Show

Mike and Peggy talk with Alliance for the Great Lakes president and CEO Joel Brammeier about whether it is already too late to keep Asian carp out of Lake Michigan, and discuss All Hands on Deck, an effort to examine all facets of protecting the Great Lakes. Then Meteorologist Rick DiMaio and educator and filmmaker Michele Hoffman discuss climate change on the eve of Rick’s trip to Iceland with students from Loyola University.

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July 1, 2017 – A Tale of Two Counties

June 30, 2017July 7, 2017 Mike Nowak CAFOs, Community gardens, environment, factory farms, gardening, gnomes, Illinois Citizens for Clean Air and Water, Karen Hudson, LaManda Joy, Peterson Garden Project, The Mike Nowak Show, water pollution

LaManda Joy from the Peterson Garden Project previews GnomeDependence Day. Then Mike and Peggy follow up on factory farm issues in Illinois with Karen Hudson from Illinois Citizens for Clean Air & Water and farmers Craig Porter and Carrie Johnson.

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Mid-season Form at the Chicago Botanic Garden

June 24, 2017June 24, 2020 Mike Nowak Chicago Botanic Garden, Chicago Region Tree Initiative, Enbridge 5 pipeline, environment, For the Love of Water, gardening, Lisa Hilgenberg, Lydia Scott, Morton Arboretum, Regenstein Fruit and Vegetable Garden, The Mike Nowak Show, tree canopy

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Mike and Peggy talk mid-season veggies with Lisa Hilgenberg from the Chicago Botanic Garden, follow up on the Enbridge Line 5 oil pipe which runs under the Straits of Mackinac, and learn about a new study that focuses on the tree canopies in the Chicago region.

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June 24, 2017 – Acting Koi

June 23, 2017July 7, 2017 Mike Nowak Bob Passovoy, chlorine, Ed Buck, environment, gardening, Kloubec Koi Farm, Midwest Pond and Koi Society, The Max, The Mike Nowak Show, water quality

The Mike Nowak Show broadcasts live from the the second day of the Midwest Pond & Koi Society (MPKS) 25th Annual Koi Show and Trade Show in McCook, Illinois.

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June 18, 2017 – Better Living Through Hops and Rails

June 17, 2017June 22, 2017 Mike Nowak Chicago south side, Coalition for a Modern METRA Electric, environment, gardening, Midwest Pond and Koi Society, segregation, soil food web, The Elgin Hops Project, The Max, The Mike Nowak Show

Robert Denwood explains his motivation for starting the Elgin Hops Project, Mike and Peggy preview their broadcast on June 24 from the Midwest Pond & Koi Society 25th Annual Koi Show and Trade Show, and members of the Coalition for a Modern METRA Electric advocate for better service to Chicago’s south side.

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June 17, 2017 – The Obama Library: Baby Steps for Transparency

June 16, 2017June 22, 2017 Mike Nowak Amazon, cage free eggs, Chicago Park District, democracy, environment, gardening, humane treatment of livestock, Jackson Park, Juanita Irizarry, Obama Presidential Library, The Mike Nowak Show, transparency, Whole Foods

Juanita Irizarry, Executive Director of Friends of the Parks (FOTP) returns to talk about scheduled meetings that are designed to provide input from the community regarding the proposed Obama Library and other changes to south side parks.