The Mike Nowak Show

By Mike Nowak

Mike and Peggy cover ever a little bit of everything green under the sun—the environment, gardening, local food, sustainable living and more—in a style that is casual, accessible, entertaining, inform... more

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The podcast currently has 1,410 episodes available.

The Mike Nowak Show episodes:

November 20, 2011 November 20, 2011
Barbara Melera, owner of D. Landreth Seed Company, previews the release of the 2012 Catalog and reports on progress to sell one million copies to erase their debt. Mike talks pencils, other writing tools and the environment with Jamie Gallagher, President and CEO of Faber-Castelle USA/Creativity for Kids. Suzanne Keers, co-founder and executive director of Local First Chicago, promotes their campaign Unwrap Chicago: Eat, Drink and Buy Local. Mike counts down to the WCPT Holiday Harvest broadcast on December 4.
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November 20, 2011 Barbara Melera returns to talk about the fate of D. Landreth Seed Company
Barbara Melera, owner of D. Landreth Seed Company, reports on the company's progress in resolving its debt crisis. She reports the latest numbers in the attempt to sell one million catalogs, and previews the stunning 2012 catalog, which is about to be delivered to their customers.
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31min
November 20, 2011 Suzanne Keers of Local First Chicago talks about Unwrap Chicago: Eat, Drink and Buy Local
Suzanne Keers, co-founder and executive director of Local First Chicago, promotes Unwrap Chicago: East, Drink and Buy Local, which she says could pump as much as 25 million dollars into the local economy.
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November 13, 2011 November 13, 2011
Wally Schmidtke of Pesche's Garden Center in Des Plaines offers tips on how to prepare your garden beds for winter. Mike Mitchell, executive director of the Illinois Recycling Association, and Tom Outerbridge, General Manager of Sims Metal Management Municipal Recycling Division, talk about the managed competition recycling experiment in Chicago. Mike offers more information about healthy, local foods in advance of the WCPT Holiday Harvest food drive.
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November 12, 2011 An Interview with former Commissioner of the Chicago Department of the Environment Suzanne Malec-McKenna
Suzanne Malec-McKenna, Commissioner of the Chicago Department of the Environment under Mayor Richard M. Daley, talks about the direction of green policy in the City after she was dismissed by the incoming Emanuel Administration and the department was dismantled and spread among other city agencies.
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56min
November 07, 2011 An Interview with former Commissioner of the Chicago Department of the Environment Suzanne Malec-McKenna
Suzanne Malec-McKenna, Commissioner of the Chicago Department of the Environment under Mayor Richard M. Daley, talks about the direction of green policy in the City after she was dismissed by the incoming Emanuel Administration and the department was dismantled and spread among other city agencies.
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56min
November 06, 2011 2011-11-06_20111106_20111106_mn_full_show
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October 31, 2011 October 30, 2011
Michael and Amelia Howard talk about how they helped to transform a neighborhood dumping ground into the nationally respected Eden Place Nature Center. Mike talks to his listeners about Mayor Rahm Emanuel's recent Food Summit and whether mega-stores like Walmart can help solve food insecurity problems in America. He urges people to read the statement released by Chicago's Advocates for Urban Agriculture, which outlines why local food institutions should be included in any plan. Leila Shooshoni from Faith in Place and Robin Schirmer from Tomato Mountain Farm preview the winter farmers markets in and around Chicago.
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October 31, 2011 An Interview with Michael and Amelia Howard
Michael Amelia Howard talk about the hurdles they faced in creating Eden Place Nature Center, and how they transformed their neighborhood from an abused, forgotten part of the city into a model for urban environmentalism.
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34min
October 30, 2011 October 30, 2011
Michael and Amelia Howard talk about how they helped to transform a neighborhood dumping ground into the nationally respected Eden Place Nature Center. Mike talks to his listeners about Mayor Rahm Emanuel's recent Food Summit and whether mega-stores like Walmart can help solve food insecurity problems in America. He urges people to read the statement released by Chicago's Advocates for Urban Agriculture, which outlines why local food institutions should be included in any plan. Leila Shooshoni from Faith in Place and Robin Schirmer from Tomato Mountain Farm preview the winter farmers markets in and around Chicago.
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FAQs about The Mike Nowak Show:

How many episodes does The Mike Nowak Show have?

The podcast currently has 1,410 episodes available.