Tom and Lisa Marini Finerty from "Your Garden Show.com", Susan Harris, Elizabeth Licata and Amy Stewart from "Garden Rant.com"

Guests: Lisa Albrecht of Solar Service, Inc. and Illinois Solar Energy Association (ISEA) board member promotes next Saturday's Illinois Solar Energy Tour; Mike Repkin, Dave Hampton and Molly Meyer talk about their work with Urban Habitat Chicago and the evolution of roof top gardens; chicken aficionado Michelle Thoma previews next Sunday's Hen-apalooza Chicagoland Chicken Coop Tour.

Guests: Paul Sanchez and Chris Joseph of Threadhead Records (THR) talk about their mession to help Gulf Coast musicians keep producing music for the world, and Mike plays one of their songs; Mick Dumke talks about his new gig with The Chicago News Cooperative and the state of recycling in Chicago following his final article for the Chicago Reader, titled "Why Can't Chicago Recycle?"; Reinie Drygala explains how the product Clear Choice can help consumers who want to cut back on chemical herticides.

Guests: Robert Nevel and Gloria Needlman of KAM Isaiah Israel in Hyde Park talk about the KAM Isaiah Israel Congregation Food Producing Garden; Bob Vogl, president of the Illinois Renewable Energy Association previews the 9th Annual Illinois Renewable Energy & Sustainable Lifestyle Fair with Victor Zaderej and Ron Cowgill of Mighty House; Green Correspondent Leah Pietrusiak heads north to Milwaukee to jump in a compost pile with Sarah Christman of Growing Power.

Guests: Photographer Ernest J. Schweit of Wisconsin Barns, Jamie Henn of 350.org, local organizer Dave Lloyd of 350 DuPage--Sights and Sounds for Climate Action, John Didier and Gene McMullen of 2009 Great Pumpkin Weigh off at Didier Farms

In the second hour of November 28, 2010 edition of The Mike Nowak Show, the holiday caroling group The Frozen Robins (of which Mike is a member, in the interest of full disclosure) get loose and funny.The highlight is their holiday "tribute" to Chicago mayoral candidate and former Obama Administration Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.

Guests: Monarch butterfly correspondent and member of Monarch Watch Bob Erlich, Morton Arboretum Community Trees Advocate Edith Makra, Safer Pest Control Project's Steve Pincuspy

Guests: Natural Resources Defense Council's Josh Mogerman talks about latest developments in the Asian Carp crisis; Mr. Brown Thumb invades the studio with his legion of Twitter followers; Chicago Tribune writer Monica Eng and Flora Confections Chief Operating Officer Lee Greenhouse discuss the heartbreaking action of the Chicago Health Department, which destroyed thousands of dollars of fruit purees in a licensing dispute. (This link contains the video that is posted on my home page.)

Guests: NeighborSpace Executive Director Ben Helphand talks about One Seed Chicago; Robin Schirmer of Churches' Center for Land and People and Rob Gardener of The Local Beet discuss Winter Farmers Markets in and around Chicago.

Laury Lewis previews the Sheffield Garden Walk & Festival; Dan Kosta plugs the Prairie State Bonsai Society's annual show next Saturday and Sunday at the Morton Arboretum; Mary DiCarlo from the TREE Fund talks about next week's broadcast of The Mike Nowak Show from Millennium Park for the 2010 STIHL Tour des Trees; Ann Molloy extolls the virtues of Neptune's Harvest fish fertilizer; Nina Newhouser invites folks to attend Andersonville Green Week; Woody Olsen touts next Sunday's Dearborn Garden Walk.