"Piss on Starved Rock!"
Those were the words of a high-ranking Democratic LaSalle County official and union leader when talking about plans to dig an open-pit sand mine next to one of the entrances to Starved Rock state park. (Because of technical problems associated with the new WCPT studios, the podcast of this interview will be go up at the same time as the January 22 podcast.)
Earlier . . . Seven advocates for Starved Rock State Park talk with Mike about a proposed open pit sand mine adjacent to Starved Rock State Park that would seriously affect the environmental aesthetics of the the park.Listen here.
Mike talks to Peggy Salazar and Tom Shepherd about Governor Pat Quinn's announcement of the Millennium Reserve initiative, which will provide funding for environmental restoration in the Calument region. Listen here.
Mike talks to Suzanne Malec-McKenna, former commissioner of the Chicago Department of the Environment about being let go by the Rahm Emanuel Administration and where environmental concerns are headed, now that the DOE is being dismantled. Listen here.
"One of the five shows we're listening to" Garden Design magazine
Mike Nowak has been the Chicago radio voice of gardening
and the environment for more than thirteen years.
First at WGN Radio and now at Chicago's Progressive Talk,
he has informed and entertained his listeners about everything
from bugs to battery recycling,
from energy audits to Echinacea.
Check out the website, but more important,
check out "The Mike Nowak Show."
Mike will talk with Openlands Community Outreach Coordinator Julie Samuels about two Openlands community gardening programs--HomeGrown Chicago Network and Building Urban Gardens (BUGs). He'll also be talking about two Chicago environmental puzzles: "Are we recycling batteries or not?" and "Why the heck can't we clean up the Fisk and Crawford coal plants?"
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posting chapters from her "literary memoir," Just Another Writer. She's also blogging about
our neighborhood and the gangs. Click the pic to read.
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