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September 17, 2017 – Wildcrafting, Tracking Monarchs Sep 23, 2017

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Author and herbalist Lisa M. Rose talks about her new book, Midwest Medicinal Plants: Identify, Harvest, and Use 109 Wild Herbs for Health and Wellness, and how you can use it to create your own backyard medicines. Doug Taron, Chief Curator of the Chicago Academy of Sciences at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Chicago, reports on late summer monarch butterfly spottings in the Midwest.

September 16, 2017 – Remaking Plans to Remake Jackson Park Sep 23, 2017

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Juanita Irizarry is executive director of Chicago’s Friends of the Parks. She reports on the ongoing struggle to bring transparency to the plans for the proposed Barack Obama Presidential Library on Chicago's south side.

September 10, 2017 – Reclaiming Plastics and Toxics Sep 21, 2017

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BK Sharma from the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC) explains how pyrolysis can transform plastics back into petroleum. Stephen M. Bantillo, executive vice president for the National Recycling Coalition, and William Turley, founder and executive director of the Construction & Demolition Recycling Association (CDRA), explore solutions for properly disposing of toxic debris after catastrophic natural events.

September 9, 2017 – The Challenge of Food Waste Sep 21, 2017

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Gary Oppenheimer is founder and Executive Director of the nationwide non-profit AmpleHarvest.org. His organization seeks to end food waste and hunger by enlisting backyard gardeners to locate local food pantries with which they can share their produce.

September 3, 2017 – Chicago: City of Big Celery Sep 09, 2017

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Ken Santowski, President of Chicago Logistic Service promotes the upcoming symposium Revitalizing Plastics Recycling and talks about his mission to recover used Styrofoam. Michael Howard of Eden Place Nature Center urges people to contribute to their Go Fund Me campaign. WBEZ’s Monica Eng tells fascinating tales of Chicago's early days as a food-growing powerhouse.

September 2, 2017 – Hurricane Harvey: Predicting and Coping with the New Normal Sep 09, 2017

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Harriet Festing is director of Flood Forum USA, an initiative of the Chicago-based nonprofit, Anthropocene Alliance, which she co-founded in April of this year. She joins meteorologist Rick DiMaio in a conversation about the aftermath of Hurrican Harvey and the lessons about climate change and urban planning that can be learned from its devastation.

August 27, 2017 – Live from Heirloom Fest at the Chicago Botanic Garden! Aug 31, 2017

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Mikek and Peggy broadcast live from the Chicago Botanic Garden and its event Heirloom Fest: Tomatoes & More. They are joined by horticulturist Lisa Hilgenberg, Director of Interpretive Programs Kristie Webber, Executive Vice President and Director of CBG Fred Spicer, and Assistant Director of CBG and Director of Plant Collections Andrew Bunting.

August 26, 2017 – Hall of Fame Horticulturist Aug 31, 2017

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Author, lecturer and horticultural media personality Melinda Myers returns to the show, having just been inducted into the Hall of Fame of GWA: The Association for Garden Communicators. She covers a wide range of gardening issues with Mike and Peggy.

August 20, 2017 – Respect for Animals Large and Small Aug 29, 2017

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Jessica Chipkin from Crate Free Illinois, and Scott Beckstead of The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) promote an upcoming forum on factory farms, where the formation of The Illinois Agriculture Advisory Council will be announced. Michele Hoffman of Microcosm and Mark Schick, Collections Manager at the John G. Shedd Aquarium. talk about the future of worldwide coral populations.

August 19, 2017 – The Dark Side of the Sun Aug 29, 2017

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Meagan Thompson is a senior scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. She will not get to see the eclipse in totality (except on TV) because she is one of the people holding down the fort in Washington, answering calls as an Eclipse Subject Matter Expert for NASA.

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