Changing a neighborhood, cleaning a river and fixing zoning laws
May 29, 2011 “Green on McLean” happens on Memorial Day Anybody who listens to my show on a regular or even semi-regular basis knows that I don’t live in the best (read: safest) neighborhood in Chicago....
View ArticleChanging the world one community garden at a time
June 5, 2011 “Green on McLean” changes the world As I sit here writing this entry, I’m trying to come up with the right words for what happened last Monday at the corner of McLean and St. Louis in my …...
View ArticleNew models for recycling in Chicago, cleaning our river, and organic farming
June 12, 2011 If the Cubs can recycle, so can Chicago. Here’s Free Green Can. There isn’t much that the Chicago Cubs have gotten right in the past few years. Hey, I should know–I was at Gargantua Radio...
View ArticleFighting vandalism, displaying flowers and bartering services
July 31, 2011 Nobody said gardening in the city would be easy…but it shouldn’t be this difficult I received an email from Doug Wood of the Wicker Park Garden Club earlier this week…and I wasn’t the...
View ArticleWhen cucumber beetles, humans and banks attack
August 21, 2011 Attack of the cucumber beetles! Those of you who follow my radio show and this website know that I have been privileged to be part of a community garden not just in my neighborhood, but...
View ArticleThe Big Holiday Harvest Broadcast
December 4, 2011 Welcome to the WCPT Holiday Harvest Broadcast! The WCPT Holiday Harvest Food Drive is up and running, and I hope that means you’re planning to stop by one of our drop off locations...
View ArticleHoliday suggestions and environmental warnings
December 11, 2011 Want to give “green” this year? Each year, I am more than a little disturbed by the obscene display of materialism that is “Black Friday” in America. Not to mention the following and...
View ArticleBringing Nature to DuPage County
October 14, 2012 Welcome to “Home Grown National Park” Has it really been four years since author Doug Tallamy was on my show? He and I were both pretty flabbergasted when we realized that was indeed...
View ArticleFood justice…today and 50 years from now
January 13, 2013 Food Justice: KAM Isaiah Israel walks the walk. It’s fashionable these days to talk a lot of smack about “urban agriculture,” “local food,” “sustainability” and more. But if you want...
View ArticleThe real dirt on community gardening in Chicago, food waste composting and...
January 27, 2013 Building a community for community gardeners It has not been a great year for gardeners in the City of Chicago. It didn’t help that we were blasted by heat and drought last summer…and...
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