Intelligent, Compelling Talk on a wide range of environmental and ecological issues. From global warming to nuclear power, we take on environmental issues by cutting through all the disinformation to get at the truth. Our focus is on how to get to the pollution-free, nuclear-free, carbon-free future, and how much better life will be for all of us once we get there.
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Guest Host Joe DeMare talks about seeing wildlife while traveling including a personal encounter with a prairie dog. Then he looks at the practice of "doubling down," and how Trump uses the technique to get the press to accept outrageous lies while he destroys the planet. Next we interview Todd Duvall with Partnership for Clean Streams about the September 26th waterways cleaning event. It's the…
Guest Host Joe DeMare talks about the Wood County Fair and brings up issues of animal cruelty, and how our society hasn't caught up with the information that animals have the same feelings and emotions humans do. Next he interviews Ralph Bloemers, creator of the movie "Elemental!" about the fires in the Pacific Northwest and why they've been so destructive of homes and businesses. Rebecca Wood…
Guest Host Joe DeMare talks about finding a gas well in his neighborhood, and talks a little bit about Wood County Ohio's history of boom and bust oil extraction. Wood County was once the largest oil producing region in the world. Now tiny, impoverished villages struggle to stay alive. Next, he takes a deep dive into the ecological impacts of Data Centers, and the similarity between the Data…
Guest Host Joe DeMare talks about the City of Bowling Green eliminating its penalty on rooftop solar after a seven year battle. Next he interviews Cathy Cowan-Becker about SB 219 a law which makes it easier for oil and gas companies to frack Ohio's state parks and other lands. Rebecca Wood tells us more than we want to know about hookworm. Ecological News includes The Lancet publishing a letter…
Guest host Joe DeMare talks about Canadian wildfires, and how they contribute to the carbon positive feedback loops in surprising ways. Next is an interview with Tara Zuardo with The Center for Biological diversity. The Trump administration has essentially eliminated the Endangered Species Act. Using a "rule change" to get rid of the requirement that habitat be protected, Trump intends to drive…
Guest host Joe DeMare talks about Cyclospora, parasites in general and some interesting parasite trivia. Next, he interviews Diane D'Arrigo of Nuclear Information Resource Service (NIRS) about the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's "Wholesale Revision" of its rules that will allow nuclear plant owners to irradiate you. Rebecca Wood takes a slide on Ice. Ecological News includes: Canada's plan to dump…
Guest Host Joe DeMare talks about interdependence on the 4th of July. Dust from the Sahara clouds the skies of NW Ohio. Positive feedback loops accelerate global warming. Next, Guest Dr. Mark Jacobson details why Carbon Capture and Storage and Direct Air Capture are scams. Rebecca Wood deepens her obsession with mulberries. Ecological News includes Ohio Governor DeWine signing SB 219, a law that…
Guest Host Joe DeMare talks about the interconnectedness of the crises facing the world today. From the war in Ukraine to the krill in the Antarctic to the salmon on your grocery shelves to the Gulf oil spill, everything is interconnected into one, dystopian system that threatens the world. Next, he interviews Jenny Morgan who has extensively researched the problems with fossil fuel accidents,…
Guest host Joe DeMare talks about the probable connection between global low fertility rates and global pollution such as radioactive isotopes, microplastics, toxic chemicals, and rising temperatures. Next he interviews Linda Pentz Gunter, author of the new book, "No to Nuclear: Why Nuclear Power Destroys Lives, Derails Climate Progress, and Provokes War." Rebecca Wood tells us all about walnuts.…
Guest Host Joe DeMare talks about eco-observations on a trip to the Asheville, North Carolina area, including a run in with a black bear. Senior Host Joseph DeMare interviews Casson Trenor about the organization Sea Shepherd's efforts to save the Antarctic Krill from over fishing. Rebecca Wood dives into strawberries. Ecological News includes Trump's destruction of the Arctic National Wildlife…
Guest Host Joe DeMare talks about fighting disinformation in the time of Trump by delving in to the psychology of those who choose to believe what they're told despite the evidence of their own eyes and experiences. Then he interviews three of the most important anti-nuclear activists in the US, Kevin Kamps, Mike Keegan, and Diane D'Arrigo about the recent anti-nuclear summit held in Michigan. In…
Guest Host Joey DeMare talks about gardening, "weeds," and how some people let the weeds of untruth grow in the garden of their minds. Next, Joe DeMare interviews Emily Goddard with the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication about their twice a year survey of Americans' attitudes towards global warming and climate change. Rebecca Wood tells us about the invasive flower, Star of Bethlehem.…
Guest Host Joey DeMare talks about the anti-nuclear summit at the Circle Pines nature camp. Next he interviews Stephany Seay about Yellowstone Park's "secret Environmental Impact Statement" that could open the park itself up for hunting bison. Ecological News includes nuclear power plants catching fire around the country, a dangerous new invasive species of ant that's spreading across north…
Host Joe DeMare talks about the history of disinformation around nuclear power, and efforts to counter the overwhelming corporate and government propaganda pushing nukes right now. He also describes his experiences testifying against Ohio Senate Bill 294 which would outlaw all new wind and solar development. Rebecca Wood talks about faux environmental opposition to a proposed solar farm in Toledo.…
Host Joe DeMare talks about Mothers' Day, electric cars, and the biggest week in birding. Next, he interviews Brian McPeek Jr. about the failed attempt to overturn Richland County's ban on wind and solar power. In a tight referendum, Richland County Ohio voted to stay stuck in the 20th century banning the wind and solar power that's sweeping the world. Rebecca Wood tells us about orangutans and…
Host Joe DeMare talks about the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster and the HBO Miniseries by the same name, and what both say about humans and our attitudes towards technology, the truth, and each other. Next he interviews Scott Weidensaul, author of the new book, "The Return of the Oystercatcher." Rebecca Wood takes a deeper dive into Ohio's Cedar Bog Nature Preserve. Ecological…
Host Joe DeMare talks about his Earth Day party and generating hydrogen for a (small) explosion using his solar panel and water. Caller Barbie and Rebecca Wood both discuss the wonders of Mugwort and its many traditional uses. Ecological News includes Ohio Senator John Husted and suggestions that he may have been involved with the HB6 scandal. Suggestions he denies. Also "new" old growth forest…
For A Green Future is a weekly show on Ecology and the Environment. Host Joe DeMare has weekly interviews with environmentalists on the front lines battling pollution, species loss, and climate change. He interviews scientists, activists, and the occasional politician. Co-Host Rebecca Wood takes a deep dive every week into some interesting eco-topic. Also, weekly updates on the most important…
Host Joe DeMare talks about traveling to Columbus with Rebecca to accept the "Producers of the Year" award from host station WGRN. Next, he interviews Vina Colley about terrible developments in Piketon surrounding nuclear contamination, nuclear plants, and data centers. Then, Rebecca Wood talks about Ohio caverns. Ecological news includes Trump dismantling the Forest Service, eliminating NEPA and…
Host Joe DeMare discusses Easter and the often overlooked connections between the story of Jesus and the natural world. Next, he interviews Diane Wilson with the group San Antonio Bay Estuarine Waterkeepers (SIBEW) on the 30th day of her hunger strike against Dow Chemical which is polluting the waters around Seadrift, Texas with plastic nurdles and plans to build 4 nuclear power plants. Rebecca…
Host Joe DeMare talks about his epic visit to Yellowstone National Park. Then he interviews Stephany Seay and Jaedin Medicine Elk about the ongoing slaughter that threatens the Yellowstone bison herd. Rebecca Wood talks about cicada killer wasps. Ecological News includes David Suzuki turning 90 and Trump paying $1 billion to a French company to prevent it from building wind turbines.
Host Joe DeMare talks about his eco-observations during an epic train/car/train journey to North Carolina. He also describes how his homesteading sister maintains a comfortable lifestyle while having a very tiny ecological footprint. Ecological News focuses on energy this week, with large gains being made in energy storage technology. Also completely blowing apart Trump's lies about China and wind…
Host Joe DeMare reviews the new HBO documentary on Fukushima. Next he interviews Dr. Kurt Panter about undersea volcanoes around Antarctica and their impact on life, glaciers, and climate. Rebecca Wood talks about artichokes. Ecological news includes Israel spraying herbicides on Syria. Germany reaffirming its rejection of nuclear power, and vegetarians having lower cancer risks.
Host Joe DeMare talks about the terrible tornadoes in Michigan and how weather extremes, cold snaps, and heatwaves all continue to point to global warming and positive feedback loops. Next he interviews JV Langkilde, a lawyer with Earthjustice fighting Trump's plan to sterilize the oceans along Alaska's coast. Rebecca Wood talks about Betty Reid Soskin, pioneer Park Ranger, activist, and…
Host Joe DeMare talks about some of the ecological costs of war. Then he interviews Stephany Seay of Roam Free Nation about the status of the Yellowstone Bison Slaughter this year, and about the life cycles of these beautiful animals. A text from a listener brings up how we're losing maple syrup to global warming. Rebecca Wood tells us about Ghost Pipe. Ecological News includes HB 6 trial updates,…
Host Joe DeMare starts out talking about the "Day of Dialogue" hosted by Bowling Green State University and how it actually demonstrated the lack of dialogue and the basic failings of our political systems right now. Next, he interviews Janine Migden-Ostrander about the Ohio Senate's recent hearings on SB 294. This bill would literally outlaw wind and solar energy by declaring them "unreliable"…
Host Joe DeMare takes a minute to say "I told you so!" over the recent realization by many climate scientists that the globe is caught in a global warming positive feedback loop. In other words, the effect of warming is to cause more warming at an accelerating rate. Systems caught in feedback loops continue to accelerate until they tear themselves apart. Joe has been saying this for more than 25…
Joe DeMare hosts the "Eco-Bowl!" comparing the two cities in the Superbowl, Boston and Seattle, in terms of sustainability. Looking at things like mass transit, pollution, recycling, etc. Next he interviews Brian McPeek from the IBEW about the campaign to overturn Richland County's ban on wind and solar power. Rebecca Wood talks about lion's mane mushrooms. Ecological News includes wind and solar…
Host Joe DeMare describes how Global Warming is causing the current freezing cold weather, and talks about homes that have solar and battery back up are protecting people in Texas and elsewhere. Next he interviews Stephany Seay about the status of the Yellowstone bison. The slaughter has begun. Rebecca Wood tells us what makes a real blizzard. Ecological News includes the Trump administration,…
Host Joe DeMare talks about battling the storm to get into the studio, and how global warming is causing polar vortexes. Then he does an eco-review of Trump's first year in office. Next he interviews Nick Hennessy, former Sustainability Manger for BGSU. Rebecca Wood shares some information about the mullein plant. Ecological News includes US coal use increasing, and corruption allegations over an…
Host Joe DeMare talks about riding the rails and the eco advantages of train travel, and Trump's pardoning of polluters. Next he interviews Diane D'Arrigo of NIRS about the Department of Energy's decision to throw out the As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) radiation exposure for humans. Essentially telling corporations that now it's ok to irradiate people. Rebecca Wood talks about the river…
Host Joe DeMare describes watching a herd of wild deer as they engaged in rutting with bucks fighting over does. Next he interviews Cathy Cowan Becker, President of Save Ohio Parks, as she talks about how the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio denies AEP's request to eliminate net metering, which would have eliminated rooftop solar installations. Then she talks about the plan to open Ohio's parks…
Host Joe DeMare plays excerpts from some of the best interviews of 2025, featuring an interview from Ukraine where they're building wind farms in the middle of a war, people from many different environmental organizations, scientists and others fighting to save the Earth! #FAGF #ForAGreenFuture #Environmentalcommunication #ClimateChange #environmentnews #DataCenters #Nuclearenergy…
Host Joe DeMare talks about unseasonably high temperatures, the loss of his sister Rosanne DeMare, and the urgency of switching to a sustainable society. Next he describes the Green Future that MUST happen if we are to have any future at all. Rebecca Wood tells us about the Cassava Plant. Ecological News includes Trump's dismantling of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Cats turning up…
Host Joe DeMare talks about how Solstice is a time for hope for the environment, despite all the anti-environmental forces threatening us. Next he interviews Kevin Kamps from Beyond Nuclear about their recent challenge to the evil corporation Holtec's plans to irradiate Americans by creating an interim nuclear waste storage site. Rebecca Wood tells us how oranges ended up in our stockings.…
Host Joe DeMare gives updates on the battle for old growth in British Columbia and AEP's sneaky attempt to eliminate Net Metering. Next he interviews Jay Warmke from SolarPVTraining.com about the future of solar in Ohio. Rebecca Wood takes us on an excursion to Lake St. Clair along the Michigan/Canada border. Ecological News includes a slew of environmental court losses for the Trump…
Host Joe DeMare talks about his eco observations at the Galaxycon science fiction convention in Columbus. Then he describes how he humiliated himself in front of the British Actress Billie Piper. Next, he interviews Helena Volzer with the Alliance for the Great Lakes about hyper scale data centers and their water and environmental impacts. Rebecca Wood talks about the 127 mile long River Rouge in…
Host Joe DeMare talks about being grateful for water and snow, and how even though Ohio is having a cold snap, the northern parts of the globe are having temperatures 20 degrees and more above normal. Next he interviews Cathy Cowan Becker about the AEP's insidious plan to slip in a rule change that would eliminate solar power net metering! By putting the rule change in place during Thanksgiving…
Host Joe DeMare talks about a town hall where data centers were discussed, and marching in a holiday parade with a giant Earth ball. Then he does the show's annual talk with Philip Yenyo, head of AIM Ohio about Thanksgiving from a Native American perspective. Rebecca Wood starts talking about chili peppers. Ecological News includes Tehran being abandoned because of global warming, Trump's attack…
Host Joe DeMare talks about the high cost of corruption and how it's slowing down the world's response to global warming. Next he interviews Dr. Mark Jacobson from Stanford University about the amazing progress California is making with ever increasing amounts of solar, wind, and hydro power. Rebecca Wood discusses poinsettias, and explains why we shouldn't call them poinsettias anymore.…
Host Joe DeMare talks about the election results and how Americans of all political stripes oppose Trump's plan to destroy our wilderness areas. Next he interviews Jesse James Deer-In-The-Water about recent nuclear happenings in Michigan as the state continues to pour billions into the nuclear power black hole. Rebecca Wood talks about the Cuyahoga National Park. Ecological News includes the…
Host Joe DeMare talks about government disinformation and how it's affecting everything from bison to nuclear plants. Then he interviews Vina Colley of PRESS about plutonium and neptunium contamination in Piketon, Ohio. Rebecca Wood sings the praises of amaranth. Ecological News includes Trump opening the 1.6 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge's coastal plains to oil and gas…
Host Joe DeMare talks about the how accurate environmental information is getting harder and harder to find. Then he discusses the crisis with Antarctic Krill. Russia has just arrested the world's leading expert on Antarctic Krill and is charging him with treason because he was on his way to a global krill summit where he was going to advocate for strict limits on krill fishing. Rebecca Wood…
Host Joe DeMare talks about the No Kings protest and how protecting the Earth and fighting global warming are supported by the overwhelming majority of Americans. Next he interviews Kristen Buskirk, owner of Clay Hill Organic Farm about organic farming and the challenges faced by farmers as global warming makes growing food more and more difficult. Rebecca Wood talks about sesame plants, seeds,…
Host Joe DeMare talks about rolling his giant Earth ball in the Oak Harbor Apple Festival Parade. Next he interviews Don Hancock from the Southwest Research and Information Center about Holtec's recent announcement that they're abandoning plans for an interim high level nuclear waste storage site in New Mexico. Rebecca Wood talks about the swimming pigs of Exumas in the Bahamas. Ecological News…
Host Joe DeMare remembers Jane Goodall, giant among environmentalists. Next he interviews old growth forest advocate Joshua Wright about the current blockade on Victoria Island as activists try to stop the logging of the last remnants of 2,000 year old trees. Rebecca Wood tells us about the "father of ecology" Aldo Leopold, environmental educator and author of "A Sand County Almanac." Ecological…
Host Joe DeMare tears apart President Trump's address to the UN where he literally said, "The Wind doesn't blow," and a hundred other falsehoods about renewable energy. Next, he interviews Stephany Seay about a study that proves Yellowstone bison not only aren't overgrazing the Park, they are essential to keeping it healthy. Rebecca Wood talks about pokeweed. Ecological News has only good news…
Host Joe DeMare talks about finding hope and joy in little successes as an environmentalist, like abandoned nuclear plants being torn down. Next he eulogizes Robert Redford, who leaves an amazing legacy as an environmental activist. Rebecca Wood reads from the letter to the Toledo Museum of art decrying the environmental and social damage caused by the current NFT exhibit of "Art" generated by AI.…
Despite technical difficulties, Joe DeMare hosts the show from Colorado, where wildfire smoke was still causing problems. Next, he interviews Silja Ask Lundberg, from the organization Oil Change International about the recent elections in Norway that have cleared the way for that country to begin winding down its fossil fuel based economy. Rebecca Wood continues to talk about "generated" art and…
Host Joe DeMare talks about a mushroom hunt in the Oak Openings Metropark where he found 17 different types of fungus, including an invasive Asian fungus. Next he interviews Libbe HaLevy, playwright and anti-nuclear activist about her new play "Atomic Bill and the Payment is Due," as well as her long running radio program, "Nuclear Hotseat." Rebecca Wood talks about AI, cryptocurrency, and Toledo…
