For A Green Future

Guest Host Joe DeMare talks about Halloween and one of the scariest topics in the universe, The Great Filter, asking the question "Where are all the Aliens?" Next he interviews Libbe Halevy about her podcast "Nuclear Hotseat" which just had its 800th episode! Rebecca Wood talks about newts. Ecological News includes Trump administration swapping priceless national park land for condos, criminal nuc...

uest host Joe DeMare talks with Co-Host Rebecca Wood about her harrowing experiences as the cloud of toxic Glycidyl Methacrylate spewing from a ruptured tank in north Toledo invaded her neighborhood and house! Then he interviews Bev Reed from the Buckeye Environmental Network and Gwen Klenke from FracTrackers Alliance about a report the two organizations have done on over 2,500 oil, gas, and drill...

Guest Host Joe DeMare talks about tactics for living in a house without heat as his household's furnace dies. Next he interviews Diane D'Arrigo from NIRS about the NRC's plan to allow nuclear wastes to go unlabeled and unregulated, putting radiation into the regular waste streams to be recycled or buried in regular leaky garbage dumps. The NRC is trying to sneak https://www.regulations.gov/documen...

Rebecca Wood starts the show off with a discussion of San Salvador island. She talks about what happened at the place where Columbus first stepped on the "New World." Then, guest host Joe DeMare responds to a listener text explaining why For A Green Future officially opposes nuclear energy. Next he talks about attending an outdoor wedding with absolutely beautiful weather, but goes into the terrib...

Guest Host Joe DeMare talks about strategies to avoid "Eco-Despair." It's easy to become so depressed about the state of the environment. Joe talks about how to prevent that depression from paralyzing you. Next he interviews Michael Keegan of Don't Waste Michigan about the accident at the Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan. The effort to resurrect that zombie nuke have crashed to a halt because a...

Guest Host Joe DeMare looks at the lack of environmental issues in the 2026 elections, and what eco-groups like the League of Conservation Voters are doing to try to put the environment in front of the voters. Next Joe and Rebecca Wood dive into the ecological principle of Mutualism. Then Rebecca talks about the hummingbird mint plant. Ecological News includes government approval of a genetically...

Guest Host Joe DeMare talks about how the "normalization" of ecological catastrophes is wiping the idea of a truly "normal" healthy biosphere from the public's consciousness. Next he interviews Brian Rogers about a new ad campaign to try to force Charmin to stop using virgin timber from the Canadian Boreal Forest to make toilet paper. It's the "Charmin Wipes Bears" campaign. Rebecca Wood tells us...

Guest Host Joe DeMare talks about NW Ohio's Black Swamp Festival, it's attempts to be eco-friendly and how such events would be different in a truly sustainable Green future. Next he interviews Diane D'Arrigo from NIRS about the massive assaults on our health and safety that the Trump Administration is foisting on the American public through its "wholesale revision" of nuclear regulations. Rebecca...

Guest Host Joe DeMare talks about how NW Ohio was actually hotter than Mumbai, India at the start of September. India is losing hundreds of billions of productivity hours and dollars every year to deadly heat. Next he interviews Professor Eliot Jacobson, creator of the Climate Casino website, about 2026's huge, record breaking leaps in global heating. Rebecca Wood tells us all about pomegranates....

Guest Host Joe DeMare talks about his trip to Florida which is becoming uninhabitable without AC, and the victories and defeats in turning his yard into a haven for native species. Next he interviews Rob Kraine with the Black Swamp Conservancy about the challenges and rewards of trying to preserve, protect, and restore the ecology of NW Ohio. Rebecca Wood talks about the wetlands of Michigan. Ecol...

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 3...

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 ta...

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 Cente...

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 wh...

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 en...

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 o...

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, spi...

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 Ref...

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. Ec...

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 Americ...

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 mo...