For A Green Future

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...

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 N...

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 de...

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 envi...

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 Wo...

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 songwrite...

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" an...

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 y...

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, eli...

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 r...