For A Green Future

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...

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 #Nuclearpolluti...

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. Ecologi...

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 administratio...

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 va...

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 o...

 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. Ecologic...