For A Green Future

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 findi...

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 dril...

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 discu...

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, oi...

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 in...

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 N...

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 thi...

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 i...

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...

Host Joe DeMare talks about his 45th high school class reunion and bemoans the fact that Americans can't talk about politics. Next he interviews Keving Kamps from Beyond Nuclear about the Palisades nuclear plant and its shift to "operational status." He also drops the bombshell that there is a thyroid cancer cluster around the nuke plant. Rebecca Wood talks about the US Forest Service. Ecological...

Host Joseph R. DeMare talks about the film and book "My Life as a Turkey," and the growing sentiment among many that they want to get out of the human race. Next he interviews Rachel Belz from Ohio Citizen Action about their 50th anniversary and some of their battles and successes over the years. Rebecca Wood tells us about the Aleutian Low and how it can effect weather all over North America. Eco...

Host Joe DeMare talks about his 5 mile kayak trip on the mighty Maumee River complete with bald eagles and freshwater mussels. Then he interviews Christina O'Millian and Brian McPeek about a petition effort to overturn Richland County's ban on solar and wind power. Rebecca Wood tells about the  Kyshtym nuclear disaster which contaminates 9,000 square miles in Russia. Ecological News includes 8 nuc...

Host Joe DeMare talks about the surge in people purchasing electric and plug in hybrid cars. Then he discusses individual action versus governmental policy in the battle against global warming. Next he interviews Roxann Kuhns about her organization Civilian Disaster Response that has been on the front lines of responding to global warming enhanced disasters. Rebecca Woods looks back at the Windsca...

Host Joe DeMare talks about his experiences at the Wood County Fair from and ecological perspective. Then he asks the audience, "What then shall we do?" in a country where the government is denying ecological reality and changing laws to damage the environment. Rebecca Wood talks about the invasive plant Creeping Charlotte. Environmental news includes Trump's "Don Quixoti speech where he told a st...

Host Joe DeMare talks about our global warming enhanced summer and how 90 degree water in the Gulf of Mexico is making life miserable as far north as Canada. Next he plays a montage of recordings from the 45th annual Governor's Fish Day including a press conference at the end. Rebecca Wood's piece is on the most common butterfly in the world, the Cabbage White. Ecological News includes Congress el...

Host Joe DeMare talks about his experience at the Governor's Fish Day, talking with other environmental journalists who've fallen into despair or denial. Next he interviews Staten Middleton about his H2Ohio financed project that turned 24 acres of farmland back into wetlands. Rebecca Wood talks about Tree of Heaven. Ecological News includes the September 30 deadline to buy electric cars, China's r...

Host Joe DeMare talks about the latest twist in global warming denial, then shares his eco-observations from a recent trip to Western New York State. Next he interviews Colette Delawalla, Executive Director of Stand Up For Science about the recent letter over 600 EPA employees sent to  Director Lee Zeldin, calling him out on lies he's been telling about science and the agency. Over 100 employees w...

Host Joe DeMare talks about how Trump supporters may be beginning to admit they were wrong to support him as he continues to trash the environment, especially the Everglades. Next he interviews Ann Rabe of Don't Waste New York about the plans to fight NY Governor Kathy Hochul as she tries to irradiate "Upstate" with new nuclear plants. Rebecca Wood talks about King Mindaugas of Lithuania and the b...

Host Joe DeMare talks about the abundance of fireflies this year and making a presentation to the Bowling Green Municipal Utility Board proving they are wrong to penalize solar panel owners. Next he interviews Kelly Ramsey, author of the new book, Wildfire Days: A Woman, A Hotshot Crew, and the Burning of the American West. She talks about her experiences fighting some of the biggest fires in hist...

Ecology, Environment, Global Warming, Constitution, Host Joe DeMare talks about the heat wave gripping the continent and the effects from wildfires in Canada to Heat Advisories in Alaska. Next he talks about his experiences at the SJR 3 hearing in Columbus and the efforts to call a constitutional convention that would destroy the US constitution. Rebecca Wood talks about native and non-native whit...

Host Joe DeMare talks about how the environment is at the root of all the conflicts we're facing today. Then he interviews Gary Houser talking about how the Ohio Power Siting Board is destroying Ohio's solar power industry at the behest of just a few corrupt officials. Rebecca Wood talks about Chicken of the Woods edible fungus. Ecological News includes Miami's drinking water being threatened by r...

Host Joe DeMare talks about the Canadian wildfires and Greta Thunberg's change of focus to the plight of the Palestinians. Next he interviews Tim Judson of NIRS about Trump's executive orders that sacrifice health and safety of Americans to the gods of nuclear power. Rebecca Wood discusses the Pitcairn Islands on the anniversary of the HMS Bounty mutiny. Ecological News includes solar beating nucl...

Host Joe DeMare talks about the Canadian wildfire haze blanketing the midwest and links that to Ohio's SB1 which forces public university teachers to teach global warming denial. Then he interviews Tristan Rader about the move to have Ohio join the call for a constitutional convention which would rewrite the US constitution, making environmental laws impossible. Rebecca Wood talks about her experi...

Host Joe DeMare talks about planting paw paw trees and global warming. Then he "interviews" META, the parent company of Facebook about then environmental impacts of a new data center they are building in northwest Ohio. Rebecca Wood tells us about the invasive Dames Rockets versus the native Phlox. Ecological News includes Taiwan shuttering its last nuke plant and the Trump reversing itself on ban...