For A Green Future

Host Joe DeMare talks about "sacrifice zones," places where radiation or chemical contamination is so high they've been abandoned, and how the whole Earth is threatened by them. Next he reviews  Nature  magazine's Top Ten scientists of 2023 and the ecological importance of their discoveries. Rebecca Wood tells us all about chocolate and maples syrup. Ecological News includes a study that shows the...

Host Joseph R. DeMare returns to the mic after successfully battling Covid. He talks about Covid, COP 28, and battling pro-nuclear trolls on X. Then he interviews Vina Colley about the terrible situation in Piketon, Ohio where radioactive contamination from 70 years of nuclear waste reprocessing is contaminating an entire region, creating a cancer endemic. Next, Rebecca Wood talks about the Maccab...

Host Joseph R. DeMare talks about the temperature anomaly graph that shows we've crossed the 2 degree centigrade line, probably meaning the end of our civilization. He also talks about the misguided policies of the Citizens' Climate Lobby which are endorsed by the American Petroleum Institute. Having Exxon sending people checks will not slow carbon use. Next he interviews Austrian author Verena Me...

In our 250th episode, we return to talk with Philip Yenyo with the American Indian Movement about Thanksgiving, the history and importance to Native culture both good and bad. Joe shares some ideas for improving Bowling Green he would have worked on if he had been elected mayor. Rebecca Wood talks about the Sun! Ecological News includes an attempt to short circuit laws regulating the building of n...

He's Back!! After ten months away from the mic, Joseph R. DeMare is back as host. He explains that the reason he had to use guest hosts was that he was running for Mayor of Bowling Green, Ohio on the Green Party line. His platform was based on eliminating the City's penalty on rooftop solar and saving BG's iconic wind turbines which will now be torn down. Next he interviews Dr. William Hintz from...

In his final episode as guest host, Joseph D. DeMare has to go solo for the whole hour as Rebecca is out sick. In the first part of the show, he talks about the ecological problems with Halloween candy, specifically palm oil. Then he reviews more environmentally friendly ways to heat your home than natural gas furnaces. Then we have an interview with Deborah Lee, Director of the Great Lakes Enviro...

Guest Host Joseph D. DeMare talks about fall, and the ephemeral beauty of maple trees. Next, he interviews Karin Kvale, calling in all the way from New Zealand to talk about how microplastics are affecting plankton. Rebecca Wood tells us about poison ivy. Ecological News includes good news from Martha's Vineyard, how France is trying to drag the EU into the environmental dark ages, and how the Ohi...

Guest host Joseph D. DeMare talks about youtube's practice of subtracting "views" from videos, apparently targeting environmental groups. Then he describes how the utter failure of his garden this year means success for the songbirds in the neighborhood. Then he interviews Andy Cole of the Toledo Area Regional Transit Authority about TARTA's new routes and electric buses that are on the way! Next,...

Joseph D. DeMare talks about fall, and how just because it's getting cooler doesn't mean global warming has stopped. Then he discusses how Yellowstone's new Draft Environmental Impact Statement tries to turn bison into livestock. Then he interviews Collette Adkins from the Center for BIological Diversity about efforts to protect predator species. Rebecca Wood tells us about Alexandria Villasenor,...

Joseph D. DeMare talks about how billionaires are distorting our environmental policies and energy strategies. Specifically there is an upcoming supreme court decision that might reverse "Chevron deference," effectively eliminating almost all environmental regulations. Billionaires have been wining and dining Clarence Thomas for decades to "persuade" him to lead the conservative court to reverse C...

Guest Host Joseph D. DeMare talks about Energy Secretary's Big Lie that she tweeted at the International Atomic Energy Agency's annual meeting. Next we have two guests, talking about two urgent issues: Kevin Kamps from Beyond Nuclear talks about the fight to keep the crumbling Palisades nuclear plant from reopening, and Stephany Seay tells us about the Yellowstone bison management plan EIS. Commen...

Guest Host Joseph D. DeMare talks about equinox, CO2, and you're ability to think. Next we interview Kristy Buskirik, owner of an organic farm in Tiffin, Ohio. She talks about the challenges and rewards of growing crops without the use of herbicides or pesticides. Rebecca Wood talks about disappearing rivers in Japan, and why we eat pigs but dote on dogs instead of the other way around. Ecological...

This is a special presentation of our interview with Stephany Seay of Roam Free Nation. She is talking about the Yellowstone National Park proposal for revising the Park's plan for "managing" the last wild herd of Bison in the United States. There are three proposals, the best would allow bison populations to increase to up to 7,000, but as she points out, that's still not good enough. Yellowstone...

Guest host Joseph D. DeMare talks about the beautiful weather and the terrible decision by Wolverine Cooperative  to buy electricity from the zombie nuke plant, Palisades in Michigan. Rebecca Wood reads a poem she wrote while out enjoying the sun. Next we interview Gina Peltier, Charlotte Limpfoot, and Rachel Rivera who are all in New York City to participate in the March to End Fossil Fuels that...

Guest host Joseph D. DeMare talks about the surge in CO2 caused by holidays like Labor Day as people travel in their gas burning cars. Then he discusses the role of protest in the climate movement, recapping the 2014 People's Climate March that had 400,000 people and the upcoming March to End Fossil Fuels which will happen on September 17th. Then he interviews Emma Wilson from the Deep Sea Conserv...

Guest Host Joseph D. DeMare talks about Troy Township's plan to join about a dozen other Ohio townships in banning solar power installations. After being given the runaround by township officials we obtained a copy of the proposed zoning amendment, which Joe analyzes on air. Next he interviews Tim Judson, Executive Director at NIRS where they are celebrating NIRS's 45th anniversary of fighting nuc...

Joseph D. DeMare returns as guest host and starts out talking about puncutated equilibrium in evolution, geology, and human society. Then he interviews Matthew Rosencrans with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or NOAA about their recent change in the hurricane forecast for 2023. They say there will be more and stronger storms than they expected. Dr. Rosencrans tells us why. Rebec...

Our new guest host, Joseph D. DeMare, takes some time to introduce himself and talk about the defeat of Ohio's Issue 1, as well as the radical steps some states are taking to prevent monopoly corporations from influencing state politicians. Next we have an excellent interview with Molly Wickham, also known as Sleydo' who is continuing to fight the Coastal Gas Link pipeline in the unceded Wet'suwet...

In his final episode as Guest Host, Shehbaz Kahn updates us on the Canadian wildfires and talks about Ohio's Issue 1 special election. Next he interviews his mentor at Bowling Green State University about music and the environment, taking us from the first musical instruments through Michael Jackson and Beyond! Rebecca Wood talks about the global "free fair" movement. One by one cities around the...

Guest host Shehbaz Khan talks about climate catastrophies and Biden's lackluster address to the nation on the topic. Next he interviews Helen Jaccard with Veterans for Peace about the history and ongoing adventures of The Golden Rule, a sailboat coming to Toledo that helped bring an end to atmospheric nuclear testing. Rebecca Wood explains why they can't stop the Canadian wildfires. Ecological New...

In this episode, Guest Host Shehbaz Kahn talks about the ongoing climate catastrophe, but finds hope in the Gen Z people who are not buying cars and who are actually making fighting climate change part of their motivation in life. Next comes a review of the movie "Oppenheimer." Warning, there are spoilers. Rebecca Wood tells us about Japanese Beetles. In Ecological News, new sources of methane are...

Joe DeMare takes back hosting duties to discuss the Ohio Nuclear Development Authority that was stuck back into the budget bill and signed by DeWine, though he modified it with his line item veto. Next Shehbaz Khan interviews Diane D'Arrigo from NIRS about S1111 the bill to reauthorize the Price-Anderson Act and to sell our nuke plants to other countries. Ecological News includes Biden's White Hou...

Joe DeMare pops in briefly to talk about the latest disastrous developments with HB434, the "Nuclear Authority" bill. Then guest host Shehbaz Khan give us a deeper look at the long, sordid history of bribery and scandal in the nuclear industry culminating in the recent conviction of Larry Householder. Next he interviews Gillian Miller, scientist with the Ecology Center in Ann Arbor, MI, talking ab...

Guest host Shehbaz Kahn talks about mayflies, global warming, and how it turns out most of your friends and family agree that global warming is real that that everybody should be putting solar panels on their roofs and buying electric cars. Next, he interviews Richard Steiner from Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility about the recent slaughter of grizzly bears and wolves by the state...

The theme is fatherhood as Guest Host Shehbaz Khan talks about fathers good, bad, and indifferent in the animal kingdom. Both he and Co-Host Rebecca Wood talk about experiences with their own fathers and nature, and how their fathers instilled a love of nature in both of them. Two callers share their fatherhood stories including tales from the Canadian wilderness and being attacked by swans. Rebec...