For A Green Future
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Intelligent, Compelling Talk on a wide range of environmental and ecological issues. From global warming to nuclear power, we take on environmental issues by cutting through all the disinformation to get at the truth. Our focus is on how to get to the pollution-free, nuclear-free, carbon-free future, and how much better life will be for all of us once we get there.
Episodes
- Episode 379: For A Green Future: What Will the Neighbors Think? May 31, 2026, Episode 378
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 th…
- Episode 378: For A Green Future: Bison Threatened Again! Episode 377 May 24, 2026
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 bi…
- Episode 377: For A Green Future: SB 294: Ohio Banning Renewables!
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…
- Episode 376: For A Green Future: Richland Regresses! Episode 375 May 10, 2026
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, Richl…
- Episode 375: For A Green Future: Return of the Birds? 050326 Episode 375
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…
- Episode 374: For A Green Future: Mugwort! Episode 373 April 26, 2026
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 N…
- Episode 373: Executive Disorder: Trump's Nuclear Fantasies
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,…
- Episode 372: For A Green Future: An Award Winning Show! Episode 371 April 12, 2026
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, nu…
- Episode 371: For A Green Future: Taking on Dow! Episode 370, April 5, 2026
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 h…
- Episode 370: For A Green Future: Yellowstone and Bison! Episode 369 March 29, 2026
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…
- Episode 369: For A Green Future: World Wide Wind Power! Episode 368 March 22, 2026
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. Ecolo…
- Episode 368: For a Green Future! Fire and Ice in Antarctica! Episode 367 March 15, 2026
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 ne…
- Episode 367: For A Green Future: Trump Invades Alaska's Fisheries! Episode 366 March 8, 2026
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 Earthjus…
- Episode 366: For A Green Future: War: Bad for All Living Things! Episode 365 March 1, 2026
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 te…
- Episode 365: For a Green Future: "Is Ohio Outlawing Wind and Solar?" Episode 364 February 22, 2026
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 Ja…
- Episode 364: For A Green Future: Sanity in Hawai'i! Episode 363 Feb. 15, 2026
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 warmi…
- Episode 363: For A Green Future: "ECO-BOWL 7!" Episode 362 Feb. 8, 2026
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…
- Episode 362: For A Green Future: Trump LUVS Radiation! Episode 261 Feb. 1, 2026
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 s…
- Episode 361: For A Green Future: Sustaining Sustainability! Episode 360, Dec 25, 2026
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 Ma…
- Episode 360: For A Green Future: Alarmed about ALARA! Episode 359 Jan. 18, 2026
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 Reasona…
- Episode 359: For A Green Future: AEP Loses! Net Metering Victory, Episode 358, January 11, 2026
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…
- Episode 358: For A Green Future: 2025 Clip Show! Episode 357, January 4, 2026
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 o…
- Episode 357: For A Green Future: The Green Future! Episode 356; Dec. 28, 2025
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 a…
- Episode 356: For A Green Future: Solstice Turning Point, 2025; Episode 355; Dec. 21, 2025
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 corporat…
- Episode 355: For A Green Future: Solar's Rise, The New Solar Economy Episode 354 12/14/25
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…
- Episode 354: For A Green Future: Data Center Water Wars! Episode 353 12/07/25
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…
- Episode 353: For A Green Future: AEP's Thanksgiving Massacre!! Episode 352, Nov. 30. 2025
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…
- Episode 352: For A Green Future: Thanksgiving Special! Episode 351, Nov. 23, 2025
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 A…
- Episode 351: For A Green Future: California Leads the Way! Episode 350, Nov 16, 2025
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 w…
- Episode 350: For A Green Future: Episode 349 "Nuclear Update from Michigan" 11-09-25
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 a…
- Episode 349: For A Green Future: Information Please! 110125 Episode 348
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…
- Episode 348: For A Green Future: Krill! Krill! Krill! 102625 Episode 347
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 c…
- Episode 347: For A Green Future: Harvest Time! 101925 Episode 346
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 or…
- Episode 346: For A Green Future: "Interim = Never!" 101225 Episode 345
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…
- Episode 345: For A Green Future "They Speak for the Trees!" 100525 Episode 344
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…
- Episode 344: For A Green Future: "The Wind Doesn't Blow." 092825 Episode 343
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 Yellowston…
- Episode 343: For A Green Future: Remembering Redford! 092125 Episode 342
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. Rebecc…
- Episode 342: For A Green Future: Norway Leads the Way! 091425 Episode 341
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…
- Episode 341: For A Green Future: Atomic Bill and Payment Due 090725 Episode 340
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…
- Episode 340: For A Green Future: Evil Palisades Nuke Plan Progresses! 083125 Episode 339
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 "operation…
- Episode 339: For A Green Future: Fifty Years of Fighting! 082425 Episode 338
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 anniversa…
- Episode 338: For A Green Future: Democracy Vs. Solar Bans! 081725 Episode 337
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 ba…
- Episode 337: For A Green Future: Climate Disasters! 081025 Episode 336
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 org…
- Episode 336: For A Green Future: The Big Question 080325 Episode 335
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 d…
- Episode 335: For A Green Future: Fish Day! 072725 Episode 334
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 in…
- Episode 334: For A Green Future: Farmland to Wetland 072025 Episode 333
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…
- Episode 333: For A Green Future: Trump's Environmental Destruction Agency! 071325 Episode 332
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 th…
- Episode 332: For A Green Future: No Nukes New York! 070625 Episode 331
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 pl…
- Episode 331: For A Green Future: Heat and Flames! Hotshots 062925 Episode 330
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 n…
- Episode 330: For A Green Future: Shredding the Constitution 062225 Episode 329
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 he…