For A Green Future

09/23/2025

For A Green Future: Remembering Redford! 092125 Episode 342

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/foragreenfuture/episodes/2025-09-23T09_42_05-07_00

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. Ecological News includes the UN High Seas treaty going into effect, protecting millions hundreds of thousands of square miles of the ocean, and gall wasp parasitic wasps from Europe invading the US.

https://youtu.be/MEHHwMSCT_A

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...

09/17/2025

For A Green Future: Norway Leads the Way! 091425 Episode 341

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/foragreenfuture/episodes/2025-09-16T13_18_46-07_00

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 its environmental impact. Ecological News includes PUCO allowing higher electricity charges for data centers, a new blockade protecting old growth on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, and Alpha-gal Syndrome making hundreds of thousands of people allergic to meat.

https://youtu.be/ut4ECsFPTgI

Despite technical difficulties, Joe DeMare hosts the show from Colorado, where wildfire smoke was still causing problems. Next, he interviews Silja Ask Lundb...

09/12/2025

For A Green Future: Atomic Bill and Payment Due 090725 Episode 340

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/foragreenfuture/episodes/2025-09-09T13_51_45-07_00

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 Museum of Art Selling out real artists for computer generated ones. Ecological News includes more jellyfish attacks on nuke plants, states suing over Trump's closure of windfarms, and Energy Secretary Chris Wright's ridiculous tweets about wind and solar power.

https://youtu.be/F4dol8bO4sw

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. Ne...

09/03/2025

For A Green Future: Evil Palisades Nuke Plan Progresses! 083125 Episode 339

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/foragreenfuture/episodes/2025-09-03T07_20_11-07_00

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 News includes Trump's corrupt cancellation of offshore windfarms; the link between fossil fuel money and anti-wind "citizens" groups; and WWII bombs exploding in UK wildfires.

https://youtu.be/Cxt2JrrOW-Y

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...

08/25/2025

For A Green Future: Fifty Years of Fighting! 082425 Episode 338

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/foragreenfuture/episodes/2025-08-25T16_14_13-07_00

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. Ecological News includes the ending of CHEJ, and the rebranding of Bison as wildlife and not cattle on some reservations.

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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. ...

08/19/2025

For A Green Future: Democracy Vs. Solar Bans! 081725 Episode 337

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/foragreenfuture/episodes/2025-08-18T17_19_03-07_00

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 nuclear plants crashing in one week, including 4 shut down by jellyfish. Also, Republicans send a letter to Canada telling them to stop having so many forest fires.

https://youtu.be/D8SyfnvaOww

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...

08/11/2025

For A Green Future: Climate Disasters! 081025 Episode 336

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/foragreenfuture/episodes/2025-08-11T10_13_00-07_00

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 Windscale nuclear disaster. Ecological News includes stories about the global plastics treaty being negotiated in Geneva, Trump ordering the destruction of NASA satellites monitoring carbon, and Australia's latest polling showing that, like the rest of the world, the vast majority want stronger climate action.

https://youtu.be/aCAPZ78tZe8

Host Joe DeMare talks about the surge in people purchasing electric and plug in hybrid cars. Then he discusses individual action versus governmental policy i...

08/05/2025

For A Green Future: The Big Question 080325 Episode 335

https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/foragreenfuture/episodes/2025-08-05T10_59_28-07_00

Host Joe DeMare talks about his experiences at the Wood County Fair from an 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 string of absolute lies about wind turbines, Australia outfitting thousands of home with batteries, and weather disasters around the world.

https://youtu.be/pBrC0QKn610

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...

07/30/2025

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....

07/21/2025

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. Nex...

07/14/2025

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...