For A Green Future
278 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★ - 5 ratingsIntelligent, 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.
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Episode 269: For A Green Future: "The Beauty of Native Planting" 042124 Episode 271
April 25, 2024 00:00 - 57 minutes - 79.6 MBHost Joe DeMare travels to Benton Harbor, Michigan to take on the zombie Palisades nuclear power plant. In the process, he exposes some lies told by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and uncovers the biases in "both sides" reporting. Next, he interviews Zeb Albert about the Wood County Park District's annual native plant sale and discusses the importance of planting local genome native plants. Rebecca Wood talks about carnauba wax in honor of national jelly bean day. Ecological New...
Episode 268: For A Green Future: "Indigenous Wisdom VS Royal Bank of Canada" 041424 Episode 270
April 18, 2024 00:00 - 58 minutes - 81.2 MBJoe talks about his impressions of the eclipse and the seeming lack of bees. We discuss PFAS levels and EPA regulations with a caller. In lieu of an interview, we have part of a news conference of indigenous peoples local to the Toronto region, protesting the move by Royal Bank of Canada to invest in fossil fuel infrastructure. Rebecca Wood talks about garlic mustard, and ecological news includes the success of Germany's move away from nuclear power, Michigan's first dark sky sanct...
Episode 267: For A Green Future: "Eclipse!" 040724 Episode 269
April 11, 2024 00:00 - 57 minutes - 79.6 MBJoe DeMare talks about the upcoming eclipse, and about the proven mental health benefits of getting outside and being in the natural world. Next he interviews Linda Seely with Mothers for Peace in San Obispo California. They are suing PG&E and the NRC commission for breaking the regulations regarding reactor relicensing. Then Rebecca Wood celebrates National Beer Day with a discussion of hops. Ecological News includes a new invasive plant that's taking over Michigan, wind farms bein...
Episode 266: For A Green Future: "Have a Green Easter!" 033124 Episode 268
April 04, 2024 00:00 - 58 minutes - 80.7 MBAnother great show! Joe discusses Easter and the renewal of life in the springtime. He interviews Enrique Gomez Del Campo about the field of ecohydrology and how it might affect the population around the Great Lakes. After that, Rebecca Wood informs us about the origin of the Easter Bunny. Ecological news includes the largest agrivoltaic project in the United States, located right here in Ohio, and unfortunate news about Palisades Nuclear Plant in Michigan.
Episode 265: For A Green Future: "Eco-Heroes!" 032424 Episode 267
March 27, 2024 00:00 - 58 minutes - 80.1 MBIn lieu of a guest, Joe DeMare talks about famous environmentalists from the past and the present! Rebecca Wood also discusses some prevalent Jewish woman environmentalists in honor of Purim and Women's History Month. Ecological news includes a terrible nuclear conference in Brussels and a wonderful celebration of wind power in Bilbao.
Episode 264: For A Green Future "Wild Rice Versus Nukes!" 031724 Episode 266
March 19, 2024 00:00 - 59 minutes - 81.3 MBJoe DeMare talks about wolf hunting and global warming, tying them together. Then he interviews Jesse James Deer in the Water about developments in the fight against nuclear power in Michigan. Rebecca Wood looks into the facts behind the myth of St. Patrick driving the snakes from Ireland. Ecological News includes the first US offshore wind farm going online and Florida outlawing offshore wind farms.
Episode 263: For A Green Future "The Great Salt Lake!" 022524 Episode 263
March 15, 2024 00:00 - 59 minutes - 81.8 MBHost Joe DeMare responds to listener emails on Marcy Kaptur and particulate heat storage. Next, he interviews Lynn de Freitas, CEO of Friends of the Great Salt Lake about the environmental challenges faced by the Lake. Rebecca Wood and Ecological News follow.
Episode 262: For A Green Future "Talking Turkey in BG!" 031024 Episode 265
March 12, 2024 00:00 - 58 minutes - 80.6 MBJoe DeMare talks about the controversy over wild turkeys in the city of Bowling Green. It's an example of how anti-nature feelings get stirred up that often lead to wildlife being exterminated. Rebecca shares her story of being attacked by a flock of Canada Geese. No interview this week. Ecological News includes Uruguay going seven months running on 100% renewables and the 13th anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Episode 261: For A Green Future "Columbian Coffee and Monkeys" 030324 Episode 264
March 07, 2024 00:00 - 58 minutes - 81.1 MBJoe DeMare talks about his trip out west, visiting the Great Salt Lake, Bryce Canyon National Park , Zion National Park and Vegas. Next, he interviews Kelly Wicks, owner of Grounds for Thought, who has helped set up a nature preserve in Columbia. Rebecca Wood shares a sermon on what to do on a dying planet. Eco-News includes huge leaps in renewable energy and, unfortunately, also in fossil fuel consumption.
Episode 260: For A Green Future "Particulate Storage is heating up!" 021824 Episode 262
February 18, 2024 00:00 - 58 minutes - 81.2 MBJoe DeMare talks about the ongoing Pasteurization of NW Ohio. Then he reviews the latest arrests and indictments in the HB6 scandal with a little help from US House Rep. Marcy Kaptur. Next he interview Zhiwen Ma, a researcher with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory that has developed a revolutionary new energy storage system that simply uses hot sand. Rebecca Wood talks about Harriet Tubman and the Finger Lakes in New York. Ecological News includes good news about clean energy...
Episode 259: For A Green Future "What is America Thinking?" 021124 Episode 261
February 13, 2024 00:00 - 59 minutes - 82 MBIt's time for the annual Eco-Bowl! Host Joe DeMare puts San Francisco and Kansas City in a head to head sustainability competition. Both have great policies in terms of things like public transit and renewable energy, but one did something in 2023 that threw the match to the other City big time. Next Joe Interviews Eric Fine with the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication about this year's national survey on climate change. What your neighbors think about climate change will p...
Episode 258: For A Green Future "Atomic Safety Rubberstamp!" 020424 Episode 260
February 06, 2024 00:00 - 58 minutes - 80.4 MBHost Joe DeMare talks about the abnormally warm "winter" and discusses why climate activists aren't running around, shouting and panicking. Next he interviews Kevin Kamps from Beyond Nuclear about the Atomic Safety Licensing Board's Kangaroo Kourt which held a "pre-hearing" that they will most likely use to deny intervenor status for groups opposed to the Perry Nuclear Plant relicensing. Then, Rebecca Wood talks about the moon and the lunar new year. Ecological News talks covers: Ch...
Episode 257: For A Green Future "Revisiting the Buffalo!" 012824 Episode 259
January 31, 2024 00:00 - 58 minutes - 80.4 MBHost Joseph R. DeMare talks about the monstrous fogbank that covered 1/3 of the United State for three days and its connection to global warming. Then he tells the story of a rabidly pro-nuclear physicist/influencer and why she recently became so afraid of global warming that she's finally suggesting that maybe we need to build wind turbines and solar panels, now. Next he welcomes back Stephany Seay to update us on the condition of the Yellowstone bison herd. Rebecca Wood revisits c...
Episode 256: For A Green Future "Inside Doggy DNA" 012124 Episode 258
January 23, 2024 00:00 - 59 minutes - 82.3 MBHost Joseph R. DeMare talks about global warming and remembers two wonderful environmentalists who passed, Molly Nichols and Don Scherer. Next he interviews Dr. Julia Halo about retroviruses and dog DNA, talking about how retroviruses have inserted themselves into the DNA of dogs and people and how that might be changing them and us. Rebecca Wood talks about the basics of snow. Ecological News includes: the corrupt Supreme Court poised to eliminate Chevron Deference; the latest stud...
Episode 255: For A Green Future "Remembering Klee Benally" 011424 Episode 257
January 16, 2024 00:00 - 58 minutes - 80.6 MBHost Joseph R. DeMare talks about cold and trains and other things. Next, he interviews Leona Morgan, a member of the Dine' who was also a colleague of Klee Benally, an extraordinary environmental activist, poet, musician, and writer. Leona talks about Klee and then tells us about Haul No!, an organization fighting uranium mines and transport which have been so devastating for the Navajo people. Rebecca Wood then gives us a discussion of Civil Disobedience. Ecological News includes:...
Episode 254: For A Green Future "Fifth Anniversary!" 010724 Episode 256
January 11, 2024 00:00 - 57 minutes - 79.6 MBJoin Joseph R. DeMare and Co-Host Rebecca Wood as they celebrate the show's fifth anniversary! Joe looks back on some of his favorite episodes. Then the topic is keystone species. Prompted by an episode of the PBS program, Nature, Joe talks about some of the most important keystone species and what happens when they're removed. Next Rebecca takes a close look at flatulence, specifically the gas that makes up a large part of passing gas, methane. Ecological News includes Spain dumpin...
Episode 253: For A Green Future 123123 "2023 Clip Show!" Episode 255
January 02, 2024 00:00 - 59 minutes - 137 MBJoseph R. DeMare looks back on some of the most intense reporting and interviews of 2023. Some of the most notable included: his live reporting from the East Palestine train derailment, Stephany Seay's description of the bison slaughter at Yellowstone; the release of the filme Radioactive: The Women of Three Mile Island; and the threat of deep sea mining.
Episode 252: For A Green Future "Imploding Nuke Industry!" 122423 Episode 254
December 27, 2023 00:00 - 59 minutes - 82.6 MBHost Joe DeMare takes on all the Christmas Eco-Controversies: real trees versus fake trees; the recycleability of wrapping paper; eco-friendly holiday gifts; etc.. Next he interviews Mycle Schneider, one of the chief organizers of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report. Taking a deep dive into the state of the industry, he explains why the COP28 pledge to triple nuclear power is impossible. Then Rebecca Wood talks about the holiday topic of peppermint. In keeping with the holiday...
Episode 251: For A Green Future "Nature's Top Ten" 121723 Episode 253
December 19, 2023 00:00 - 59 minutes - 82.1 MBHost 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 Sellafield nuclear sacrifice zone in the UK could wipe out Norway.
Episode 250: For A Green Future "Radiation in Piketon!" 121023 Episode 252
December 11, 2023 00:00 - 59 minutes - 137 MBHost 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 Maccabbees and the history of Hanukka. Ecological News includes Uruguay running four months i...
Episode 249: For A Green Future "The Green Life in Austria!" 112623 Episode 251
November 28, 2023 00:00 - 59 minutes - 81.9 MBHost 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 Mer Mer about differences and similarities between US and Austrian environmental policies...
Episode 248: For A Green Future "Thanksgiving 2023" 111923 Episode 250!
November 20, 2023 00:00 - 59 minutes - 82.2 MBIn 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 new highways in the Ohio State Legislature, and Portugal going 100% renewable energy! ...
Episode 247: For A Green Future "The Return of the Joe!" 111223 Episode 249
November 14, 2023 00:00 - 59 minutes - 82.2 MBHe'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 the University of Toledo about the effects of salt on freshwater plankton, and how our ...
Episode 246: For A Green Future "Eco Trick or Treat!" 110523 Episode 248
November 06, 2023 00:00 - 59 minutes - 82.2 MBIn 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 Environmental Research Lab or GLERL talking about algal blooms and GLERL's 50th anniversary. ...
Episode 244: For A Green Future "All Aboard the Electric Bus!" 102223 Episode 246
October 30, 2023 00:00 - 59 minutes - 82.1 MBGuest 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, Rebecca Wood tells us all about walnuts. Ecological News includes the world's largest ...
Episode 245: For A Green Future "Plankton Vs. Microplastics!" 102923 Episode 247
October 30, 2023 00:00 - 59 minutes - 82.2 MBGuest 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 Ohio Supreme Court is gunning to destroy Chevron Deference.
Episode 243: For A Green Future "Saving the Carnivores" 101523 Episode 245
October 17, 2023 00:00 - 59 minutes - 137 MBJoseph 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, a young hispanic activist radicalized by the 2018 Campfire disaster. Then it's Ecologic...
Episode 242: For A Green Future "PREDATORS!" 100823 Episode 244
October 08, 2023 00:00 - 59 minutes - 137 MBJoseph 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 Chevron. Then we take a look at the ecological and enviromental role of predators in th...
Episode 241: For A Green Future "Nukes and Bison!" 100123 Episode 243
October 02, 2023 00:00 - 59 minutes - 82.2 MBGuest 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. Comments are due October 10. more information can be found at www.roamfreenation.org. Then Re...
Episode 240: For A Green Future "Growing Green Organically!" 092423 Episode 242
September 25, 2023 00:00 - 59 minutes - 137 MBGuest 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 News includes coverage of the 75,000 strong climate protests in NYC and genetically mo...
Episode 239: FAGF "Save the Yellowstone Bison!" 090323
September 22, 2023 00:00 - 21 minutes - 30.1 MBThis 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 is currently taking comments on the different plans before they choose one. In the int...
Episode 238: For A Green Future "March to End Fossil Fuels!" 091723 Episode 241
September 15, 2023 00:00 - 58 minutes - 135 MBGuest 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 will be happening on Sunday, September 17th. Then Rebecca tells us about the Jewish hol...
Episode 237: For A Green Future "Save the Deep!" 091023 Episode 240
September 11, 2023 00:00 - 58 minutes - 134 MBGuest 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 Conservation Coalition about the terrible threat deep ocean mining presents to all living thin...
Episode 236: For A Green Future "Banning Solar Power?" 082723 Episode 239
August 28, 2023 00:00 - 57 minutes - 132 MBGuest 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 nuclear power. Rebecca Wood then celebrates the stuffed green pepper and its enviornmental...
Episode 235: For A Green Future "Hurricanes!" 082023 Episode 238
August 21, 2023 00:00 - 59 minutes - 136 MBJoseph 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. Rebecca Wood then tells us about the many geological features around the world named after C...
Episode 234: For A Green Future "Back to BC to Stop the Pipeline!" 081323 Episode 237
August 14, 2023 00:00 - 58 minutes - 133 MBOur 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'en tribal lands that exist inside of Canada' British Columbia. We first interviewed he...
Episode 233: For A Green Future "Time for Some Music!" 080623 Episode 236
August 10, 2023 00:00 - 15 seconds - 76.5 MBIn 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 world are making mass transit free. ecological news includes another equipment failure ...
Episode 232: For A Green Future "Following the Golden Rule!" 073023 Episode 235
August 03, 2023 00:00 - 57 minutes - 131 MBGuest 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 News includes the world's largest wind turbine coming online in China, and next year's Gul...
Episode 231: For A Green Future "Oppenheimer!" 072323 Episode 234
July 25, 2023 00:00 - 58 minutes - 80 MBIn 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 being discovered and fungi are helping absorb carbon.
Episode 230: For A Green Future "More Nuclear Collusion" 070923 Episode 233
July 07, 2023 00:00 - 41 minutes - 94.4 MBJoe 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 House turning to geoengineering and Ohio's dark money groups that are controlling the Stat...
Episode 229: For A Green Future "Nuclear Industry GUILTY!" 070223 Episode 232
July 04, 2023 00:00 - 58 minutes - 134 MBJoe 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 about bisphenols in receipt paper. Rebecca Wood, in honor of the fourth of July talks abo...
Episode 228: For A Green Future "Bear Slaughter in Alaska!" 062523 Episode 231
June 26, 2023 00:00 - 58 minutes - 80.1 MBGuest 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 of Alaska, financed with your federal tax dollars. Rebecca Wood talks about bioswales a...
Episode 227: For A Green Future "Happy Fathers' Day!" 061823 Episode 230
June 21, 2023 00:00 - 58 minutes - 79.7 MBThe 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. Rebecca's segment is a review of the gay movie classic, "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert," an...
Episode 226: For A Green Future "Look to the Stars!" 061123 Episode 229
June 14, 2023 00:00 - 57 minutes - 79.6 MBGuest host Shehbaz Khan talks about the fires in Canada, and how a US Senate committee hearing on forest policy demonstrates just how far our legislature has fallen, now that our lawmakers are controlled by special interests like the forestry industry. Next, he interviews Aaron Sayer, the engineer who was in charge of the creation of the beryllium mirrors used in the James Webb Space Telescope. Rebecca tells us about the famous drag queen/environmentalist Patty Gonia and then return...
Episode 225: For A Green Future "Don't Dump on Piketon!" 060423 Episode 228
June 06, 2023 00:00 - 56 minutes - 78.2 MBGuest Host Shehbaz Khan talks about how the blood red moon we saw in early June is a sign of how everything on Earth is physically connected and intermixed. There is no "over there" ecologically speaking on the planet Earth. Next he interviews Joe Mangano of the Radiation and Public Health Project and Pat Marida from Nuclear Free Ohio about a public forum they are hosting on June 10th that will review the health effects of the contamination that the people of Piketon, Ohio have been...
Episode 224: For A Green Future "Memorial Day Special" 052823 Episode 227
June 01, 2023 00:00 - 59 minutes - 137 MBJoe DeMare returns briefly as host to talk about Memorial Day, it's history and how Democracy and environmentalism are intertwined. Then Shehbaz Khan interviews Stephany Seay about the June 4, 2023 deadline to comment on the proposal to declare Yellowstone bison and endangered species. Rebecca Wood talks about merganzer ducks. Ecological News includes solar panels winning the war for Ukraine, how TCE causes Parkinsons disease and the "Supreme" Court deciding that wetlands do not con...
Episode 223: For A Green Future "Truth is God" 052123 Episode 226
May 23, 2023 00:00 - 55 minutes - 75.8 MBGuest Host Shehbaz Khan talks about the importance of Truth, quoting Ghandi, Rush Limbaugh and Stanford Professor Dr. Mark Jacobson who called out the nuclear industry's lies with a provocative tweet. A caller expresses concern about PFAS in the Huron River and Lake Erie. Next we interview Diane D'Arrigo from NIRS about the NRC's terrible decision to license an "interim" nuclear waste storage site in New Mexico. Rebecca talks about the invasive Star of David flower. Ecological News ...
Episode 222: For A Green Future "Happy Mother's Day!" 051423 Episode 225
May 16, 2023 00:00 - 57 minutes - 79 MBGuest Host Shehbaz Khan talks about motherhood, its ecological context and how motherhood itself is threatened by the drop in human fertility. Next he interviews Alyx Kendzierski about the Collingwood Community Garden and how community gardens are making urban areas all over the country more habitable. Rebecca Wood tells us about the native plant, Spring Beauty. Ecological News includes the fact that birds are shrinking and the UK now gets more power from wind than any
Episode 221: For A Green Future "Teach Our Children Badly, SB83!" 050723 Episode 224
May 09, 2023 00:00 - 57 minutes - 79.1 MBGuest host Shebaz Khan talks about the many benefits of gardening, both personal and ecological. Then we interview Dr. Kristie Foell, German professor at Bowling Green State University about the impact Ohio's SB83 would have on the teaching of environmental topics as well as the damage it would do to teaching the truth at all levels. Rebecca Wood talks about the looming crisis with the Colorado River. Ecological News includes a review of NOVA's program "Chasing Carbon Zero," and go...
Episode 220: For A Green Future "Davis-Besse is Sinking?!" 043023 Episode 223
May 01, 2023 00:00 - 54 minutes - 75.4 MBOur guest host Shehbaz Khan takes us on a trip beyond the solar system to explain why radiation is so harmful. Next he interviews Kevin Kamps from Beyond Nuclear about the latest failure at the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant. It seems to be sinking into the ground. Rebecca Wood tells us all about dandelions. Ecological News includes stories about solar power taking off around the world, even as it's banned in Vienna township.