When the BioMass Hits the Wind Turbine
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When the BioMass Hits the Wind Turbine
A serious, but not too serious, discussion of the realities of sustainable living.
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100 ఎపిసోడ్లు
#114 - Socially Responsible Investing
Every dollar you spend is a vote. Every dollar you invest or save is also a vote.
How can you make sure that the companies you support also supp...
121 – Agrarian Land Trusts
The average age of an American farmer is 65. More and more farmland is transitioned to other purposes, such as condos, suburban homes, or commercial p...
118 – Preppers
The world is teetering on the edge of disaster. The Great Depression – the Cold War – 9-11 – Katrina – the 2008 Economic Meltdown – Covid...
Doe...
146 – the Environmental Impact of Lawns
Ah, the suburban dream. A lush, freshly cut lawn stretching as far as the eye can see. But as far as the planet is concerned, that lawn is an ecologic...
#115 – Becoming a Flexitrian
The raising of livestock is one of the major contributors to greenhouse gas.
Our industrial meat production processes are cruel and inhumane to...
151 – Utility Scale Solar
Huge solar arrays are beginning to dot the landscape - sometimes 300 acres of them spreading out across farmland and next to highways. So what is happ...
193 - Building a Sustainable Community
Social media, virtual reality and the advent of artificial intelligence will push us and our society more and more towards being alone – together. A...
108 – The Doula of Death
When we give birth, it is generally with the help of a midwife or a doctor who has been through the process before and knows what to do and what to sa...
122 – Electrify Everything
How can we reach a world where energy generation is carbon free? One solution being proposed is to electrify everything.
First it must be under...
045 – Creating a Non-Profit Homestead
Many of us dream of chucking it all and moving out into the country, living the idyllic life on a small homestead. But then there is that nasty realit...
192 – Why being Kind may not be Nice
We have all witnessed a certain decline in civility within our society (some more than others). So why can't folks just be nice to each other? And j...
191 – The End of Work
We are already dancing around the edges of universal basic income. Of the 267 million working-age adults in America, about 100 million have already o...
130 – Buying Land
It is a common dream. Buy some land out in the country, build your little cabin, raise some chickens and some tomatoes and maybe a goat or two – and w...
190 - Sustainable Trends in the News
Often the news can be a bit depressing and overwhelming. But there may be hidden gems that give an indication of just how sustainable this world we l...
189 - Solar as a Pathway to Recovery
Increasingly agencies are turning to solar as a workforce re-entry pathway for those dealing with drug addiction or trying to find a career after leav...
188 - Artificial Intelligence
We are just beginning to hear about artificial intelligence and the ways it will change our lives in the future. Is it a means to a prosperous and sus...
187 - Sustainable News
Often the news can be a bit depressing and overwhelming. But there may be hidden gems that give an indication of just how sustainable this world we li...
186 - Active Hope
For many, the world can seem a pretty hopeless place. We are constantly bombarded with negative messages. The problems we face, both personally and gl...
185 - The ”No Solar on Prime Farmlands” Campaign
You may have noticed a large number of strikingly similar signs popping up on farms throughout the Midwest protesting “No Solar on Prime Farmland.” So...
#120 – Tiny Houses
How much is enough? Is the next generation less obsessed with a big home in the suburbs? Can comfortable shelter be achieved on a small footprint......
136 – Smart Homes
The electrical grid has not changed much since the days of Edison and Tesla. The electrical system in your home has largely remained the same since sc...
152 – Seeking Social Justice
What is social justice and why is it not incorporated in all aspects of life, business and our culture? What can we personally do to help promote a cu...
184 - Running a Produce Auction
In 2004 Rural Action started a produce auction in the heart of Appalachia. In the early days, a number of volunteers and a group of Amish farmers form...
WBHWT Episode 183 - Latest Solar News
Things are always changing, often without us noticing. This is especially true in the world of solar energy.
Join Jay and Annie Warmke of Blue R...
139 – Urban Forest Gardens
Just as tiny houses require all the limited space to be used efficiently for shelter – urban forest gardens use every bit of available space (side-to-...
136 – Smart Homes
The electrical grid has not changed much since the days of Edison and Tesla. The electrical system in your home has largely remained the same since sc...
100 - Working within the System to Change the System
Former congressman Zack Space (OH) joins Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station for this milestone 100th episode of When the BioMass Hits the Wind...
107 - Staying Sane in an Insane World
It's easy to get the impression that everything and everyone around you is either crazy or in the process of going crazy. This is largely because it's...
032 - From Whale Oil to Kerosene
The search for energy has largely been a search for light. We have evolved from huddling around campfires, to burning candles made of animal fat, to...
010 - Straw Bale Construction
How do you construct a home or cottage from straw bales?
Join Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station for a discussion of sustainable living...
011 - Politics of Sustainability
You can't fix the system because it ain't broken. Sustainability is political.
Join Annie and Jay Warmke from Blue Rock Station for a discussi...
142 – What do we mean by Net Zero and can we achieve it?
More and more corporations are promoting their net-zero or carbon-neutral goals. Is this more corporate greenwashing, or is it a real thing? Can the p...
096 - Does the Gig Economy work for you?
Over one-third of American workers are employed in what has come to be called the Gig Economy. If you are between 18-35 years of age, more than half...
001 - Living in an Earthship
What is it like to live in an Earthship (a home made of tires, bottles, mud and assorted garbage)? Join Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station for...
029 - The Man Who Invented Everything (William Murdoch)
Probably the most important scientist that you have never heard of.
It can be claimed (and we will claim it) that William Murdoch was involved...
111 - Home Funerals, Sustainable Burials
We are all going to die someday. So how would you like to go?
Many people are opting to reject the industrialized death machine that has gradu...
182 - The Problem with Lithium
Lithium and specifically lithium batteries promise to be the “oil” of the coming decades. But like oil, it comes at a price. There has already been a...
180 - Be the Change you Want to See
So you want to change the world. We know the political and social structures that helped make that possible in the past are deaf and/or broken. So how...
181 - Ohio’s Potential Nuclear Disaster
After WWII the US Department of Defense decided it would be a good idea to refine Uranium for nuclear bombs in the small southern Ohio town of Piketon...
179 - Fixing Appalachia’s Chronic Poverty
Appalachia is a region that seems perpetually stuck in recession, followed by depression, followed by recession. What are some of the causes of this c...