Following the highs and lows of the world's first UN certified carbon-neutral football team, Forest Green Rovers.
A serious, but not too serious, discussion of the realities of sustainable living.
Podcast by Jason Switzer, Leor Rotchild and Dan Zilnik
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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 support an agenda and a world vision that you agree with? And just what should you look for when trying to decide where to place your money? Join Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station as they speak with Mic…
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113 - Have We Reached Peak Climate Change?
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Since the beginnings of the industrial revolution, economic greed and industrial activity have behaved like frat boys at an open bar. The result - a changing climate that threatens our very existence on this planet. But have political will, economics and technology all aligned at this moment to ensure that the worst is behind us and the healing has…
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112 - Adapting Your Property to a Changing Climate
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If you have been paying attention, you will notice that the climate is changing. Plants and trees that used to thrive are dying off. Pollinators are disappearing. The seasons seem to arrive early - or late. It is too wet, then too dry. Climate change is real and it is here now. So how can we adapt our property, gardens and forests to deal with this…
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The first ten minutes is alright
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Jamma :-( Form :-( Owl-related disturbances :-)
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111 - Home Funerals, Sustainable Burials
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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 gradually emerged in our society - one that makes those who love you spectators rather than participants in what is, after all, a natural and inevitable end to being a part of this world. Join Annie and Jay Warmke…
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110 - 2021 UN Climate Report
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In late February 2021 the United Nations issued their latest report on global climate. The report was a call to action, warning that it should be seen as a “red alert for our planet” and that “2021 is a “make or break year” to confront the global climate emergency. But haven't we heard this all before and it seems that people and governments are co…
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 say to ease us through what is, after all, a natural process. So why is it not the same with death? In the not-so-long-ago past, death was a community affair. Friends and relatives would take charge of …
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Episode 59 - Glue Vs. Screws And The Circular Economy With Frances Edmonds
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Our hosts Leor and Dan are joined by the Head of Sustainable Impact for HP Canada, Frances Edmonds to talk about the circular economy and the importance of procurement as a tool to reach sustainability goals in Canada.โดย Jason Switzer, Leor Rotchild and Dan Zilnik
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108 - Nuclear Power is Dead
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Nuclear power produces about 18% of all the electricity produced in the US. Power plants have an expected life of around 40 years, and currently 88 of the 96 existing reactors are older than their original life expectancy. Only one nuclear reactor has been put in service since 1998. For all intents and purposes - the nuclear industry is dead. But i…
After comedically being locked out of my podcast account, I'm finally back just in time to upload a now somewhat obsolete episode covering Newport and Southend. This is the professionalism you've come to expect, I'm sure. Featuring shots from Mars, Dokes looking better than me in an FGR shirt and yet more owl news.…
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107 - Staying Sane in an Insane World
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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 true. Mental health is the number one illness or complaint facing those living in our soul-sick society. So how can you deal with and cope with the mental stresses of everyday life? What are some of …
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Episode 58 - GLOBE capital amidst a global pandemic, with Elizabeth Shirt
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Our hosts Leor and Dan are joined by special guest Elizabeth Shirt, the new Managing Director at GLOBE, who shares her experience planning GLOBE Capital 2021 amidst a global pandemic. She shares what’s in store at GLOBE Capital this year and how it will focus on the financing and investment components needed to push towards a more sustainable, pros…
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106 - Solar Incentives you can take advantage of in 2021
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Solar is today the cheapest form of electricity in most parts of the country. And it is made even cheaper when you take advantage of the incentives that still exist (but are rapidly disappearing). Incentives range from tax credits (currently 26% of the cost of installing the system), grants (up to 25% of the system cost for rural businesses) to low…
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105 - Economics of Pandemics
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The Covid pandemic exposed a number of weaknesses in the globalized consumer culture that has evolved in recent decades. How does the system react when travel, transportation, markets are disrupted? And what happens when this disruption lasts for weeks, then months, then years? What resiliency lessons have been learned and what changes might we exp…
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Episode 57 - From Coal to Pandemic: The Activist Will See You Now (w Joe Vipond)
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What does it take for someone to break with social norms and become an outspoken advocate? Join us in conversation with Dr. Joe Vipond, Emergency Physician, a founder of Masks for Canada and President of the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. His commitment to saving lives has taken him to the frontlines of the coal campaign, m…
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104 - Ten Solar Innovations that will Change the World
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Solar energy is one of the most disruptive technologies in the history of mankind. It is about to displace the fossil fuel industry and change the world in ways we can barely imagine. So what are some of the changes and technologies that are underway - often below the radar of most people's experience. Join Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station…
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103 - the Impact of Covid on our Future
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For most of 2020 and well into 2021, the world has had to adjust to living with a pandemic. But how will the adaptations made change society for the long term? What habits and practices put in place during the crisis will change the world we live in for decades to come? Join Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station for a discussion of sustainable …
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Episode 56 - Fishing Where There Are Fish (w JP Jepp)
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JP Jepp dives deep on Canada's strengthened climate planโดย Jason Switzer, Leor Rotchild and Dan Zilnik
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102 - Putting Solar on Your Home
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As solar power becomes cheaper and more widely available, the usual assortment of grifters and misleading ads are beginning to make the rounds. So how can you sort the facts from the fiction? And what is the best approach to determining if solar power is right for you? Join Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station for a discussion of the process f…
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015 - Why We Built an Earthship
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In 1992 Annie and Jay Warmke decided to begin the process of leaving their suburban corporate lifestyle and build a home made from tires, cans and salvaged materials in the hills of Appalachian Ohio. Construction on the first "Earthship" located east of the Mississippi River began. The project would take years, perhaps because neither knew what the…
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101 - Sugar Bush Foundation
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In 2005, Mary Ann Flournoy inherited a great deal of money. Her first reaction was to worry about how this sudden wealth might change her life for the worse - and nearly declined the bequest. But her friends convinced her that she could do much good in the community with the money, and the Sugar Bush Foundation was born. Annie and Jay Warmke are jo…
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Episode 55 - 2020 in Review: Leor Strikes Back
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With Leor back in the saddle and in fighting form, the boys do a brisk walk through the biggest stories of 2020, drop some tasty factoids and make some wild predictions for 2021.Links mentioned during episode:https://www.ipieca.org/media/2386/stakeholder_dialogue_report-final_4march02.pdfhttps://www.abcleantechsummit.ca/www.cbsr.ca…
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100 - Working within the System to Change the System
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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 Turbine. Congressman Space's experience in working within the US Congress as well as president of Sunday Creek Horizons - a strategic communications, issue advocacy and business development consulting…
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Episode 11 - We didn't kill anyone
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*SOME OF THIS EPISODE IS ABOUT FOREST GREEN ROVERS* Looking back at the slightly disappointing result against Crawley Who's that team? Oldham South Stand Singalong - Luke McGee gets the treatment NEW FEATURE ALERT - Owl News More music
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099 - Die Like Your Life Depended on it
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Hate to break it to you, but we are all going to die. Yet the way we dispose of those final remains has become more and more unsustainable. Cemeteries are full or filling up, cremation fills the skies with toxins and greenhouse gases, hundreds of thousands of cancer-causing fluids are pumped into dead bodies to make them look a bit more lifelike. S…
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Turbines for Goalposts: Episode 10 - Sideways hail
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The conditions were filthy, the opposition obdurate, but FGR found a way to win against Carlisle. We look back at another impressive home performance, as well as the away point at Port Vale. Also included in price of admission: -Who's that team? Exeter City edition -South Stand Singalong -Stat Attack -Another piece of musical nonsense…
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098 - Investing Sustainably
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Increasingly, investors are asking not only how much money a project will generate, but what will be its impact on the community, the environment and the long term health and well being of those impacted by the venture. Eli Flournoy, a director of the Sugar Bush Foundation, which was established in 2005 to improve the quality of life in Appalachian…
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Episode 54 - Industrial Clusters and the Clean Energy Transition (w Mark Plamondon)
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Dan talks with Mark Plamondon (Alberta's Industrial Heartland Association) about the important role existing industrial clusters could play in the clean energy transition and the plastics circular economy. Learn more about Alberta's Industrial Heartland Hydrogen Task Force here: https://transitionaccelerator.ca/our-work/hydrogen/alberta-industrial-…
In which I describe pizza as a 'tomato and pastry-based dish'. (I blame fatigue) FGR treated returning fans to their best performance of the season, and T4G was there... -Shoutout the fella that plays the drum -Shoutout hot Ribena -Shoutout the whole team for giving us plenty to cheer -Who's That Team? double bill Port Vale and Carlisle -Will my wi…
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097 - Resilient Community Development
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In the 1950s city planners pretty much all thought that bigger was better. More growth, more business... all good. Then sometime in the 1970s folks started worrying about the boom bust cycle of development. Planners began asking how development could be more sustainable. Growing with the future in mind. Now growth must be resilient, able to adapt a…
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The usual blend of superficial game analysis, oddball musical numbers and banter as pure as the driven snow. Featuring Newport and Harrogate Who's that team? Double U Oxbridge edition Dave's South Stand Singalong bantzzzz
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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 those working (53%) do not have a steady paycheck. Gig workers get no sick leave, no medical, no paid vacations. Yet the vast majority claim they would not trade the freedom this work situation provide…
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Turbines for Goalposts: Episode 8
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-Picking the bones out of the win v Southend -Who's that Team? Newport County edition -Listener-generated content: The South Stand Singalong -The weirdest musical offering to date
Ever since the Green New Deal was announced and introduced into Congress, it has been the subject of praise, scorn and confusion. So just what is this legislation and how will it affect your life? Studies show that 81% of Americans support it - and that 82% know little about it. Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station are joined by artist and act…
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Turbines for Goalposts: Episode 7
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Covering the rollercoaster that was Barrow away Previewing Southend on Tuesday night I listened to all of the Fans Virtual Forum so you didn't have to And will we be allowed back in The New Lawn just in time to watch them get pumped by Cambridge?
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094- Resiliency in Isolation
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The Covid pandemic has forced many of us into isolation - separated from friends, relatives and even co-workers. It has led to an increase in depression, substance abuse and a general feeling of discontent. But some are actually thriving in isolation. What tools are available to each and every one of us that will help make our "alone time" a bit mo…
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Turbines for Goalposts: Episode 6
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Review of a tough week - back to back losses in the Who Cares Cup TM and League Two.Grim weather, grim football!Twitter @turbinesgEmail turbinesforgoalposts@gmail.com
For the past 30 years or so, the Internet has changed our lives in ways we could not have imagined. It connected 7.5 billion people together regardless of time or distance. But we ain't seen nothing yet. The Internet of Things has already connected nearly 30 billion "things" together, and that number is poised to grow exponentially. Is this amount …
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Turbines for Goalposts: Episode 5
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Looking back at the win v Orient and the battering by the Imps. Looking forward to midweek stuffed-crust action against Swindon and then seeing a familiar face at the back for Mansfield on Saturday in the leagueDo you want to smell like grass?Pledge to plant some trees here: https://forest-green-rovers.raisely.com/…
For the past decade or so, Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station have observed a three month period of non consumption - their Thanks for Nothing season. It is a break from our consumer society, where they do not buy anything - and even turn off the electricity. Find out what motivated this bizarre behavior and what lessons are learned - and ho…
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Turbines for Goalposts: Episode 4
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Grimsby :-) Cheltenham :-( Vegan Bovril :-/ Mischievous Imps :-0 Twitter @turbinesg Email turbinesforgoalposts@gmail.com
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Episode 53 - US Election Special: A Nation of Slightly Crazy People (w guests)
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Jason and Dan are joined by Sophie Purdom (C6 Solutions, Climate Tech VC) and Alex Mitchell (LACI) to discuss the upcoming US federal election. What's at stake for the green economy under either a Republican or Democratic win? And what are the opportunities?Books, Reports and other References:1. Climate Tech VChttps://climatetechvc.substack.com/2. …
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091 - Local Electric Choice
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The way we purchase electricity is changing dramatically. For decades local electric companies have enjoyed a monopoly - giving consumers only one choice when it comes to who supplies the power. But this is changing. Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station are joined by Mat Roberts of the Southeast Ohio Public Energy Council to discuss how local …
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Turbines for Goalposts: Episode 3
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-Looking back on a mixed bag with the loss at Colchester and (glorious) win at Morecambe -A 'Who's that team?' double-header with Grimsby and Cheltenham coming up this week -Forest Green Rovers stepping up to provide meals over half-term to kids that need them -Whimsical jinglebanter -Get me on Twitter @turbinesg…
Fossil fuels currently receive about $8 in federal subsidies for every $1 that is received by the renewable energy industry. Yet folks seem to be convinced that the opposite is true. Many of these subsidies are hidden - in the form of tax breaks, low cost leases, accounting tricks and outright gifts. Join a discussion with Annie and Jay Warmke of B…
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Episode 52 - Strategies, Plans, and Bans
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Dan and Jason cover the latest on the federal ban of single-use plastics and Alberta's new natural gas(es) strategy.โดย Jason Switzer, Leor Rotchild and Dan Zilnik
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Turbines for Goalposts: Episode 2
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-Review of the win v Stevenage -New Lawn name change that wasn't a name change chat -Who's that team: Colchester Utd -Banterrrrrrrrrrrr
Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station are joined by Chad Cully, former horticulturist at the Cincinnati Zoo's botanical gardens, in a discussion of agroforestry. This approach to agriculture incorporates woodlands into a complete system that just may be the answer to our unsustainable industrial crop processes. And perhaps save a bit of the pla…
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Turbines for Goalposts: Episode 1
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A podcast about the world's first UN certified carbon-neutral football team, the mighty Forest Green Rovers. Join me in following the Rovers on their quest for promotion from League 2. We'll take in the highs, the lows and the endless hilarious broken-record banter from away team fans about carrots. Follow me at www.twitter.com/turbinesg…
Solar energy is one of the fastest growing industries worldwide. It currently produces about 2% of the US electricity - but is anticipated to generate as much as 30% within a decade. And as is true with any large industry - it will create its share of problems. Join Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station for a discussion of the environmental pro…