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 communities are banding together to negotiate with and select who provides the power.

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 Blue Rock Station for a discussion of the true cost of energy.

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 planet in the bargain. 

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 problems the growth of solar energy will generate for our planet - from mineral extraction, to pollution during manufacturing, to how to deal with the waste stream when the systems grow old and fail.

Olivier Turpin and his family moved to a small village north of Paris and began their quest to live sustainably.  They installed wood heat, solar panels, bought an electric car, and then installed a small wind turbine.  That is when the problems began.  Soon the Mayor and the Catholic church were issuing demands.  The police showed up and threatened to arrest him and have him fired from his job. 

Join Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station to discuss one family's experience as they seek to live lightly on the land in the picture postcard village of Nery, France. 

What makes a city sustainable?  How did cities evolve and what drives their development?  And how is this all changing?

Join Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station to discuss how cities are evolving and what they need to make them sustainable into the next century.

We are used to energy becoming more and more expensive over time.  The cost of electricity has increased 7 fold since 1970.  That same year a gallon of gasoline cost 36 cents.

But solar energy has changed that assumption.  The cost of a solar panel has dropped from over $100 per watt in 1975 to only around 25 cents today.  If these trends continue - energy will soon be free.

But that doesn't mean you won't pay for it.  Join Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station to discuss how energy will change over the coming decades and what that means to you and me.

Founded in 1992, a group of individuals formed Simply Living, with the belief that social change and environmental responsibility depend upon each of us and our lifestyles. 

Join founding member Chuck Lynd and Lynn Stan with Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station to discuss the past, present and future of this organization committed to living lightly upon the earth.

The human body has an incredible ability to heal itself.  "Modern" medicine is at last coming to realize that there is more to health care than simply masking symptoms or cutting out bits. 

Trager practitioner Judy Fasone joins Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station for a discussion of the various philosophies and practices which surround the healing practices of Trager, reiki and other natural healing methodologies.

Fuel cells are a technology that has been around since the early 1800's.  Every decade or so, the scientific press gets all excited about them and declare that their emergence as the next big thing is "just around the corner."  Yet that corner always seems to recede into the distance.

So why does this technology never seem to catch on?  Join Annie and Jay Warmke of Blue Rock Station for a discussion of the myths and realities of fuel cell technology and why it is the technology of the future... and always will be.