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> Josh Tickell, Director of "FUEL," Sundance award winning film, and a
> leading expert on sustainable biofuels, will speak at the Los
> Angeles Greens March meeting.
>
> If you haven?t heard about Fuel yet, you will. As the film?s
> website,
www.thefuelfilm.com says, ?Fuel is a vital, superbly
> assembled documentary that presents an insightful overview of
> America's troubled relationship with oil and how alternative and
> sustainable energies can reduce our country's--and the world's--
> addictive dependence on fossil fuels.?
>
> Winner of the 2008 Sundance Audience Award for documentary film,
> Fuel is garnering a lot of praise and buzz. With glowing reviews
> from the L.A. Times, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer and MTV Movies,
> just to name a few; and a recent appearance with Jay Leno on The
> Tonight Show; Josh is riding a wave of excitement about our energy
> future that his film insightfully explores.
>
> In addition to being a filmmaker, Josh Tickell is also an activist
> and author. His best selling book, From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank--
> The Complete Guide to Using Vegetable Oil as an Alternative Fuel,
> jump-started the US biodiesel movement. In 2006, he released a
> second book, Biodiesel America--How To Achieve Energy Security, Free
> America From Middle-East Oil Dependence and Make Money Growing Fuel.
> The book offers a complete energy roadmap to wean the United States
> from fossil fuels.
>
> One of the Green Party?s Ten Key Values is Ecological Wisdom. Josh?s
> new film Fuel demonstrates steps that we can take, through the way
> we use energy, to improve our environmental stewardship. That's why
> we?re pleased and honored to feature Josh Tickell as our speaker
> this March.
>
> Please join us as we hear from Josh, watch a few clips from Fuel,
> and engage him in a lively Q & A. Josh will be introduced by his
> mom, Deborah Dupre, a lifelong human rights advocate!
>
> Refreshments and snacks are vegetarian potluck; please bring some
> with you, and bring a friend too!
>
> What: Director Josh Tickell
> When: March 18 @ 7pm
> Where:
> The Peace Center
> 8124 W. Third St.
> Los Angeles, CA 90048
>
> Price: Free! (Donations accepted)
>
http://losangelesgreens.org/