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ment in which we do not have to fear rising pollugid19fon
levels, and in which we know our children are safe,”
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“What if you could have the cheapest fuel of your life
FOR FREE
and know that it was completely sustainable, made
right here in the USA, and 100% compagid19fble with any
vehicle? And maybe, just maybe, the change is some-
thing you can pargid19fcipate in and get rich in the
process?”
Sir Richard Branson (the founder of Virgin Group), Josh
Those are the quesgid19fons Josh Tickell asks and answers
Tickell, and Steve Howard (CEO of the Climate Group)
in his proposigid19fon that fuel from algae will revolugid19fon-
pour the final gallon of fuel into the Algaeus agid14cer the
ize the world.
first-ever cross country journey on algae gasoline.
“Hearing about the benefits of making fuel from algae
Bringing Algae to Arkansas
may not make an immediate difference for everyone
that agid1a9ends, but it will open their eyes to a new realm
“The place I love to speak the most is in the heartland
of investment opportunigid19fes, of transportagid19fon op-
of our great nagid19fon,” says Tickell, as he looks forward
gid19fons, and of future possibiligid19fes,” he says.
to sharing his mission in Northwest Arkansas. Tickell
will again be a speaker at the Northwest Arkansas “Any group that spends a large amount of money on
Green Expo April 30/May 1. fuel – from transportagid19fon to distribugid19fon – should
make themselves aware of this high technology infor-
“I gid19fe fuel and energy into everything we do. For
magid19fon.”
decades, energy has just been about price, but now
it’s about price and sustainability. The ulgid19fmate im-
pact of my message is cheaper fuel and an environ-
More about the speaker:
Did you know?
I
n the 13 years since his first road trip in the
Veggie Van, Josh Tickell has taken his mes-
sage about cheaper fuel and a sustainable
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Why is the area that makes gasoline in
planet to over 250 venues around the world,
Louisiana called “Cancer Alley?”
from gid19fny villages to large universigid19fes in more
than 25 countries. He also authored two
A:
There are 150 petro-chemical faciligid19fes
books, founded a nonprofit organizagid19fon, and
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within 100 miles. Each refinery puts out
jumpstarted America’s biodiesel movement.
hundreds of thousands of pounds of toxic chemi-
cals. The “fallout” (term from the EPA) from these
Josh Tickell holds an undergraduate degree in
faciligid19fes is a toxic cocktail of airborne chemicals
Sustainable Living from the New College of
that affects food, water and soil. Many studies
South Florida and an MFA in Film from Florida
show links between these chemicals and the ex-
State University’s School of Mogid19fon Picture Tel-
ceedingly high levels of cancer in Louisiana.
evision and Recording Arts.
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