We got two great pieces of news this last week about our project!
Carrick is going to be nominated for a Presidential Environmental Youth Award for 2009. All nominees are sent certificates signed by the President of the United States, and the 10 regional award winners receive a presidential plaque at an EPA-sponsored award ceremony in Washington, D.C. The deadline for nominations is in October, so we'll see what happens!
Carrick and I have been invited to participate in the Environmental Film Festival at Yale University in April. The festival will include screenings of narratives and documentary films, features and shorts, and student projects, coupled with conversations with filmmakers,
panel discussions, and workshops for students interested in producing environmental films. Admission to screenings and special events will be free and open to the public. The festival will run from Thursday, April 16th, 2009 - Sunday, April 19th, 2009. I'll update the specific date and time we'll be in the schedule once I find out.
Today I visited one of the local high schools as part of the Focus the Nation program, which is a national teach-in program involving millions of students, faculty, staff and visitors at a thousand or more educational institutions around the country in a discussion of Global Warming solutions. Last year I participated in Worcester, showing our veg-oil powered Beetle and talking to one of the environmental science classes about climate change and sustainability. In the class I visited today, I helped speak about renewable energy and sustainability, and showed a few of our videos. It was a fun experience. I did notice, however, that the Environmental Science textbooks they had were 20 years old...
I've been getting a number of suggestions lately to sell our finished eco-video series to make some profit. The idea of providing our eco-video series free to schools nationally is at the heart of what we're doing. The important thing is for this kind of information to get to as many people as possible. When Carrick and I conceived of this video project, we never intended to produce something that we could profit from. Our profit will be the experience of the journey, traveling the U.S. and meeting many wonderful, generous people!
Be well,
Colin
www.OurRenewableNation.org
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This is so amazing! I'm really looking forward to your presentation in Upton in a couple of weeks! I love telling people about your project and referring them to the website and saying I KNOW THEM! you're totally famous....!
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