The auspicious date 10-10-10 has manifested into a Global Work Party day when people across the planet will take place in the world's largest day of practical action to fight the climate crisis. The initiative for Sunday to be a day of inspiration to combat global climate crisis is the campaign of 350.org. Organizers say it is a global grassroots movement for climate change that wants to hold world leaders accountable so global transformation can start.
In the Wood River Valley, Light on the Mountains and Greenpeace Idaho will hold a free screening of the documentary film "Fuel." The screening will take place on Sunday, Oct. 10, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Light on the Mountains, south of Ketchum off state Highway 75.
Josh Tickell made "Fuel" to present an insightful overview of America's troubled relationship with oil and how alternative and sustainable energies can reduce the country's and the world's dependence on fossil fuels. After watching members of his family suffer from pollution-related cancers, Tickell began a lifelong quest to find sustainable, clean energy sources.
In 1997, he set out on the road with a biodiesel-powered "Veggie Van" and a video camera and made the movie "Fuel." The film received the 2008 Sundance Audience Award. Since the making of "Fuel," Tickell has traveled to more than 25 countries, authored two books, founded a nonprofit organization and helped jumpstart America's biodiesel movement. President Bill Clinton selected Tickell's Veggie Van Organization as an inaugural part of his Global Initiative on Climate Change. The organization serves to educate people about sustainable energy and provide pathways for integrating sustainable energy into homes, communities, cities, states and, ultimately, nations.
Guest speaker for the film screening will be Craig Barry, executive director of the Environmental Resource Center. In addition, the event will have a free raffle. Attendees will be asked to sign dollar bills for the Greenpeace campaign "Dirty Energy Money."
Sabina Dana Plasse: splasse@mtexpress.com
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“Fuel” filmmaker Josh Tickell holds a bottle of biodiesel fuel, which he used in his “Veggie Van” to make the movie.
