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How does a small community in Athens, Ohio, turn local produce into a thriving business ecosystem? Join us as we unravel the evolutionary tale of ACEnet, a pioneering force in community-based economic development, through the eyes of our insightful guests Adam Cody, Cameron Chastain, and Izzy Stichik. Discover the origins of ACEnet, once known as the Worker-Owned Network, and its transformation into a beacon of innovation and support for food businesses in Central Appalachia. Inspired by models from Northern Italy, ACEnet's journey includes launching the Athens Food Venture Center, a hub that has empowered countless entrepreneurs since 1996. Our conversation sheds light on the collaborative efforts between ACEnet, AmeriCorps, and local farmers, which have reshaped food access and education in Athens County. From transformative programs like the Veggie Van to educational initiatives that teach children about agriculture and cooking, listeners will hear firsthand how ACEnet is making a difference. The episode highlights the critical role of business incubation services in rural settings, providing aspiring entrepreneurs with the knowledge and resources needed to flourish, and the role resources like community-scaled equipment provide for building solidarity and resilience. With stories of shared resources and financial empowerment, we delve into the supportive networks that ACEnet nurtures, including tool libraries and financial guidance. Hear about the power of community networking, and how personal experiences, from starting a mushroom farm to engaging in business counseling, reflect ACEnet's impact on local entrepreneurship. Finally, we cast an eye on the future with ACEnet's exciting participation in the Regional Food Business Center program, a USDA-funded initiative poised to revolutionize regional food economies across Central Appalachia, offering new markets and transformative opportunities. Check out ACEnet's work here: https://acenetworks.org/# https://www.indianag.org/intertribalfbc https://www.appalachiarfbc.org/   For sources, transcripts, and to read more about this subject, visit: www.agroecologies.org To support this podcast, join our patreon for early, commercial-free episode access at https://www.patreon.com/poorprolesalmanac For PPA Restoration Content, visit: www.restorationagroecology.com For PPA Merch, visit: www.poorproles.com For PPA Native Plants, visit: www.nativenurseries.org To hear Tomorrow, Today, our sister podcast, visit: www.tomorrowtodaypodcast.org/   Key words: Community-driven, Economic Empowerment, ACEnet, Worker-Owned Network, Rural Entrepreneurs, Athens, Ohio, Food Access, Business Counseling, Local Economies, Shared-Use Kitchen, Agricultural Producers, Food Entrepreneurs, Community Collaboration, Resource Sharing, Transformative, Food Systems, Community Economic Development, Northern Italy, Athens ACEnet Food Venture Center, Thermal Processing Room, AmeriCorps, Local Farmers, Rural Action, Fresh Produce, Schools, Agriculture, Nutrition, Business Incubation, Business Support, Rural Setting, Business Knowledge, Entrepreneurship, Business Structures, Cooperative Models, C-corp, S-corp, Equitable Ownership, CEO-led Models, LLCs, DBAs, Cost Considerations, Processing Sunchokes, One-time Intake Fee, Regulatory Processes, Privilege of Failure, Safety Net, Commonwealth Kitchen, Shared Resources Model, Tool Libraries, Community Networking, Financial Empowerment, Financial Literacy, Veggie Van Program, Food Accessibility, Healthy, Local Produce, Underserved Communities, Food Sovereignty, Food Justice, Career Paths, Regional Food Business Center Program, USDA, Technical Assistance, Appalachia Region, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, New Markets, Business Builder Sub-A

Today we are joined by the award-winning filmmakers Josh and Rebecca Tickell to discuss their latest film Common Ground and how we need to work with nature and not against it if we want to save our planet.    Common Ground is the highly-anticipated follow up to the documentary, Kiss the Ground, and tells the story of the growing Regenerative Agriculture Movement. Narrated by Laura Dern, Jason Momoa, Rosario Dawson, Woody Harrelson, Ian Somerhalder, and Donald Glover ~ the film follows the farmers, gardeners, scientists, scholars, activists and visionaries who are creating resilient, biodiverse food systems that produce tremendous amounts of nutritionally dense food while balancing the climate, healing our bodies, stabilizing the economy, and restoring our ecosystems. Our conversation explores the critical intersections of food, politics, power, climate, economy, culture, soil health, survival and the future of humanity. Josh and Rebecca open up about their creative process, daily life on Big Picture Ranch in Ojai, the journey of making this independent film, their mission to convert 100 Million Acres in the US to regenerative farmland, and shared intention for Common Ground to serve as a love letter, wake up call and roadmap for healing Earth for our future generations.  Thank you Josh and Rebecca for bringing this film into the world and for showing us how saving our soil might just save us all! CONNECT:  Common Ground Movie: Website | IG | FB | Youtube | X  | TikTok | Reddit | LinkedIn  Josh: Personal Website | @joshtickell  Rebecca: Personal Website  | @beccatickell Big Picture Ranch Watch the Trailer Get Tickets to the Film  Request Common Ground to be shown at your Local Theater Everything you need to know about Common Ground   Take Action  Host @nitsacitrine @soundfoodspace twitter Subscribe to Mercurial Mail (our monthly newsletter)   MENTIONED  Big Picture Ranch 100 Million Acres The Jungle by Upton Sinclair  The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell  “Prancer”  Kiss the Ground Movie Kiss the Ground Organization  Josh's Films Josh's Books  Ryland Engelhart Ep.24 SWEETNESS OF THE EARTH with Sarah & Ryland Engelhart  Ep. 62 TRANSFORMATION THROUGH REGENERATION with John Roulac NOURISH This podcast is made possible by your donations and the symbiotic support of our partners:  Make a donation here LIVING TEA:  SOUNDFOOD for 20% off all tea nourishment at livingtea.net until Oct 14th! 15% off onwards  RESONANCE: find Nitsa's curation of living teas here (SOUNDFOOD for 20% off)  MIKUNA: enter SOUNDFOODFAMILY for 25% off  our favorite regenerative plant protein from the Andes Mikunafoods.com  LIVING LIBATIONS: enjoy 15% off all botanical beauty alchemy with this link https://livinglibations.com/soundfood (discount automatically applied) OSEA: CITRINE for 10% off oseamalibu.com sea-to-skin magic  CHRISTY DAWN: 15NITSA for 15% off farm-to-closet christydawn.com    LAMBS: CITRINE for 10% off your EMF protective gear getlambs.com P.S. We would be so grateful if you felt inspired to leave us a review on APPLE OR  SPOTIFY! Key Moments [17:35] Josh's viral sensation of “The Veggie Van”.  [18:25] Both Josh and Rebecca's curiosity into the marriage between modern living and living in which nature isn't harmed.  [19:08] The making of the partnership towards working on solutions to big environmental problems, and Big Picture Ranch serving as a place to make movies, raise children and animals, conferences and bring scientists and environmentalists together.  [20:17] The need to be the facilitator of nature rebuilding itself.  {20:50] Perspective of Stewardship through Agriculture + Nature  [21:50] How Rebecca's background in acting and appearing in the film “Prancer” showed her how films can create real-world results.  [23:08] Rebecca and Josh meet, fall in love, and develop a partnership on many levels  [24:02] Josh and Rebecca talk about the mind-blowing moments of making “Common Ground”.  [25:28] How do we even begin to heal, stabilize our climate, and fix our broken food system?  [27:00] The process of getting to “Common Ground” from “Kiss the Ground” is over 20 years in the making.  [29:00] Deep Ecology and the Soil  [30:42] Reflections on how the pandemic raised planetary consciousness and brought awareness to the connection between food and health… got people to be curious, to compost etc [33:43] Instead of thinking about ourselves as independent entities, we need to see how soil binds and connects us all.  [33:50] We are more bacterial cells than human cells [37:00] The film is hopeful and solution-oriented, but there are some dark and sobering moments that reflect reality.  [38:00] How the current system is affecting farmers and those who have been in the industry for generations  [40:04] The journey and gift of having A-list celebrities like Woody Harrelson, Jason Momoa, Ian Somerhalder, Rosario Dawson, and Laura Dern give their time to participate in the movie.   [48:24] The challenges and realities of modern farming.  [49:05] The impact of corporate, capitalist systems on farmers who are just trying to survive [49:50] most farmers operate at or in debt  [54:04] Regenerative Farmer success stories that occurred by just changing their technique as opposed to their technology.  [54:55 ] GMO seed/chemical trap  [1:01:26] Driving towards certified regenerative agriculture and the significance behind “100 million acres”.  [1:04:30] The goal of 1 Million Farmers [1:12:11] How one can bring a screening of “Common Ground” and Q&A to their community.  [1:155] What resonance means to Josh and Rebecca.   [1:22:03] Josh and Rebecca describe their last meal. Both would have it come straight from the farm, but Josh would add a sprinkling of delicious sweet potato fries!  

Ivan Orquera, the manager of the Veggie Van program at Community Food Initiatives, joins us in this episode to talk about the Veggie Van mobile market and how it plays a role in reducing food insecurity in southeast Ohio. For more information on the Veggie Van: CFI website: https://communityfoodinitiatives.org/programs/veggie-van.html Veggie Van Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/618046922453191 We also mention a few other food access programs throughout the episode. You can find more information on each of those here: CFI's Donation Station Rural Action's Chesterhill Produce Auction Chesterhill Buying Club Produce prescriptions with Hopewell Health

In der heutigen Podcastfolge haben wir eine unheimlich tolle Frau zu Gast. Durch ein Burnout mit mehreren Rückfällen, hat Manja ihren Beruf in der Sozialen Arbeit schlussendlich aufgegeben. Zuerst versuchte sie sich in "Teilzeit Selbständigkeit" und seit September 2021 ist Manja nun komplett in ihr Business eingestiegen. Und das ganz mit einem Offline-Business auf Rädern. Sie hat ihr mobiles Zuhause mit einem Anhänger ausgestattet, aber nicht einfach irgendeinen, sondern einen ganz besonderen Imbissanhänger. Damit ist Manja beruflich unterwegs, wenn sie nicht gerade auf dem Campingplatz in ihrem Bauwagen wohnt. Die gesamten Links und Shownotes findest du in unserem Blogbeitrag: https://campernomads.net/hinveg-mit-dem-veggie-van-zum-herzensbusiness/ Wie war die Folge für dich? Waren spannende Infos dabei? Lass es uns gerne wissen. Viel Spaß beim Lauschen wünschen dir deine CAMPER NOMADS Anja, Sandra & Team

"Kiss the Ground," is a beautiful and fascinating film produced and directed by Josh and Rebecca Tickell. Detailing methods of soil regeneration as a solution to the worldwide climate crisis, the film is narrated by Woody Harrelson and premieres on Netflix Global on September 22, 2020. Tickell talks with our host, Cirina Catania, about regeneration, regenerative farming/ranching and how we can put a huge dent in global warming if we learn how to harness carbon, something that Josh and other experts say is absolutely possible. Josh Tickell is a keynote speaker, best selling author and film director who specializes in connecting with the Millennial Generation (those born between 1980-2000). Tickell grew up in Louisiana next to waterways polluted by petroleum refineries. In 1997 he captured national attention by driving a van powered by used French Fry oil, “The Veggie Van,” across the United States. By 1998 Tickell published his first book and was touring colleges giving talks to the first members The Millennial Generation. His journey culminated in 2008 with the release of his first feature film, FUEL.FUEL won the Sundance Audience Award for Best Documentary and was released theatrically in the United States. The movie was screened in the White House for energy and environment staff working in the Obama Administration and was shortlisted for an Oscar. Josh Tickell directed the Cannes Film Festival movie, The Big Fix (2011). PUMP (2014) exposes a conspiracy to block fuel choice at the gas pump. His latest film, GOOD FORTUNE (2017), The Official Biography of John Paul DeJoria, Co-Founder of Patrón Tequila and Paul Mitchell Systems is being released by Paladin and Lionsgate - available worldwide in iTunes in August. He is currently in post production on KISS THE GROUND, a film/book combo that illustrates how to reverse climate change through diet, agriculture and soil. The must-see controversial trailer for Kiss the Ground is finally live! Watch it and discover the cure for climate change. The full-length film is available on Netflix on September 22! Save the date and learn more at KissTheGroundMovie.com! For more information about our amazing sponsor, Other World Computing, go to MacSales.com or OWCDigital.com, where you’ll find hardware and software solutions and tutorial videos that will get you up and running in no time. For more about our host, filmmaker, tech maven and co-founder of the Sundance Film Festival, Cirina Catania, visit cirinacatania.com. If you enjoy our podcast, please subscribe and tell all your friends about us! We love our listeners. And, if you have ideas for segments, write to OWCRadio@catania.us. Cirina is always up for new ideas! ABOUT OWC If you work in tech and haven’t heard about Other World Computing (OWC),  you may have had your head in the sand. OWC, under the leadership of Larry O’Connor since he was 15 years old, has expanded to all corners of the world and works every day to create hardware that makes the lives of creatives and business-oriented companies faster, more efficient and more stable.  Go to OWCDigital.com for more information. Here’s the company’s official mission statement: At OWC, we’re committed to constant innovation, exemplary customer service, and American design.  For more than 25 Years, OWC has had a simple goal. To create innovative DIY solutions to give you the most from your technology.   Beginning with 100% compatible memory upgrades, reliably exceeding Apple’s maximum RAM specs, OWC’s product offering has grown to encompass the entire spectrum of upgrade and expansion possibilities, all with a focus on easy, DIY setup and installation.  Our dedication to excellence and sustainable innovation extends beyond our day-to-day business and into the community. We strive for zero waste, both environmentally and strategically. Our outlook is to the long term, and in everything we do, we look for simplicity in action and sustainability ...

50% of our calories should be coming from fruits and vegetables. So, tell me why we use our land to produce less than 5% of fruits and vegetables in the United States? It's because it's 95% profit for big brands. Rather than growing the food here, they import food from cheap labor countries, but all that food has been sprayed a tremendous amount of chemical. As a customer, you're not saving  money with their method anyway; you're going to spend money later on a kidney dialysis, a heart transplant, on diazepam or whatever hundred drugs pharmaceutical companies are going to shove down your throat. - Josh Tickell JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP | REVIEW THIS PODCAST  20% OFF ORGANIFI - USE CODE: WELLNESSFORCE How can healing ourselves through growing and eating more natural, nutritious foods also help heal the environment? On Wellness Force Radio 179, Film Director and Producer of documentaries such as FUEL and the upcoming Kiss The Ground film with Big Picture Ranch, Author of the book, Kiss the Ground, and Blogger of The Veggie Van Voyage, Josh Tickell joins us to share how we can reverse the effects of CO2 in the air by making changes on both a micro and macro level with our soil. From composting to voting with your wallet, you'll be equipped with the knowledge and tools to improve your carbon footprint on this planet. Kiss the Ground     Josh Tickell, one of America’s most celebrated documentary filmmakers and director of Fuel, has dedicated most of his life to saving the environment. Now, in Kiss the Ground, he explains an incredible truth: by changing our diets to a soil-nourishing, regenerative agriculture diet, we can reverse global warming, harvest healthy, abundant food, and eliminate the poisonous substances that are harming our children, pets, bodies, and ultimately our planet. Through fascinating and accessible interviews with celebrity chefs, ranchers, farmers, and top scientists, this remarkable book, soon to be a full-length documentary film narrated by Woody Harrelson, will teach you how to become an agent in humanity’s single most important and time-sensitive mission. Reverse climate change and effectively save the world—all through the choices you make in how and what to eat.   Listen To Episode 179 As Josh Tickell Uncovers: His experience working on organic farms as a WWOOfer. Where he got the idea of using a natural source instead of gas to fuel his van for the Veggie Van Voyage. What it was like to live next to an oil field growing up and the illness that his family was experiencing from all of the pollution.  The large number of cancer cases in Louisiana because of the oil production and witnessing his family members dying prematurely. His process of writing the book, Kiss the Ground, and what information is included in it. The reality of what the world looks like now as far as available land and fresh water. Why there's so much carbon dioxide in the air rather than in the ground and how we can reverse it. Why we don't look at measuring the environment by Parts per Million (PPM) anymore, but by gigatons or the measurement of mass. The problem with modern farming including pesticides, bees dying off, and the degradation of our soil. The fact that our agriculture industry got its start from the technology and science that came out of WW1. Why the health of the soil and our natural environment is so important for our own wellness. A basic test to see whether or not the soil in your city is healthy or not. How we can both heal ourselves and the soil on macro and micro levels. Why biology is the real answer to sustaining human life as the population continues to grow. The importance of composting and how people who live in big cities, apartments, or don't have much space can participate with vermicomposting. How we can be more proactive with growing our vegetables and restoring the soil on our properties. How the changes we make to help the soil can lead to improving the climate overall and restoring the ecosystem. Why we have the power in our own communities to get rid of pesticides usage. The fact that glyphosate is everywhere - in water, in the food, and in our bodies. Organic vs. Regenerative foods and what new food policies we could put in place. Power Quotes From The Show   "The new conversation is not about solar panels and wind; those things are happening, but they need to happen faster and we need more of that kind of green technology. The new conversation needs to focus on the fact that we have a 2,000 gigaton mass of carbon floating in the atmosphere. Where are we going to put that? It has to go somewhere." - Josh Tickell "We're basically dirt on legs. Roughly 50% of our cells are not human cells, but microbial cells and the same microbes that also live in soil. A handful of healthy soil has more living organisms than all humans who have ever lived." - Josh Tickell "If you are experiencing problems, one of the first things that this new wave of medical science will tell you is to increase your gut bacteria. So, how do you do that? The real gut bacteria actually comes from the soil. If that good gut bacteria is not in the soil, then it's not in your food and if it's not in your food, then it's not going in your gut." - Josh Tickell "Every time you eat, you make a political decision. So, we vote 3 times a day and what we're voting for is an entire system. This is a chain reaction that begins with a calorie that we consume, but it ends with a farmer or a rancher and a plant or an animal. If that plant or animal is building soil, then you're voting for a future of plenty of food for all people." - Josh Tickell "Food is politics Food is power. Food is activism. Food is life. Food is medicine. Food is nutrition. Food is reversing global warming. Food is your access right now. You go into a grocery store and you have access to buy all that food!" - Josh Tickell Links From Today's Show The Compost Story by Kiss The Ground Josh Tickell Facebook Twitter YouTube Kiss The Ground Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Big Picture Ranch Facebook Twitter YouTube Kiss The Ground by Josh Tickell The Soil Story by Kiss The Ground The Compost Story by Kiss The Ground How to Compost at Home WWOOF -Worldwide Opportunities on Organic Farms What is Organics? by Paul Chek Vegetarianism Inside & Out by Paul Chek Joel Salatin: Polyface Farms The Two Secrets to Weight Loss The Nobody Knows by Josh Tickell Hell's Cartel by Diarmuid Jeffreys Paul Hawken's Project Drawdown Harvard's Healthy Eating Plate & Healthy Eating Pyramid WFR 167 Michelle Norris WFR 121 Dr. David Minkoff About Josh Tickell According to Inc Magazine, Josh Tickell is "America’s #1 Strategist" for Connecting with the Millennial Generation (a.k.a. “Generation Y”). He is also a film director who specializes in movies geared toward Millennials.  Tickell grew up in Louisiana where he lived next to waterways polluted by petroleum refineries. In 1997 he captured national attention by driving a van powered by used French Fry oil across the United States. “The Veggie Van” as it was called was a viral sensation. Only four years after the first web browser was introduced (and AOL was still a novelty), Tickell’s FUEL won the Sundance Audience Award for Best Documentary and was released theatrically in the United States. FUEL became a global sensation gaining millions of viewers on Netflix, iTunes, Hulu and CNBC, Russia TV, TeleSur and beyond. The movie was screened in the White House for energy and environment staff working in the Obama Administration and was shortlisted for an Oscar. Josh Tickell directed the Cannes Film Festival movie, The Big Fix (2011). The film explores the corporate and political malfeasance that led to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. His third film, Freedom (2011), focuses on alcohol fuel and aired on the SuperChannel in Canada. His latest documentary PUMP (2014) exposes a conspiracy to block fuel choice at the gas pump and is being theatrically released by Submarine Entertainment. He is currently in production on Good Fortune (2015), The Official Biography of John Paul DeJoria, Co-Founder of Patrón Tequila and Paul Mitchell Systems. Today Tickell spends much of his time working for companies on strategies that engage members of the millennial generation. He achieves breakthrough results by modifying internal and external corporate practices to meet the desires and needs of Generation Y. 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Who would have thought that tiling the land could actually kill nutrients in the soil - or that there are more bacteria in a handful of dirt than there are stars in the sky?! Josh Tickell became a household name, and went viral before viral was a thing, in 1997 when he drove his Veggie Van around the country fueled on nothing but used fryer grease. He has since directed multiple documentaries, won a Sundance award for best documentary, "Fuel" and tapped into communicating with millennials like none other. He joins the show this week because of his new book, "Kiss the Ground." It is all about soil rejuvenation and how with proper soil care the world's future food crisis can be averted. He spent over a decade looking into how farmers tend their fields and treat the nutrients in the ground that are so vital to the nutritional aspects the food they grow will one day carry. CURATING CURIOSITY THROUGH COMPELLING CONVERSATIONS Visit http://www.mediamogle.com facebook: @mediamogle Soundcloud: @jessemogle Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter @jessemogle email: everythingsinteresting@gmail.com

Seaweed Part 2Many a boater has cursed that slimy green lake junk wrapped around the prop that killed his engine. But as today's technology continues to improve those curses may soon turn to congratulations when that same lake junk -- seaweed -- is used to power the boat. Of course that power source won't exactly be seaweed, however, it will be coming from the Latin derivative of the word known as algae. Yep, that tiny green chlorophyll organism may be the next best hope to replace petroleum and it's all good with the oil companies. At least that's the contention of the Don Quixote of the biofuels movement, Josh Tickell. You may remember him as the guy who drove the Veggie Van across America in the late '90s bringing attention to the ever-shrinking global reserves of fossil fuels. Well, for the last 11 years he's been making a movie about that very subject entitled "Fuel." And surprise, surprise, his documentary grabbed a big award at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. This week Josh joins John in studio to discuss all aspects of his film and the future of the fuel that we put in our cars. And that future, Josh contends, is all about algae.

Seaweed Part 2 Many a boater has cursed that slimy green lake junk wrapped around the prop that killed his engine. But as today's technology continues to improve those curses may soon turn to congratulations when that same lake junk -- seaweed -- is used to power the boat. Of course that power source won't exactly be seaweed, however, it will be coming from the Latin derivative of the word known as algae. Yep, that tiny green chlorophyll organism may be the next best hope to replace petroleum and it's all good with the oil companies. At least that's the contention of the Don Quixote of the biofuels movement, Josh Tickell. You may remember him as the guy who drove the Veggie Van across America in the late '90s bringing attention to the ever-shrinking global reserves of fossil fuels. Well, for the last 11 years he's been making a movie about that very subject entitled "Fuel." And surprise, surprise, his documentary grabbed a big award at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. This week Josh joins John in studio to discuss all aspects of his film and the future of the fuel that we put in our cars. And that future, Josh contends, is all about algae.

SeaweedMany a boater has cursed that slimy green lake junk wrapped around the prop that killed his engine. But as today's technology continues to improve those curses may soon turn to congratulations when that same lake junk -- seaweed -- is used to power the boat. Of course that power source won't exactly be seaweed, however, it will be coming from the Latin derivative of the word known as algae. Yep, that tiny green chlorophyll organism may be the next best hope to replace petroleum and it's all good with the oil companies. At least that's the contention of the Don Quixote of the biofuels movement, Josh Tickell. You may remember him as the guy who drove the Veggie Van across America in the late '90s bringing attention to the ever-shrinking global reserves of fossil fuels. Well, for the last 11 years he's been making a movie about that very subject entitled "Fuel." And surprise, surprise, his documentary grabbed a big award at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. This week Josh joins John and his panel in studio to discuss all aspects of his film and the future of the fuel that we put in our cars. And that future, Josh contends, is all about algae.

Seaweed Many a boater has cursed that slimy green lake junk wrapped around the prop that killed his engine. But as today's technology continues to improve those curses may soon turn to congratulations when that same lake junk -- seaweed -- is used to power the boat. Of course that power source won't exactly be seaweed, however, it will be coming from the Latin derivative of the word known as algae. Yep, that tiny green chlorophyll organism may be the next best hope to replace petroleum and it's all good with the oil companies. At least that's the contention of the Don Quixote of the biofuels movement, Josh Tickell. You may remember him as the guy who drove the Veggie Van across America in the late '90s bringing attention to the ever-shrinking global reserves of fossil fuels. Well, for the last 11 years he's been making a movie about that very subject entitled "Fuel." And surprise, surprise, his documentary grabbed a big award at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. This week Josh joins John and his panel in studio to discuss all aspects of his film and the future of the fuel that we put in our cars. And that future, Josh contends, is all about algae.

Aired 03/10/09 Growing up amongst the oil refineries in Louisiana, JOSH TICKELL experienced the impacts of dirty oil processing at a young age. After watching members of his family suffer from pollution-related cancers, Tickell began a lifelong quest to find sustainable, clean energy sources. In 1997, TICKELL set out on the road with a biodiesel powered "Veggie Van" and a video camera and began filming what would eventually become known as FUEL, the 2008 Sundance Audience Award winning documentary film that investigates the possible replacement of fossil fuels with renewable energy. Over the course of his 11 year journey, TICKELL traveled the world going to over 25 countries, authored two books, founded a nonprofit organization, and jumpstarted America's biodiesel movement. "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. The film's structure is built around director-narrator Josh Tickell's personal journey of enlightenment, which started in childhood after moving with his family from idyllic Australia to murkier Louisiana, where he came to realize the oil-rich environment was being ravaged by the omnipotent petrochemical industry. Later, as a young adult, he spent 11 years crossing the country in his vegetable oil-powered "Veggie Van," promoting biofuels and compiling footage for what would become this impressively comprehensive film. The events of Sept. 11 and Hurricane Katrina factor in both visually and thematically, providing provocative anchors for the movie's indictment of what Tickell believes is the Big Oil-cozy, ecologically indifferent Bush administration. Johnny O'Hara's WGA Award-nominated script doesn't dwell on muckraking, however; it's more focused on broadly inspiring viewers than preaching to the converted. Interviews with a wide range of environmentalists, policy makers and educators, along with such "green" celebrities as Woody Harrelson, Sheryl Crow and Larry Hagman offer serious fuel for thought -- as well as for action. Smartly animated interstitials, memorable archival material and a lively soundtrack round out the fast-paced proceedings. www.thefuelfilm.com