5th Annual AltWheels Festival: Meet the Heroes, Save the Planet - 26 Regional Individuals Doing Extraordinary Work
*_AltWheels 2007_*
*_What_**: *One-stop shopping for transportation and energy solutions to unclog our roads, reduce our dependence on oil, cut our greenhouse-gas emissions and generally inspire people to preserve and protect our environment.*__*
*_Where_**: *Boston City Hall Plaza
*_When_**: *Friday, September 28 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Saturday, September 29 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.**
*_Cost_**: *Free**
* Boston, MA - September 25, 2007* - As household names like Al Gore work at the global level to achieve healthy, sustainable transportation and energy for all people, countless other lesser-known individuals do extraordinary work at the regional and local levels. On Saturday, September 29 at approximately 2:00 p.m. on Boston's City Hall Plaza, the 5^th Annual AltWheels Alternative Transportation & Energy Festival publicly honors and celebrates 26 "Regional Heroes" who, through their actions, provide shining examples of what all of us can aim to achieve. Mike Mullaney, music and public-affairs director for Boston radio station Mix 98.5, will serve as master of ceremony.
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2007 AltWheels Regional Heroes*, in alphabetical order by last name:
* *Justin Carven*, Founder & President,* *Greasecar Vegetable Fuel
Systems, Florence, MA. Founder of the largest used-vegetable-oil
coalition.
* *Anthony Consigli*, President, Consigli Construction Co. Inc.,
Milford, MA. Involved with 15 LEED-registered projects.
* *Donald S. "Brad" Bradshaw*, Beverly, MA. President, Massachusetts
Hydrogen Coalition; Founding Member, Massachusetts Clean Energy
Council.
* *Robin Chase*, Founder & CEO, GoLoco, Cambridge, MA; Founder,
Zipcar, Cambridge, MA. GoLoco is a leading ride-sharing program,
* *Michael Crowley*, Assistant Director, Harvard University Green
Campus Initiative, Cambridge, MA.
* *James P. Dunn*, Millbury, MA. Co-host, /Energy Freedom Fighters/,
WCRN/830 AM; Worcester; Co-host, /This New Car/, WICN/90.5 FM,
Worcester; Technical Advisor, 2007 MIT Solar Decathlon Team. *Eric
Guyer*, President & CEO, Climate Energy LLC, Medfield, MA.**
* *Sajed Kamal*, Member, Boston Area Solar Association's Fenway
Solar Committee, Boston, MA.**
* *Gilles Labelle*, Millbury, MA. Co-host, /Energy Freedom
Fighters/, WCRN/830 AM, Worcester, MA; Co-host, /This New Car/,
WICN/90.5 FM, Worcester, MA; Manager, Hybrid Center of
Massachusetts at Westboro Toyota, Westboro, MA.
* *Patricia Lautner*, Principal, CEO & Project Manager,
EcoDevelopment of New England LLC, Jamaica Plain, MA. Building the
Jamaica Plain Cohousing Development in Boston*.*
* *Jackson Madnick*, Wayland, MA. Renovating his home to be
95-percent energy efficient with zero reliance on the grid.
* *Robert Marquis*, Worcester, MA. A retired electrician and solar
enthusiast who built a solar-photovoltaic system for his home.
* *Colin McCullough*, Sutton, MA. A piano tuner/environmentalist who
drives a diesel/veggie-fueled car and goes to festivals to share
his experience with others.
* *Peggy Middaugh*, Executive Director, Regional Environmental
Council of Central Mass., Worcester, MA. Shows young people how to
run their own environmentally friendly businesses.
* *John W. Moore*, Founder, Boston CleanAir CABS, Boston, MA.
* *Gwen Noyes*, Founder & Partner, Oaktree Development, Cambridge,
MA; Member, Affordable Housing Trust, Cambridge, MA. Designs
environmentally sustainable, multi-family housing in the greater
Cambridge area.
* *Karen Panetta*, Founder & Director, Tufts University Nerd Girls,
Medford, MA. Brought renewable energy to the last operating twin
lighthouse in the United States.
* *Dennis Rice*, Executive Director, Alternatives Unlimited,
Whitinsville, MA. Renovating the historic Whitin Mill Complex to
powered by solar-photovoltaic, hydropower and geothermal systems
that will supply nearly 90 percent of its energy needs on site and
100 percent of its heating and cooling.
* *Jonathan Ricker*, President & CEO, Mass Megawatts Wind Power
Inc., Worcester, MA.
* *Jeff Rosenblum*, Executive Director, Livable Streets Alliance:
Rethinking Urban Transportation, Cambridge, MA.
* *Robert "Sidewalk Sam" Guillemin*, Founder, Art Street Inc.,
Newton, MA. Improves and enriches daily life by involving people
in arts programs that nurture their community spirit. Will be
painting a 43-foot tree on September 28 and 29 on Boston City Hall
Plaza with the help of festival attendees and kids from throughout
Boston.
* *Ana Sortun, *Proprietor, Oleana Restaurant, Cambridge, MA. Grows
much of the food it serves and composts half of its trash.**
* *Jory Squibb*, Camden, ME. Invented the "Moonbeam" three-wheel
microcar that gets close to 100 miles per gallon.
* *Michael Strizki*, Hopewell, NJ. Developed the first
solar/hydrogen powered home in the western hemisphere and owns one
of the only private hydrogen cars in the eastern U.S.
* *Matt Wilding, *Guide, Freedom Trail Foundation, Boston, MA.
Free-lance writer and bicycle rider who never wanted to drive.
Plays Ebenezer Mackintosh on Boston's Freedom Trail.
* *Peter Wingate*, Director of Energy Resources, Worcester Community
Action Council Inc., Worcester, MA. Provide energy-efficiency
services to low-income households in Central Massachusetts.
To learn more about the 2007 AltWheels Regional Heroes, visit the "Regional Heroes" page on our website at www.altwheels.org/heroes07.html Click on the Heroes for their profiles in HTML format.
The 5^th Annual AltWheels Festival, the largest alternative transportation and energy festival on the East Coast, convenes a broad, public/private coalition of automakers, energy suppliers, municipal organizations, transportation professionals, environmental and educational leaders, and bike and walk groups, to find real alternatives to our costly addiction to oil.
Witness this unique coming together of more than 100 transportation- and energy-related entities, during the AltWheels Festival on Friday and Saturday, September 28 and 29 on Boston's City Hall Plaza. The two-day celebration offers a one-stop opportunity to see more than 70 clean, effective transportation and energy options that you can buy now -- plus new technologies coming in the near future from Chevrolet, Volkswagen, Ford, Honda, Toyota and other leading automakers.
Boston's Museum of Science, and the New England Aquarium all host informative, fun exhibits on transportation and energy plus lots of interactive-learning activities on how to create a more sustainable world. On our Energy "Freedom Trail®," you can even calculate your environmental footprint and learn about 30 steps you can take to reduce it.
The broad coalition that supports the AltWheels Festival consists of 40 sponsors, including Green Sponsors (the highest level) Chevrolet and Volkswagen, and more than 70 co-host organizations. These highly diverse players come together each year to display and/or support a broad range of solutions.
For more information on the 5^th Annual AltWheels Alternative
Transportation & Energy Festival and opportunities for volunteering at
the 2007 AltWheels Festival, which takes place September 28-29, 2007 on
Boston City Hall Plaza, please e-mail: Info@AltWheels.org
AltWheels 2007 Schedule of Events
Ø *AltWheels Alternative Transportation & Energy Festival:
*Boston City Hall Plaza
* Friday, Sept. 28*, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and *Saturday, Sept.
29*, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.**
Ø *Fleet Day: *Larz Anderson Auto Museum, Brookline - */By
invitation only/*
* Monday, Oct. 1*, 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., followed by
optional test drives.
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