In the first month of GreenNow we have accomplished an amazing amount of things. Check out our links with over 50 0f the best green resource links ever and more to come! And we have a great video of David Wright speaking about Sustainable Ballard and how to get your urban area going green. We also have this cute mascot, Froggy, to help folks jump into GreenNow--he is encouraging us all to consider the results of going green--life for all species on Earth!
During September GreenNow:
- Purchased a Charles 804 ethanol still thru solicited donation and bidding on eBay. (here's what it looks like>>>>>>>>>>>}
- Arranged with Laguna Farms and the Green Energy Network to assemble an ethanol manufacturing facility in Sebastopol.
- Facilitated a meeting with Green Energy Network volunteers to coordinate the project.
- Arranged for a work crew to setup the still, boiler, and accessories.
- Secured access to 70 gallons of old wine to start the process with the still.
- Arranged to have networkers canvas the local farms and vineyards for more mash materials.
- Set up the GreenNow blog with over 50 major green resource links on it, all researched and reviewed.
- Published a newsletter about GreenNow to our lists.
- Recorded and edited a video of David Wright from Sustainable Ballard.
- Researched many sites about ethanol and gasification.
- Attended the Green Building Expo in SF.
- Gathered information for further research at the expo.
- Written several business proposals and our business plan.
- Secured an umbrella organization to accept tax-deductaible donations for us.
- Began initial contact with several green resource product manufacturers for our store.
- Secured a great price to be able to economically sell the stills profitably.
- Secured a paying, video production job recording the setup, manufacturing process, and the manufacturer.
- Began networking on Zaadz about GreenNow and establishing discussion groups there
- Followed up with all the great Zaadz response and our list keeps building.
- Did a work-trade with StarDoves to get an email ad about GreenNow going out to over 600,000 new agers.
- Received supportive endorsement by the SF Medical Research Foundation, the Global Peace Foundation, Sustainable Ballard, (and Fred's group in Shasta--name?)
- Enlisted volunteers and networkers to help the project.
- Designed a logo for GreenNow.
- Secured the Domain Name for GreenNow.org
- Found a mascot for GreenNow, Froggy.
Our goals for the next month are twofold:
- Build a still production facility, operate the machinery and mash making, and train on the ethanol manufacturing process--while video recording it.
- Establish an office/meeting/networking center for Green Energy Network & Ethanol Now.
Without this ability to coordinate the project and network it through an office and website, it could get bogged down. We have a great crew working on this; and with this working alliance amongst Laguna Farms, Green Energy Network, Ethanol Now, and GreenNow we have great momentum going now with fantastic potential.
With some financial help right now, GreenNow could coordinate this office to help all involved achieve the full potential of our group efforts.
With it we can:
- Definitely manifest a Northbay green sustainable fuels changeover,
- Help the environment,
- Help the local economy,
- Create fuel cooperatives that are economically reducing the consumer's costs.
- Video record and educate others to do the same, encouraging them to follow the model we set up at the Sebastopol facility with the Green Energy Network.
We will network the information to hundreds of thousands of people through this project and potentially affect the lives and environments of millions.
With your help, a donation of any size to reach our goal of $5,000 for this project, we can give it what it deserves, a chance to be manifested in a timely manner. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Neriah Lothamer
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Here is a special treat from RippleTV. We have this wonderfully edited video of David Wright speaking for 9 minutes about the importance of urban green sustainability and the Sustainable Ballard group in Seattle. We feature their link as one of the "Special" links to check out because they are so successful in their implementation of sustainability on all levels. They recently got the city coucil to set a goal of becoming green.
Here's what David had to say about the video, "Oh, my God...I am floored by the quality of the message that came through in the video clip of our Earth Fair talk that I gave. Neriah did an incredible job of editing the film to capture the true essence of what our message is about!"
Here is the clip.
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Stay tuned to the GreenNow blog for the latest report from the San Francisco Green Building Expo. We have lots of new weblinks we are putting up as we research the info we got at the Expo about solar, building materials, techniques, and resources. It is wonderful to see the green industry growing in all directions at once.
We have also secured the lead on some great prices for green products that were at the expo and we will be able to offer lower than normal prices when we start our online green store.
The Charles 804 ethanol still pictured above will probably be our first product to sell at a discount. We have a great deal from the manufacturer on this unit, bought one thanks to a donation, and are setting it up this week. We will post here the video of the setup and manufacturing process, as well as carry DVDs of it in our store.
We also have some reports on the flex-fuel retrofit kits from Green Energy Network and will be passing those on to you here soon.
Meanwhile, review our Special Featured Links below and get the juiciest green information yet.
