Yesterday NRDC had an exclusive screening with Josh Tickell (Director) and Rebecca Harrell (Producer) of the film FUEL at our headquarters in New York City. This film is an honest account of the opportunities and challenges we face individually and collectively in supporting our energy use. From biodiesel to energy efficiency, FUEL depicts an industry at the helm of change and the paradoxes we face in making the right sustainable choices. It is engaging and ultimately inspiring while firmly setting forth the hard work that remains to be done.

This Thursday, I will be participating as a panelist to discuss the film following another screening. For more details and opportunities to see the film, please continue reading...

FUEL
CHANGE YOUR FUEL... CHANGE THE WORLD
The Picture House, the Wildlife Conservation Society, the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Federated Conservationists of Westchester County are proud to present a FREE preview screening of FUEL
January 29th at 7pm
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion
moderated by environmentalist and film director Josh Tickell
The panel will include:
• FUEL producer Rebecca Harrell
• Chair of Environmental Protection Committee, City Council Member James F. Gennaro (24th district)
• NRDC Air and Energy lawyer, Brandi Colander
• CEO of Tri-State Biodiesel, Brent Baker
• Vice Chair of Policy for Biodiesel Industry Committee of Albany and Total Fuel Corp. founder, Daniel Falcone
• Vice President of Federated Conservationists of Westchester County and Managing Director of Sprague Energy, Steven J. Levy
Starting at 5:30 PM, tour FUEL's "Big Green" biodiesel bus!
Tickets can be reserved now at the
Picture House box office or online at
www.thepicturehouse.org
175 Wolfs Lane • Pelham, NY • 10803 • 914.738.3161

If you have yet to see it, hopefully it will be coming to a theater near you...
2008 SUNDANCE BEST DOCUMENTARY AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER
FUEL ENCOURAGES AUDIENCES TO CHANGE THEIR FUEL AND CHANGE THE WORLD
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FUEL - The Eye-Opening Documentary that is Winning Awards & Making Headlines Across the Country -- Explores Green Energy Solutions to America's Addiction to Oil

LOS ANGELES - OSCAR contender FUEL, the ground-breaking award-winning "documentary that could," is electrifying audiences across the country by giving America a powerful wake-up call and inspiring people from all walks of life to join the green energy revolution. Nominated for the 2009 Writers Guild Award for Best Documentary Screenplay and Winner of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award for Best Documentary, FUEL exposes shocking information about our nation's dependence on foreign oil and issues a resounding call-to-action to explore viable alternatives which provide real solutions for our future.

The film features an all-star cast and interviews with leading voices ranging from our nation's leaders to Hollywood celebrities, including: JULIA ROBERTS, SHERYL CROW, LARRY HAGMAN, WILLIE NELSON, PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER, ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR., LARRY DAVID, LAURIE DAVID & SIR RICHARD BRANSON.

First-time filmmaker Josh Tickell was selected by PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON for his Global Initiative on Climate Change. In 1997, Tickell set out on the road with a "Veggie Van" and a video camera and began filming what would eventually become known as FUEL. 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 participated in jump-starting America's green energy movement. As it chronicles one man's personal journey to try to change the world for the better, in the process the film empowers and inspires each individual to rise to the challenge and to do their own personal best to contribute in any way they can to help save the environment and the world we are passing on to our children.

The film is currently being screened privately in select cities and will premiere in New York on February 6 and Los Angeles on February 13, 2009.

Oscar contender FUEL is in insightful portrait of America's addiction to oil and an uplifting testament to the immediacy of new energy solutions. Director Josh Tickell, a young activist, shuttles us on a whirlwind journey to track the rising domination of the petrochemical industry - from Rockefeller's strategy to halt Ford's first ethanol cars to Vice President Cheney's petrochemical company sponsored energy legislation - and reveals a gamut of available solutions to "repower America" - from vertical farms that occupy skyscrapers to algae facilities that turn wastewater into fuel. Tickell and a surprising array of environmentalists, policy makers, and entertainment notables take us through America's complicated, often ignominious energy past and illuminate a hopeful, achievable future, where decentralized, sustainable living is not only possible, it's imperative.
Change your fuel. Change the world. Watch the trailer at www.thefuelfilm.com

FUEL is distributed by Intention Media and produced by Chip Rosenbloom and Daniel Assael of Open Pictures, Greg Reitman of Blue Water Entertainment, Darius Fisher of DNA and produced by Rebecca Harrell.