PIEDMONT – SHARING THE VISION Earth Day Weekend, April, 2007 INDUSTRIAL This is where Piedmont Biofuels makes biodiesel. At Industrial, there are offices, gardens and the refinery. TRUCKING At Piedmont, they don’t just make fuel, they are sharing a vision of community sustainability. THE LAB Rachel in her lab with her blue gloves on. Bob […]
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LYLE AND TAMI’S HOME IN THE WOODS North Carolina – April, 2007 “Tami’s Travail” as a sign on the driveway calls this seventeen-acre property, is an interesting combination of creative energy and tranquility. When Lyle and Tami heard that Bob was coming to Pittsboro to work with Rachel in the lab, they graciously offered to
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A VISIT TO THE OLD HOME STATE In which Camille (later joined by Bob A.) spends two weeks in Pennsylvania, putting good energy into Mom’s recuperation effort February 10 – 24, 2007 BOB AND DEB IN LANCASTER They live in a woodsy neighborhood with the windows (thanks to Bob, who is an architectural engineer) to
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GETTYSBURG ON A COLD WINTER’S DAY In which, Bob and Camille join their hosts, Aphia and Michael for a tromp around the old battlefield. February 22, 2007 IT WAS A COLD DAY But we needed to get out and stretch our legs and this was the place to do it. The brisk wind made it
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A FEW NICE DAYS IN SAN ANTONIO The pleasure side of Bob and Camille’s trip to San Antonio for the Annual Sustainable Biodiesel Summit and the National Biodiesel Conference. February 3 – 8, 2007 DINNER AT STEPHANIE’S Stephanie invited us to dinner the night we arrived in San Antonio from Denton for the Biodiesel Summit
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SUSTAINABLE BIODIESEL SUMMIT San Antonio, Texas – February 4, 2007 THE BACKBONE OF THE EVENT Rachel, SaraHope and Emily pulled the whole thing together. THE PRESENTERS Both Bob and Charlie shared their knowledge and perspective, while a toucan flitted about outside the window. THE AUDIENCE A very attentive group. MORE PRESENTATIONS Lyle, from Piedmont Biofuels,
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JANUARY JAUNT TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Bob, Camille and Amy take a short trip to California to look at universities. January 1 -15, 2007 WHERE THE GULLS ARE The first thing we did after getting our rental car from Bio-Beetle Rentals was head for the water. We watched other people feeding the gulls and then got
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A CALIFORNIA CAMPUS TOUR Bob, Camille and Amy check out three California Universities January 11 – 15, 2006 CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY AT LONG BEACH (CSULB OR CAL STATE LONG BEACH) Amy was definitely able to ‘see’ herself going to Cal State Long Beach. In fact, so were we! It was an undeniably beautiful campus
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Baja California Wildlife In which Bob and Camille take time to smell the datura and investigate the wild places of Baja California’s Cabo region. November 5 through 9, 2006 THE GENERAL LOOK WAS STARK We got up early to see what we could see, on our second morning. We were lucky to be in Cabo
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A Tour of Baja California’s Cabo Region On November 7, 2006 Bob drove Camille, Kris, Heidi and John from the home base at Cabo Pulmo on the East Cape, north to Hwy 1, then south to Cabo San Lucas, north on Hwy 19 to Todos Santos, west across the peninsula on Hwy 1 and south
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