Chicago Biofuels

FUEL won the Audience Choice Award at Sundance, and is premiering in Chicago on October 9th.

FUEL is a feature-length documentary about America’s past and present dependency on petroleum, and our alternative energy options for the future. Watch the trailer here.

Director Josh Tickell and Producer Rebecca Harrell will attend screenings on Friday at 7:15pm, Saturday and Sunday at 4:40 and 7:15pm. Peter Fonda will attend with an array of alternatively-fueled vehicles including a van and motorcycles.

Watch the trailer, tell your friends, and buy tickets to this awesome event!

Chicago Biofuels will meet up at Corcoran’s Pub at 1615 N Wells St after the 7:15 Friday showing if anyone’s interested. Tickets will go fast, so get yours early!

Email jessy@chicagobiofuels.org with questions.

FUEL showtimes at the AMC at Piper’s Alley, 1608 N Wells St Chicago, IL 60614

Friday Oct 9:
2:00, 4:40, 7:15, 9:50
Saturday Oct 10:
2:00, 4:40, 7:15, 9:50
Sunday, Oct 11:
11:25, 2:00, 4:40, 7:15, 9:50
Monday, Oct 12:
11:25, 2:00, 4:40, 7:15
Tuesday, Oct 13- Thursday Oct 15:
2:00, 4:40, 7:15

“IMPRESSIVELY COMPREHENSIVE”…”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.”
- Gary Goldstein, LOS ANGELES TIMES

“DYNAMIC, STIRRING…A MUST SEE AND NOT JUST FOR ENVIRONMENTALISTS”…We all know about ethanol, solar-and wind-generated power, hybrid engines and the like. But by the end of “Fuel,” one might very well come out of the theater ready to invest in companies deriving energy from wood chips and algae, or growing food in vertical, inner-city farms.
- Tm Keogh, SEATTLE TIMES

“DEEPLY PERSONAL AND SURPRISINGLY PERSONABLE”…one of the refreshing traits of this action-nudging documentary is Tickell’s willingness to wrestle his own biases. Tickell and writer Johnny O’Hara make a pragmatic case that one solution can’t cure our energy woes. With candor, the doc often lets a nagging question cloud hope: Can energy ever be consequence-free?
- Lisa Kennedy, DENVER POST

OFFICIAL FUEL FILM RELEASE EMAIL:

Hello Friends & Film Lovers!

Are you a fan of NEIL YOUNG? WILLIE NELSON? SHERYL CROW? WOODY HARRELSON?
Apparently they’re just a few of the celebrities interviewed in the documentary sensation that has been called
“the unofficial sequel to An Inconvenient Truth.”

I am very excited to invite you to the Chicago Premiere of the
Winner of the Sundance Festival Audience Choice Award:

FUEL
www.thefuelfilm.com

Made by reknowned biodiesel expert, eco-activist and
fellow Conference for Global Transformation speaker, Josh Tickell,
FUEL is causing a wave of eco-activity in the U.S. as it offers hope and real solutions to the world’s growing fuel crisis.

FUEL won the Audience Choice Award at Sundance, and is premiering in Chicago on October 9th.

FUEL is a feature-length documentary about America’s past and present dependency on petroleum, and our alternative energy options for the future. Watch the trailer here.

Director Josh Tickell and Producer Rebecca Harrell will attend screenings on Friday at 7:15pm, Saturday and Sunday at 4:40 and 7:15pm. Peter Fonda will attend with an array of alternatively-fueled vehicles including a van and motorcycles.

Watch the trailer, tell your friends, and buy tickets to this awesome event!

Chicago Biofuels will meet up at Corcoran’s Pub at 1615 N Wells St after the 7:15 Friday showing if anyone’s interested. Tickets will go fast, so get yours early!

Email info@chicagobiofuels.org for more information

Sat. Sept. 20th…more details to follow!!

We are having a volunteer meeting on Wednesday, June 24th, 7:00pm at the Mercury Cafe on 1505 W. Chicago Ave. We’ll go over all the details of getting involved in Chicago Biofuels. Hope to see you there!

uncommon ground
1401 West Devon Avenue Chicago
June 11th, 2009 6-9 pm

uncommon ground and the “Tree-Tini” are proud to sponsor the Green Room Sessions; a FREE monthly eco-awareness series featuring local environmental organizations along with live music and FREE appetizers featuring the product of a local farmer or producer prepared by uncommon ground’s Executive Chef Brian Millman.

Our theme for the June green room session is

ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION
eat
Executive Chef Brian Millman will be preparing FREE appetizers utilizing product from Chicago’s own Green City Market.

drink
$5 TreeTinis - a year-round offering that changes seasonally featuring only the finest organic ingredients, Veev Acai spirit & organically produced Rain Vodka. For every TreeTini ordered, a tree is committed to be planted. Over 7,000 trees to date.

look
Our participants represent a cross section of ideas for
ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION

listen
A very special performance by Los Guitarristas - Guitarras Sin Fronteras
Latin, Immediately following the Green Room Session at 9pm
a Chicago-based Guitar Quartet under the direction of Maestro Alfonso Chacon since 2003. We perform original arrangements of South and Central American folk and popular music as well as great works of classical guitar.

Please join uncommon ground for a very special evening of great food, amazing cocktails, live music, and amidst it all, support some great causes…

Chicago Biofuels is off to a great start this season. We had a table in the Community Pavillion at Green Fest on Navy Pier last weekend, gave a talk at Greenheart Shop today, and will be participating in Uncommon Ground’s July 11 Transportation Green Room Session!

Chicago Biofuels at Uncommon Ground’s Green Room Session
June 11th, 6-8pm at 1401 W. Devon.

This Transportation Event will also feature Zip Car,  Tesla Motors, Smart Car USA,Active Transportation Alliance (formerly the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation), Scooterworks, Dutch Bike Company Chicago, West Town Bikes, Zero Motorcycles, Toyota Prius, ZapTruck, The Recyclery, and Loyola University Chicago.

Participating organizations will introduce themselves and table the event. Uncommon Ground staff will give tours of the restaurant’s rooftop farm.

It’s time for our next public meeting, and Chicago Biofuels is going back to school! Join us on March 24, at 7pm to learn biodiesel basics 101. Barry Latham will be our instructor for the evening. He teaches a course in Biodiesel at Bloom High School. Barry will walk us through the process of making a small batch of biodiesel from vegetable oil. One lucky attendee will go home with 1L of freshly brewed fuel! Learn all about the environmental, social and economic benefits of making your own fuel from a locally sourced, renewable feedstock!

When: Tuesday March 24, 7:00 pm

Where: Always Delivery 2039 W. Carroll Ave, C122 Chicago IL 60612,

Always Delivery is a local delivery company that uses bio-diesel, tracks carbon use and lowers its impact on the environment whenever possible.
What else: $5.00 suggested donation for the general public; Chicago Biofuels members get in free. Wine, soda and light snacks will be served.

Please RSVP so we know how much food to bring!

This session is a preview of some more in-depth 2 day workshops that Barry will be conducting on the following dates:

March 27-28

April 24-25

More about Barry Latham:

Barry has crafted a curriculum that allows his students to research Biodiesel technology and develop methods for testing their finished product with gas chromatography.Barry Latham was introduced to biodiesel in late 2006 by a colleague, but had to “Google” biodiesel to see what it was. Since then, he has received ~$125,000 in grants, with another $100,000 pending. His Advanced Chemistry Honors students built a 50-gallon reactor, designed a filtration system, and wrote their own labs, quizzes and exams.

Barry is currently offering a 2-day seminar, “Biodiesel in the Classroom,” as an introduction to biodiesel for educators and home-brewers. Barry and his students certify their own biodiesel and
offer their services to the community. More information can be found at the Bloom High School website http://www.bloomhs.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=33322&type=u&rn=40821
or at Barry’s personal biodiesel website http://blatham.multiply.com.

Hey Everybody,

It won’t be long before summer turns to fall, but before Chicago goes into hibernation mode, let’s grab some fuel and some fun! CBF is doing one more B99 group buy this Friday, to be picked-up by appointment. B99 is $5.20/gallon for Chicago Biofuels Members and $5.70 for non-members. If you need us to provide a container it’s $3.50 extra/5 gallons. To prepay for fuel…email us to make arrangements or use the following form. Then send an email to info@chicagobiofuels.org letting us know you’ve paid.

And don’t miss Chicago’s first annual Veg-car Show to Raise Money for Chicago Biofuels. If you want your car to be a part of the show…EMAIL US!
Who: Everybody who’s Anybody
What: First Chicago Veg-Car Show with Chicago Biofuels!
Where: Uncommon Ground- 1401 W. Devon
When: September 28, 6pm - late
Why: to celebrate alternative energy!
Etc: Suggested Donation $20.00…but any amount helps!

Join Chicago Biofuels at Uncommon Ground (an awesome local green restaurant) to see straight vegetable oil (svo) powered cars, including personal vehicles and RV’s. Learn about alternative energy options in Chicago, talk to svo enthusiasts, and stick around to hear a great fundraiser concert. (The music is original music written by David Glines, one of the founding members of Chicago Afrobeat Project, inspired by West African rhythms with a twist of Americana. Group will include members from Cornmeal, Chicago Afrobeat Project and King Sunny Ade’s band.) Support renewable local solutions at this first-time event!

Time: 6-8 car show in Uncommon Ground Parking Lot
8-? Music and Drinks Inside!

Only reservations guarantee a seat for the music…so RSVP by calling 773-465-9801 or visiting uncommonground.com