Big
Green Bus Comes to Los Gatos Youth Science
Institute sponsors visit by eco-bus Los Gatos Observer By Alastair Dallas
7/22/08 6:36 pm
...The bus stopped for a few hours outside the Youth Science
Institute at Vasona Lake County Park so that visitors could
see the bus, meet the students, enjoy free organic snacks and
beverages, and learn more about eco-friendly alternatives.
Later in the afternoon, the bus stopped at the Presentation
Center, 19480 Bear Creek Rd. ... Full
Article
Tapping
Into Veggie Power Palo Alto Daily News By Kristina Peterson / Daily News Staff Writer July 18, 2008
One day after graduating, a dozen Dartmouth University students
jumped into a large green school bus and stepped on the waste-vegetable-oil
pedal.
After six weeks on the road, the bio-fuel-powered bus arrived
in Palo Alto on Thursday, with stops at both the Palo Alto Junior
Museum and Zoo and King Plaza in front of City Hall. ... Full
Article
The
Big Green Bus Visits Palo Alto, CA Dartmouth Office of Alumni Relations July 17, 2008
The Big Green Bus—12 Dartmouth students
traveling around the United States in a veggie-oil-powered
school bus to spark dialogue about sustainable lviing—is
now on its fourth summer on the road. Bus members have talked
with hundreds of people about climate change and its relationship
to energy issues, alternative energy sources, energy conservation,
and other lifestyle choices that promote sustainability. On
July 17, the crew took the bus to the Palo Alto Junior Museum
and Zoo. Here's what they had to say: ... Watch
and Listen
Fisher:
Big green bus rolls into town, running on grease By Patty Fisher
Mercury News Article Launched: 07/18/2008 01:32:27 AM PDT
When I caught up with Anthony Arch and Nathan Mazonson Wednesday
afternoon, they were doing what you'd expect a couple of college
guys to do on a gorgeous South Bay afternoon: cruising burger
joints and greasy spoons. ... Full
Article
Green
bus rolls into town Dartmouth students educate public on environmentalism
as part of national tour by Megan Rawlins
Palo Alto Online Staff
Passersby at Embarcadero and Middlefield roads Thursday morning
might have smelled it before seeing it. A lumbering green bus
plastered with sponsor decals and with an odor reminiscent
of French fries pulled into the parking lot of the Junior Museum
and Zoo, and a group of Dartmouth College students emerged
to set up shop, display their wares and educate the throngs
of excited children clambering to board the "The Big Green
Bus." ... Full
Article
Big
Green Bus rolls into Los Gatos to promote energy alternatives
By Chad Houston Los Gatos Weekly-Times
Article Launched: 07/14/2008 06:05:41 PM PDT
A bus emitting clouds of thick smoke will drive into Lake
Vasona County Park this week. Getting just over 7 mpg, the
1992 International Carpenter should be enough to make Bennet
Meyers squirm in his seat - that is, if his seat weren't on
the bus. ... Full
Article
Mercury
News Pizarro: Longtime P.A. eatery sold
Sal Pizarro
07/13/2008 01:36:19 AM PDT
... GREEN MACHINE: Dartmouth College's
Big Green Bus - a school bus with a diesel engine fueled by
vegetable oil - will be making a couple of Silicon Valley stops
this week during its summer tour. ... Full
Text for information about stops in Monterey, Los Gatos,
and Palo Alto.
Plum
Telluride The "Big Green Bus" Visits Telluride
July 6th, 2008 10:31am
Note: Do you know what "silver buckshot"
is? Watch this great video interview with bus crew, and find
out.
PlumTV host Jeb Berrier chats with students Addie Gorlin and
Andrew Albarez about "The Big Green Bus" during our
live MorningNoon&Night Show on July 5, 2008. ... See
the show
The
Austin Chronicle Naked City
July 4, 2008
... The Big Green Bus came through Austin last weekend,
just one stop along a 13,000-mile summer tour fueled entirely
by waste veggie oil. The Dartmouth College project intends
to "spark a dialogue about sustainable living, the viability
of alternative energy sources, and tangible solutions to
local and global energy issues." Rider Addie Gorlin,
an undeclared sophomore jazzed about seeing America, said, "WVO
isn't the only answer but part of a portfolio of what an
individual can do." She and 11 fellow Ivy Leaguers are
cruising some pretty sophisticated machinery,... Full
Article
Austinites
try to power cars on french fry oil Saving the environment, one bucket of grease
at a time.
By Asher Price AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Sunday, July 06, 2008
Note: This article profiles a local Austinites'
move to a veggie oil powered vehicle. Look for the Big
Green Bus description as you read!
Two years ago, concerned about the specter of higher oil prices
and the future of the environment, Walker Stemple decided to
sell his gas-thirsty, three-quarter-ton Dodge 2500 pickup.
... Full
Article
The
Big Green Bus stops in Austin News 8 Your News Now
June 27, 2008
The Big Green Bus pulled into Austin Friday...The group
said there is more than one way to be environmentally friendly.
... Full
Article
Grease
Junkies Students deliver a call to action on a cross-country
trip fueled by vegetable oil The Boston Globe (online)
June 29, 2008
When setting out on a summer road trip to change the world,
it helps to have good books.
So on a top shelf near the back of the Big Green Bus, past
the bolted-down couches, just before the luggage bins, and
across from the refrigerator, sits ... Find
out more!
U.S.
Senator Lisa Murkowski, Alaska Conservation Tips July 1, 2008
Senator Murkowski meets with Dartmouth students, including
two Alaskans, touring the country on a vegetable oil powered
school bus. The bus was on Capitol Hill in early June to
promote conservation and alternative energy sources. ... More
at Senator Murkowski's website
Big
Green Bus Rolls Into the Crescent City ABC26, New Orleans
Turning
Technologies Donates Response System to Dartmouth College’s
Big Green Bus Tour Turning Technologies, Press Release
June 29, 2008
YOUNGSTOWN, OH – Turning Technologies, LLC, a leader
in the audience response industry, has partnered with the
students of Dartmouth College to provide audience response
systems on the 2008 Big Green Bus Tour. ... Full
Text
Green
road trip Alternative bus spreads word by fits and starts
-- some even scheduled
The News & Observer, June 19, 2008
Kathryn Ardizzone, Correspondent
CHAPEL HILL - The Big Green Bus is encountering a few inconvenient
truths on the road to environmental change. ... Full
Article
Big
Green Bus teaches sustainability HeraldSun.com, June 19, 2008
Durham, Chapel Hill and the Research Triangle Region
BY KEELY STOCKETT : The Herald-Sun
That vat of grease used to cook your french fries can do
more than add calories to your meal. The Big Green Bus, a "science
fair on wheels" developed by students at Dartmouth College,
is a former school bus that runs off used vegetable oil found
in the back of restaurants. ... Full
Article
Mackie
Rides the Big Green Bus www.mackie.com, June 18,2008
12 Students, 12,000 Miles and 1 Waste Veggie Oil Powered
Bus on a Mission for a Greener Tomorrow.
Lofty goal? The 12 Dartmouth students who are living and touring
on The Big Green Bus would probably agree. However, the intended
message is rather simple—educate Americans about climate
change and its relationship to energy issues. ... Full
Post
Are
You a Change-Agent?
SocialButterfly Blog, June 17, 2008
What do a bus, a canary, an artist, a rocker and a college
grad have in common? Getting green. and inspiring others
to follow suit. ...
... Plug in to Earthkeepers, where you can follow
and interact with 5 extraordinary Change Agents, dubbed, "Earthkeeper
Heroes."
Big Green Bus (12 Dartmouth students
travel the country this summer in a tricked-out school
bus converted to run on waste vegetable oil)
The
Big Green Bus Comes to NC!
North Carolina Conservation Network Blog, June 17,
2008
What happens when 12 Dartmouth students take a 37-foot veggie
oil powered bus road tripping across the US?
Well, education for one! If you're in the Chapel Hill area
tomorrow
"The Big Green Bus and its crew will roll into Morehead’s
parking lot at 9:30 a.m., June 18. From 10 a.m. to 3:30
p.m., the crew will give public tours of the bus, explain
how its engine works and provide information comparing
the energy use of an SUV versus a hybrid vehicle."
Veggie-powered
bus road-trips across America
Morehead Planetarium & Science Center, June 9, 2008
Morehead Planetarium and Science Center will host the Big
Green Bus June 18, 2008, as it stops in Chapel Hill, N.C.,
to visit the hometown of its education coordinator, Elysa
Corin. Corin, along with 11 other Dartmouth College students
and recent graduates, will be part of the fourth Big Green
Bus crew to spend its summer road-tripping across the United
States in a leaf-green, 37-foot long, vegetable oil-powered
bus. ... Full
Article
Yahoo!
News, June 9, 2008
On the first day of a 10,000 mile, 40 city journey, the
bio-fuel-powered Big Green Bus makes a stop at The Timberland
Company to get fueled up, siphoning used vegetable oil from
Timberland's cafeteria. Identified as Timberland EarthKeepers-
people taking important steps to help the environment- 12
students from Dartmouth aboard the Big Green Bus will spend
their summer educating the pubic about sustainable living.
... See
the news item and photo
Changents.com,
June 8, 2008
Join The Big Green Machine Dream Team To
Tame Climate Change
If you’re on the road and hear the sounds of a ukulele
gently wafting out the windows of a tricked-out, green Harvester
school bus, close behind you'll see us – a group of 12
college students rocking and rolling across the country this
summer out to educate the world about alternative fuels.
The
Big Green Bus Rolls Out Geared For Green 12 Students, 12,000 miles and 1 Waste Veggie Oil
Powered Bus on a Mission for a Greener Tomorrow
HANOVER- NH-: Turning the all-American notion
of the great summer road-trip on its head, twelve college students
are crisscrossing the country from June through August in order
to change the world – one vegetable oil-powered bus at
a time. To find a tour schedule of bus stops, please visit: www.thebiggreenbus.org.
After three summers on the road, more than 35,000 miles
traveled, and 4,400 gallons of waste vegetable oil burned in
place of diesel, the Big Green Bus is no longer the rag-tag
invention of Dartmouth College’s engineers and ultimate
Frisbee community. The vehicle is still the same school bus
converted to run on waste vegetable oil harvested from greasy
spoons, but the message has evolved. The bus has been reborn
from mere transportation into a mobile museum of sustainable
living, making the world greener mile by mile ... Full Text
VOX
of Dartmouth, May 26, 2008
It's So Easy Being Green Big Green Bus gets political in 2008
Four years ago, the Big Green Bus began as a project between
ultimate Frisbee players and engineering students. To transport
the players across the country that summer, they designed a
school bus powered by waste vegetable oil harvested from greasy
spoons. Since then, the bus has evolved into a mobile museum
of sustainable living. The project’s goal has been to
spread the green revolution, educating the public through hands-on
demonstrations and the bus’s knowledgeable crew about
ways that all Americans can adjust their lifestyles to minimize
their ecological footprints. This summer, they’ve expanded
that mission to include political advocacy ... Full
Article
The Big Green Bus rolls out of Hanover in June on its fourth
annual cross-country tour, bringing the message of environmental
conservation and sustainable use of fuels as well as the smell
of French fries to thousands of people. The bus’s 12-student
crew has a new member this year, education coordinator Elysa
Corin ’08, who will add informal class-like presentations
to the group’s repertoire.
“The Big Green Bus is a moving symbol of energy conservation,” says
Corin, “and it draws a lot of interest. We want to move
the bus’s agenda to be even more educational.”
Corin, who first came to love science at her hometown planetarium,
looks forward to teaching others about the environment. She
plans to keep the sessions as fun and low-key as possible and
to use “clicker” response technology, much as she’s
seen at Dartmouth ... Full
Article
HANOVER- NH: Turning the All-American
notion of the great summer road-trip on its head, twelve college
students are crisscrossing the country from June through
August in order to change the world – one vegetable
oil-powered bus at a time. Four years ago, the Big Green
Bus began as a rag-tag project between Dartmouth’s
ultimate Frisbee players and engineering students. In order
to transport the players across the country that summer,
they designed a school bus powered by waste vegetable oil
harvested from greasy spoons. Since then, the bus has evolved
from mere transportation into a mobile museum of sustainable
living. The project’s goal has been to spread the green
revolution, educating the public through hands-on demonstrations
about ways that all Americans can adjust their lifestyles
to minimize their ecological footprints ... Full Text
