Tour the Veterans Green Bus

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Wednesday July 17, 2013 · 9:51 PM PDT

2013/07/17 · 21:51

Take a Tour of the Veterans Green Bus where we are going with the rest of the West Cost Tour.

You may notice that we are not raising money for fuel or hotels for the crew. We raise money to make repairs and servicing to keep the bus operational. The West Coast Tour has raised $2,900 to date. That money has beed used to pay for the major service and repairs at Kent's Custom Diesel, some of the graphics for the bus, printing or business cards, flyers, and poster for Netroots 13. We are now in Arcata, CA. Preparing for our next demonstration of the bus in Visalia, CA. We still need to raise the rest of the West Coast tour budget of $4,100. That money will be used to get the rest of the graphics printed and more flyers. We want to keep making improvements to our presentation capabilities and address any repairs we might face. Please, help us reach our goal.

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Friday July 05, 2013 · 10:34 AM PDT

2013/07/05 · 10:34

Journey of the Veterans Green Bus is just beginning. We have built the bus, tested ourselves and Large Marge under the harshest of conditions and are now poised to start the real business we created her for.

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Can a documentary made by veterans help the cause of sustainability

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Can a documentary made by veterans help the cause of sustainability

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Yes, but with some studio help

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Yes, but not without and hudge bankaccount

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Maybe they can produce something of value

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Silly idea, it will never work

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Celebrate Independence Day

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Thursday July 04, 2013 · 9:01 AM PDT

2013/07/04 · 09:01

Celebrate Independence Day by supporting the most sustainable resource our veterans who are working on sustainable energy solutions for disaster relief. It will mean more to us than blowing up fireworks in our name and you will get way more bag for your buck.

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Sunday June 30, 2013 · 10:34 AM PDT

2013/06/30 · 10:34

The maintenance funding effort for the bus is almost completed. Please help pay the remainder of the bill so we can be on the road demonstrating sustainable disaster relief techniques and promoting energy independence in time for the July 4th weekend.

Kent found more worn out parts and needs an additional $1,500 bucks to fix or replace them. So we are heading to Kent's Custom Diesel Monday morning to check on large Marge and to shoot some new video of the work in progress and to thank Kent for keeping the costs down as much as possible without overlooking anything critical.

After the trip to Netroots Nation 13, we have $1,200 towards this bill and need to raise an additional $1,500.

In the last 4 months we invested $7,000 in repair and maintenance work. Add to that, $10,000 dollars worth of fuel conversion, filtering and solar energy and other equipment we added 6 months ago by Team Rubicon and Goal Zero, Large Marge is now worth about $30,000.

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Saturday June 29, 2013 · 12:16 PM PDT

2013/06/29 · 12:16

Funding the Veterans Green Bus so far has been done by myself and a small groups of individuals, veterans, friends on Facebook, Dailykos, and from in kind contributions from other nonprofits and businesses. I can account for $40,000 spent on Large Marge since I pulled her out of a desert in Arizona 5 years ago.

United Peace Relief, Veterans Green Jobs, Team Rubicon USA, New York Cares, Friends of Rockaway, and the Robinhood Foundation, Fire and Police Department Staff, and VFW chapters, Small businesses, Roanoke Natural Food Coop, Full Circle Fuels, Sequential Biodiesel, WVO Diesel, PA BioDiesel, Roanoke Times, The Roanoke Red Sox, Colony Inn, Woods Towing, Rocky Mountain Truck Service, and Kents Custom Diesel have pitched in and helped with money and in kind contributions.

Together:

We have proven we can build a vehicle capable of crossing the country on a signal fill up.

We have proven we can fill it up once we get it across the country.

We have proven our used cooking oil system works to reduce transportation fuel costs up to 90%.

The job of building the bus into a vehicle for sustainable disaster relief is really just beginning. I can't pay for it all and neither can most of the people who have been given generously to the project so far. We need to expand our groups to include more green veteran bus supporters if this is to remain a grassroots effort.

To do this we need media attention for Large Marge.

That is why we paid to get the graphics done so that when somebody takes a picture of her they know and can share what she is all about.

Please share our information with green writers new papers mags eco/environ blogs

Now we need to raise $7,500 to make Large Marge as reliable as she is sustainable.

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Friday June 28, 2013 · 9:57 AM PDT

2013/06/28 · 09:57

Low Power FM has a small window to make a big impact!

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Tuesday June 25, 2013 · 10:20 AM PDT

2013/06/25 · 10:20

I'm really looking forward to everyone coming to our backyard next year for Netroots. United Peace Relief and The Veterans Green Bus project wants to host a volunteer effort throughout the event. You will have all weekend to come and do something for and with the communities working on Park Clean Ups, and Urban Garden Harvests.

Riverfront - Lakewood Park Detroit

View the youtube video of Riverfront - Lakewood Park taken just before our first clean up effort that was completed on Veterans Day Nov, 11, 2012. http://www.youtube.com/...

The Veterans Green Bus, AKA, Large Marge is a biodiesel and waste vegetable oil fuel disaster relief vehicle. We use it to demonstrate sustainable energy solutions for disaster response.

Our veterans designed and converted the bus so that they can continue to serve the country by providing aid and comfort people effected by natural disasters.

We have taken her from Arizona to Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Detroit, New York, Pennsylvania , Roanoke, VA. ( Hurricane Sandy ) and across the country via West VA, Ohio, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington and we are now in Oregon.

During the trip we worked with Veterans Green Jobs to teach veterans about sustainability. and Team Rubicon after hurricane Sandy hauling in tools supplies and volunteers form Chicago.

We set up their forward operating base in Rockaway, New York where hosted President Bill Clinton, his daughter Chelsea and the Clinton Global Initiative to assisted thousands of residence effected by the storm.

We have had our challenges. A starter motor fire in VA almost ended our efforts to use the bus.. However, quick action by the veterans saved the day

The forty foot long Crown Super Coach is in Kelso Washington in Kent's Custom Diesel shop for servicing.

From here we will go to Netroots nation to promote the bus as a vehicle for changing perspectives of veterans and disaster relief.

We are a 501C3 non profit made up of veterans dedicated to providing sustainable energy solutions for disaster relief.

Please give what you can and/or share this link with your Facebook friends.

Spirit of Hope Garden Article:
http://www.motherearthliving.com/...

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Would rather have a netroots volunteer effort in Detroit that has a open timeframe for volunteering?

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Would rather have a netroots volunteer effort in Detroit that has a open timeframe for volunteering?

Yes, days and evenings

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No, Dont let anyone leave the conference to volunteer

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$1000 at the Denver airport today

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Wednesday June 19, 2013 · 8:44 AM PDT

2013/06/19 · 08:44

There is a $1000 donation at the Denver Airport from 2:30 - 4PM today for The Veterans Green Bus if we can find Peter Shankman.

Here is his post.

"I'll be at Denver International Airport from 2:30pm to 4:00pm changing planes. If you're the first, second, or third person to find me, I'll donate $1000 to your favorite charity, on the spot. Tell friends! The hunt is on!"

Can anyone in Denver go to the Air port with a sign "Peter Shankman".

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Friday June 14, 2013 · 3:04 PM PDT

2013/06/14 · 15:04

The cost of driving the Veterans Green Bus @ ten miles to the gallon runs about $.50 per mile. Not including the driver's time or the vehicle's maintenance. For that, add an additional $.50 to $1.00 per mile.

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Thursday June 13, 2013 · 10:07 AM PDT

2013/06/13 · 10:07

9.10. 2001 I was happy rebuilding a theater in the town I grew up and teaching artist how to get their art on online. 9.11.2001 turned me into a blogger, Iraq in 2003 turn me into an activist, 10 years later, I'm going to the NetRoots NAtion 13 convention to tell my story and use Veterans Green Bus to demonstrate what a veteran can do with next to nothing except the desire to serve. I'll also talk about other great programs and initiatives like the CCC, Team Rubicon, Veterans Green Jobs, Veterans to Farmers, etc. http://www.netrootsnation.org/

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Wednesday May 15, 2013 · 10:42 AM PDT

2013/05/15 · 10:42

The Veterans Green Bus still has $1.500 to raise to pay off the $4,000 repair bill. Just one last push to get us back on the road. Please help veterans who want to continue to serve by providing sustainable energy solutions for disaster response.

We won't be able to make it to NetRoots Nation 13 without your help!

http://www.unitedpeacerelief.ning.com

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Thursday May 09, 2013 · 1:59 PM PDT

2013/05/09 · 13:59

The Veterans Green Bus is back on the road. The fire damage is repaired and we are ready to get Large Marge back in service..

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