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<p class=MsoNormal>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>17 September 2009<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span
style='font-size:18.0pt'>FUEL</span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Winner of Best Documentary Audience Award at Sundance
Film Festival</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Begins National Theatrical Release via Greenlight
Theatrical</span></b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
</span><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br>
</span><b><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>The World’s First
Algae-Fueled, 150 Mile Per Gallon Vehicle Kicks Off Cross Country Tour to
Launch FUEL</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span
style='font-size:9.0pt'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u><span
style='font-size:9.0pt'>First of Its Kind Green Curriculum To Be Offered Free
To All US Schools</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The stirring, radical and multi-award winning documentary <b><i>FUEL</i></b>,
a comprehensive and powerful portrait of America’s overwhelming addiction
to and reliance on oil,<span style='color:black'> opens in theatres in New
York, Washington DC, San Francisco and Berkeley on September 18<sup>th </sup></span>from
Greenlight Theatrical. This initial rollout will expand soon after to
other markets across the country. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Director Josh Tickell’s <b><i>FUEL </i></b>offers
a virtual tour guide through the drama of fuel, the history, the politics, the
mess that the world is in and the fascinating alternatives for a way out. In
the movie, he interviews politicians, historians, professors and a sprinkling
of activist celebrities, all of whom have their own take on one of the most
important and pressing concerns of the modern era. Interviews with a wide
range of environmentalists, policy makers and educators, along with such
"green" celebrities as Woody Harrelson, Sheryl Crow and Larry Hagman
offer serious fuel for thought for empowering people with knowledge and
inspiring social change.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>As both a first time director and narrator of the film,
Tickell’s rousing and reactionary <b><i>FUEL </i></b>is an
amazing, in-depth, personal journey of oil use and abuse in which he examines<span
style='color:red'> </span>wide-ranging energy solutions other than oil,
the faltering US auto and petroleum industries, and the latest stirrings of the
American mindset toward alternative energy (versus the advanced European
commitment to ending its oil dependence altogether).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>To celebrate the national theatrical release of <b><i>FUEL</i></b>,
Tickell and film producer Rebecca Harrell launched the world’s first
algae-fueled cross country tour. The Veggie Van cross country tour kicked off
in San Francisco in early September and will culminate in New
York City on the film’s opening day, September 18<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>“What better way to show that the energy solutions we
have been waiting for are here than driving the world’s first algae fuel
powered, 150 mile per gallon, plug-in-electric hybrid vehicle, the Algaeus,
across America to celebrate the opening of a movie about a new green
economy,” said Tickell.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The documentary <b><i>FUEL</i></b> and the Algaeus
Tour are presented by the Veggie Van Organization. The Veggie Van Organization
was established to facilitate the transition from fossil fuel use toward a new
green economy by educating people about sustainable energy and providing them
with appropriate pathways for integrating sustainable energy into homes,
schools, communities, cities, states and ultimately nations.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The Veggie Van Organization is creating an educational
curriculum that will be free to classrooms across America this
year. It is based on the seven pieces of the new green barrel seen in <b><i>FUEL</i></b>.
Each piece of the barrel corresponds to a module of information that meets
national education standards. Currently there is no green curriculum for
schools that meets national education standards. The site will be the
first of its kind. It will expand beyond green information and it has the
potential to revolutionize education in America. It is called
Curriculumhub.com.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.curriculumhub.com/">www.Curriculumhub.com</a> is
a hybrid site – a cross between Facebook and Wikipedia. It will be
a place to upload and share content for any and all school subjects. It
will be searchable by keywords or by which standards it meets. Teachers
can post one day or one week lesson plans and include podcasts, videos,
projects and homework assignments. Students, teachers and parents to
build their own profile pages and connect. And teachers can use the site
to post homework and communicate with parents. It offers the first
mechanism for educational material to be dynamic while still meeting national
educational standards. Added to the curriculum will be pieces of the
movie <b><i>FUEL</i></b> and eventually a free 35 minute educational
version of <b><i>FUEL</i></b> which has been re-edited to remove all
political content and approved for use in classrooms.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>For more information on <b><i>FUEL</i></b>, the Algaeus
Tour or the Veggie Van Organization, visit<span style='color:blue'> <a
href="http://www.thefuelfilm.com/">www.thefuelfilm.com</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'># # #<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Webdings;
color:green'>P</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Corbel","sans-serif";
color:green'>please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to</span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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