|Supporting Projects|

Biodiesel Implementation and Outreach Project

Lindsey Corbin

Mission Statement:  Empower community stakeholders to champion social and environmental stewardship by demonstrating that switching to biodiesel is a feasible solution for sustainable transportation in their community.

Research

• Case studies of recent similar efforts
• Feasibility analysis

Implementation

• Facilitate and coordinate 3 schools switching to biodiesel for a minimum trial period of 4 years
• Fundraising to help offset the additional costs of using biodiesel (B20)
• Local businesses donate money to offset their carbon footprint and demonstrate their commitment to “greening” the community
• Class sponsorship of project and small scale fundraising initiatives
• Private foundation match of money raised by local community

Outreach

• Incorporate biodiesel into high school environmental studies curriculum
• Students as project stewards
• Biodiesel “switch” as experiential learning opportunity to explore local impacts of and response to global climate change (biology, environmental science/ecology, physics, mathematics, history, geography, etc)
• Biobus II site visit and workshop