The biodiesel we use is 100 percent, it has no petroleum in it. It was already used in fryers throughout our local area. It's already had one life and now it's going to be used again, which is nice.

Most people are really stunned to find out that the technology has been around for more than 100 years, and that the diesel engine was in fact invented to run on vegetable oil.

I haven't been to a gas station in years. It feels so good not to be a slave to gas, playing the whole game of war for oil.

It's not necessary to go far and wide. I mean, you can really find exciting and inspiring things within your hometown.

That's a big goal of mine, to try and grow as much of my own food as possible

I really struggle with that feeling of helplessness. That's why I really try to get my blogs, and even myself, to point to the positive and look at all the inspiring things that are happening.

It's really important to me to show the interconnectedness of things. I always try to illustrate how environmentalism, humanitarianism, animal rights - all those things - are one and the same.