Saturday, May 22, 2010

Think Pink Contest Winners!

Congratulations to the winners of the Think Pink photo contest to raise money and awareness for Emily's Power for a Cure!

First prize of a Canon XS digital camera outfit goes to

Shae Stromme of San Diego for her image titled, "Yummy".

Second prize of an Acer Netbook computer goes to Mitch Lathem for his image titled, "Nature's Splendor".

Third prize of a Flip video camera goes to Nina Williams for her image titled, "In the garden".

Congratulations to all the finalists, you all

did a GREAT job! And thank you to everyone who entered for helping raise money for neuroblastoma research. For more info, please

visitwww.emilyspowerforacure.com

Winners and finalists' images can be seen

atwww.thinkpinkcontest.com

The Carbon Neutral Expedition

(with excerpts from www.carbonneutralexpedition.com)

We are explorers who are finding real world answers to questions about weaning our species off fossil fuels.

This is a gathering of friends, of wonderful spirits, and of wonderful environmental minds. 8 vehicles, 16 people, and a motorcycle with a dog that rides in a sidecar. We traveled from Park City, Utah to Amado, Arizona (20 miles north of the Mexican border) over 6 days and 1000 miles, completely self sufficient, and not adding a drop of carbon to our blanket (the atmosphere). We traveled through some of Utah and Arizona’s most spectacular terrain, on existing dirt roads & tracks, and using Tread Lightly! certified techniques. This is about humans and our compatibility with the planet.

All vehicles ran on a wide range of alternative fuels or offset their footprint through carbon credits. My 1994 Land Rover Defender, nicknamed The Greasy Beast, ran the entire trip on used Vegetable Oil collected from restaurants. Our final destination was the 2010 Overland Expo, a gathering of world explorers and vehicle-dependent adventurers who are largely environmentalists themselves - people who are out to see the world and the land and all of its beauty, who simply choose a car to do it.

Click here for more AMAZING images of our journey!