Phone call with Greenpeace

Last night I had a great conference call with a few people from Greenpeace and a graduate of the GOT program from a few years past. She offered some great insight into the program and told us all she learned from it. This girl was very motivating and her motivation and enthusiasm really excited me! It has confirmed what I already knew. I need to do this! No matter what I can not let this unique and amazing opportunity pass me by.

I still need a lot of help and I have to raise more money. I know I can use this chance to make a huge positive change in our of lives. :-)

New Blog!

In an attempt to help others go green, I have created a blog called "Going Green on the Cheap". It's of course a blog about going green, but basically it's about sure fire ways to reduce your impact on the environment and save a nice chunk of change in the process. I invite all of you to check it out. Of course any feedback is welcomed! :-)

Going Green on the Cheap

Letters Sent.

Today I finished sending letters to all of my family. If you're reading this and you're a family member then Welcome! I just want everyone to know that although I don't post everyday right now, I will when I get to D.C. I'll have quite the active schedule and everyday will be something new and different!

It's Offical! I can leave...

Today I got the "official" word from my employer that I can come back to my job after my stint in D.C. It looks like I wont be able to work remotely for a few hours a week like I originally wanted. (I'm a computer programmer) I also got a very nice donation from my uncle today! I still need a lot of help and I'll be mailing out more letters in the next few days to family and friends.

Dear Family, HELP ME!

Today I start sending out letters to my extended family asking for help with my endeavor. I'll be contacting family who I haven't talked to in sometime so I'm not sure what kind of response I will receive. I'm starting to think I will be able to make this thing happen.

I can now say with certainty that I am over a 1/4 of the way there, in terms of money that is. I'm very excited by my recent large donations but I will surely need more!

I'm feeling lucky

Last night (Friday the 13th), I was feeling really lucky. My girlfriend and I headed to the local casino for some fun. I had lost the $40 I went in there to play with and she was still on her first $20. We were about to leave and I started walking around trying to find the last slot machine so she could drop her money in. Then I spotted a dollar machine and had "a feeling". I told her play this one, I have a good feeling. After about 2 minutes she won $973! I was so happy I was jumping up and down. Needless to say, I got another nice donation to my cause! :-)

Way of the furture? Hopefully for me it is. I want.

I've been following along with this company, Aptera, for a while now and the more video's I watch of the thing, the more I want it! This plug-in electric hybrid claims it will get up to 300 MPG. It looks a little funky but if it comes out and actually works as claimed, I will so trade in my car and get one. Of course that is if I still live in California and need a car. :-)