Small is Possible. Lyle Estill

Small is Possible - Lyle Estill

–Author has won numerous awards, including Environmental Educator of the Year (2004), Family Friendly Workplace Award (2002), Citizen of the Year (2001), all based in North Carolina. -Wrote Biodiesel Power (New Society, 2005), now in its second printing -The book focuses on positive solutions to actual problems that take place at the community level. -It contains newspapers columns, blog entries, interesting emails, and essays from real people and situations taken from Moncure, North Carolina -Areas of promotion will include tie-ins to the Slow Food Movement, the 100-mile diet, and biodiesel co-ops. -Examples of self-sustaining efforts include: • The story of BLAST, the little software company that started changing the complexion of the town. • Moncure Chessworks, a vibrant sculpture studio, and a look at Chatham Arts. • Piedmont Biofuels Industrial: How a desire to make enough biodiesel to power a tractor grew into the largest biodiesel coop in America, meeting the fuel needs of a few hundred