[RP TownTalk] Fwd: PRESS RELEASE: Biodiesel cooperative community interest meeting and presentation

[Jonah Blaustein]

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> From: "adam schwartz" <adam at greenguildbiodiesel.org>
> Date: Wed Feb 27, 2008  6:52:23  PM US/Eastern
> Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Biodiesel cooperative community interest 
> meeting and presentation
>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> Tuesday February 26th 
>
> Contact: Adam Schwartz
> Co-founder, Green Guild Biodiesel Cooperative
> adam at greenguildbiodiesel.org
> 301-275-2362 (cell)
>
> Community Interest Meeting and Presentation
>
> The Green Guild Biodiesel Cooperative, a startup nonprofit based in 
> the DC metro area, will be holding a community interest meeting and 
> presentation at the Center for Educational Partnership in Riverdale, 
> MD on Wednesday March 12th at 6pm. 
>
> The Green Guild was started by two recent University of Maryland 
> graduates in partnership with Biodiesel University and the Dingman 
> Center for Entrepreneurship. They will be presenting plans for the 
> creation of a member-based cooperative business that produces and 
> distributes biodiesel fuel from waste vegetable oil to communities in 
> the DC area. The presentation is intended for local community leaders, 
> those among the existing biodiesel community and prospective 
> members. You will have a chance to tour our retrofitted school bus 
> Biotanker and ask questions of the coordinators. Green Guild is 
> seeking founding members as well as those interested in volunteering 
> on a steering committee to help get this project off the ground as 
> soon as May 2008. Come learn about this exciting venture and find out 
> how you can get involved.
>
> MissionStatement:
>
> The Green Guild Biodiesel Cooperative is a member-based, non-profit, 
> social entrepreneurship venture in the business of producing and 
> distributing quality biodiesel fuel to the Washington DC metro area.  
> We aim to build alternatives to economic structures based on scarcity 
> by providing environmentally sustainable and equitable energy that 
> empowers our community to reduce its dependence on foreign oil, 
> mitigate its impact on the climate and environment, and strengthen the 
> local economy. We will use biodiesel as a teaching tool to educate 
> consumers, youth and the community about climate change and the energy 
> crisis.
>
> Please come learn more!
>
> Wednesday March 12th @ 6pm         
> Center for Educational Partnership (in the Community Room #0131)
> 6200 Sheridan St, Riverdale, MD 20737 
>
> If you would like us to present to your group, or to set up a meeting 
> or possible partnership then let us know!
> Please Contact Adam Schwartz with any questions or visit 
> www.greenguildbiodiesel.organd sign up for our announcement list.
>
> -end-
>  
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