November 3rd 2008
This Sunday: Veg Oil Car Seminar + Vegan Buffet at Grasshopper
This Sunday, November 9, from 4pm-5pm at the Grasshopper restaurant in Allston, the Boston Vegetarian Society is hosting a free seminar on vegetable-oil-powered cars led by Worcester locals Colin McCullough and his son Carrick. They’ll be discussing their upcoming cross-country, vegetable-oil powered road trip.
The seminar is free and entitled Eco-video Travel Project in a Veg-Oil Powered VW Beetle. Right afterward is an all-you-can-eat vegan Chinese buffet. Unfortunately the buffet is not free, but it is pretty cheap. It’s only $10 and definitely worth it.
Grasshopper is located at 1 North Beacon Street in Allston, MA (map).
From BVS’s email list:
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 20084 PM - Speaker/Seminar (FREE)
5:15 PM - Vegan Buffet Dinner4 PM SEMINAR (Free)
“Eco-video Travel Project in a Veg-Oil Powered Beetle”Two years ago Colin McCullough gave a very popular talk at BVS about his used vegetable oil powered VW Beetle (still working great!) Since then he has been busy making eco-videos with his son and posting them online; the videos have won several awards and have been viewed by over 200,000 people.For their next eco-video project, Colin’s family of four will crisscross the country in their Beetle visiting large-scale sites like wind and solar farms, as well as new companies with potentially game-changing technologies that will be key to a sustainable future. They will also interview people whose ideas and actions have inspired many to live more sustainably. They will produce all their videos into a documentary/DVD narrated by nine year old Carrick that will be distributed to schools, libraries, organizations, individuals, and to online media. Their mission is to empower children to create a more renewable, sustainable future.Colin and his wife Jen have been vegan for 13 years and home school their two kids, Carrick (age 9) and Gareth (age 6). They live a green lifestyle in Central MA, and on this two-month travel adventure will be carbon-neutral by feeding their Beetle filtered vegetable oil at $1 a gallon. They will visit veg restaurants across the country and will likely produce a video profile on these restaurants. On their list of destinations is Howard Lyman, who they will interview about the environmental impacts of the standard American diet vs. eating vegan.No RSVP needed. Just turnip!5:15 PM - SOCIAL DINNER (optional) - let us get to know you!
Stay and enjoy Grasshopper’s delicious unlimited vegan buffet for only $9.50+ tax + tip
Includes appetizers, soups, salad, numerous entrees, and fresh melons.
LOCATION for seminar and dinner:
Grasshopper (an all-vegan restaurant)
1 North Beacon St.
Union Square, Allston (Boston)
617-254-8883
