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