Support the Bio-Diesel Van Fund!

Collective Roots is taking it on the road! We need your help to extend our roots deeper into the community. We need a van to transport our students, volunteers, and staff to sites in the community where we are extending our work. In alignment with our environmental mission and work, we will convert this van to use Bio-Diesel fuel.

The Cloud Star company has made a generous donation to start this fund. Please consider making a donation that will help make our dreams come true and enable us to bring our programs to more schools and sites in the community.

It is now easier than ever to make a donation to Collective Roots. Simply click here to make a donation online (you may designate funds to be specifically used for this purpose by selecting "Bio-Diesel Van" from the "Focused Giving" Menu) or click here to download a form to print and mail in with your check or credit card information.

We thank you in advance for considering our needs.

Want to know more about bio-diesel? (Click here)

Click here to see a Powerpoint presentation about where biofuels come from, why we use them and how we can make them even better by Stanford student Brede Kolsrud. Or click here for a one-page fact sheet.

There is a lot of concern and controversy right now about biofuels. One issue is that the development of this technology might be contributing to an emerging worldwide food crisis. (Some biofuels originate from food crops and may be displacing agricultural land previously used for human food production.)

Collective Roots very much interested in developing our knowledge and awareness of these issues. We welcome your input, research, and analysis. Collective Roots is interested in tracking the development of biofuel and how this fuel impacts the food system. Click here to read some articles and links on this important topic.