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Not along ago, consultant Alison Sander (MBA 86/JD 87) was invited to evaluate the potential for sustainable investment opportunities in Ecuadors rain forests, where petroleum reserves were being parceled out to international energy companies. She was stunned to find that draining every drop of oil from these ecologically sensitive areas would fuel North Americas energy needs for just two weeks. That stark fact took on a human face when Sander met Santiago, chief of the Achuar, a rain-forest tribe. Alison, you need to go back to your local community and figure out how to make the North American lifestyle sustainable, Santiago said. If you dont, weve seen in our dreams that our rain forests and every rain forest will disappear (Boston Globe, July 27, 2003).
Upon her return to the Boston area, Sander organized a neighborhood group that determined that more energy-efficient transportation would have the greatest immediate impact on energy use. This possibility inspired her to launch AltWheels, a two-day alternative transportation festival that took place in July. The event, a first for New England, featured one thousand participants and some seventy energy-efficient vehicles from Toyota, Honda, Ford, GM, KeySpan, and Solectria. Speakers included Segway inventor Dean Kamen (OPM 7, 1982), state and federal officials, scientists, and entrepreneurs. We hope to foster economically viable alternatives to fossil fuel-dependent transportation, said Sander, who is already planning a bigger AltWheels event for the Boston area in September 2004.
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