Exclusive: Global Launch Party Details

Holy cats! ALMOST GREEN is now on sale across North America (Amazon.com sales rank as of a minute ago: #485,984,987,098). To celebrate, we’re throwing a launch party Friday August 22 where the whole saga began—spectacular Bowen Island, B.C. Canada. Expect live satellite linkups to and from 34 major metropolitan markets—each of which will be hosting its own "carbon neutral" ALMOST GREEN kickoff parties.

Ok, most of that isn’t true. We will be having a launch event, but there won’t be any dish trucks or velvet ropes. Instead, I am hoping to round up a few bottles of local wine (but not water), maybe a box of chips or two. (Not those yucky cardboard kinds, tho.) If I can get my hands on an LCD projector, there’s even potential behind-the-scenes slide-show fun. At the very least you can listen to me read from the book, and — ahem, no pressure or anything, but maybe even buy it? Hey, just putting that out there.

What do you get from me? How about a stellar door prize. How does a free night in The Eco-Shed sound?

Note: If you’ll be there to shoot and share images, please tag them with "almostgreen."

Details below. Hope to see you there!

ALMOST GREEN GLOBAL NATIONAL LAUNCH PARTY

Friday August 22, 7pm

The Gallery at Artisan Square [MAP]

Bowen Island, B.C
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The CBC Session

On July 17, I was a guest on CBC Radio One’s “Sounds Like Canada,” a national program. It was a great interview; host Rick Cluff and I had lots of fun. Give it a listen.

Sounds Like Canada, Streaming MP3 file, [14.7 MB, 16 minutes].

Padre’s Smart New Wheels

Ok, this is about the wildest thing to ever show up in my inbox. My red-state father-in-law—one of the individuals I’ve alienated with my overly-ambitious harebrained green schemes, the fellow who loves sports cars and who has a framed picture of George Bush Sr. in his office and who thinks global warming is a “swindle?” Well, check out his new wheels!

Sorry about the blurred face; I’ve promised my wife, Elle, that I’ll keep her dad out of the public eye, to preserve what remains of our fragile family relationship. But trust me, that’s him!

This is very exciting news. Who knew the old man had it in him?!