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The Alternative Travel Project
Home » Blog » Lynda Brendish » The Alternative Travel ProjectTwo of the stars of American TV show Castle are promoting car-free living with The Alternative Travel Project series of videos
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Before I blogged for Good I lived in Los Angeles and worked in the movie industry. Nothing too glamourous, but I guess you could say I was part of the Hollywood 'machine'.
At one production company I worked for, part of my job included running the intern programme. One of my standout hires was Andrew Carlberg, a kid from North Carolina with dreams of producing and who became a friend and confidante. The company eventually hired Andrew and he became the assistant to our head of TV development as she worked on selling a little show called Castle.
In my inbox today I got an email from Andrew introducing his latest venture, The Alternative Travel Project. He and his friend (director Sam Griffith) have teamed up with Castle stars Stana Katic and Seamus Dever and created a series of four web episodes to promote car-free living. After all, if Hollywood actors can do it, so can us average folk right?
I'll let Andrew explain it a little further:
Over the last month, a small group of us have had the amazing experience of creating The Alternative Travel Project. Seamus Dever and Stana Katic of ABC's Castle have given up their cars for seven days over the course of this past month to learn what it is to live a car-free life in one of the most car-centric cities in the world. The result was amazing—they minimized their personal carbon footprint, they exercised more, they got more done, they used less oil, they saved money, and they felt better.
Watch the first video in the series here, then go to www.alternativetravelproject.com over the rest of the week for the subsequent three videos. Make sure you keep checking back!
There are three ways viewers can engage with this project:
- Pledge to go car-free for a day via Castle's No-Car Pledge and The Sierra Club.
- Donate money—Andrew suggested The Sierra Club, but charities closer to home, like Forest & Bird, are just as worthy.
- Send in your own photos of your car-free commute for inclusion in the site's gallery. Send pics to alternativetravelproject@gmail.com
I'm really proud of Andrew for this. Not only is he achieving his dreams but he's taking steps to promote change. I think that's something we should all aspire to.
On a side note: If a Kiwi version was made, who would you like to see in it?
Tue November 16, 2010 @ 12:56 PM
