The Millennial Files

Check Out Journey to Forever

While preparing to do some research on some possible shortcoming of biodiesel fuel, I cam across a charming and inspiring site: Journey to Forever. Journey to Forever is a prjoect centered around a pioneering expedition by a small, mobile Non-Government Organization (NGO). Their goal is to travel through 26 countries,from Honk Kong to Cape Town, South Africa and do what they can to help the local environments become self sustaining in conjunction with rural development.

Not only am I impressed with their altruistic goals, but also with their ability to listen to criticism and self evaluate their project. For example, at one of their destinations, a local challenged the irony of them being an environmental project in spite of using decades old Land Rovers fueled by petrol or “dirty diesel.” Initially their reaction was knee-jerk and defended themselves saying by using such an old vehicle, did not support the production of more vehicles (five to be be exact).

However, up reflection they felt compelled to consider his point seriously, which led to investigating non-polluting alternatives. This in turn resulted in a fairly in-depth analysis of the use of bio-fuels, which I will quote later.

For now, I strongly recommend the site to anyone interested in looking at a small group of people walking the talk honorably and authentically.