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Scurrying across campus today in the rain, I came across a 32 foot RV.
For those of you that don’t know it, I’m in New England. I moved out here for 9 months to get a master’s degree in Sustainable Development at the School for International Training, a tiny school up on a hill in southern Vermont.

I think an RV would have stuck out on our little farmhouse campus no matter what, but this one, well, it looks like this…

Sara and Matt, a graphic designer and handyman respectively, along with their young daughter Bella, have hit the road in a veggie oil conversion RV to spread the green living message. They are calling it the Live Lightly Tour and plan to loop through New England and cruise the East Coast before heading out to California - where LJUrban will be their host for a tour pit stop, probably late spring early summer- we’ll let you know.

Matt put his skills to work when they purchased this old RV and gave it a green makeover. Not only did they do the Veggie Oil conversion with an on-board gathering and filtration system, but they strapped solar panels on the roof and gave the inside a facelift with new bamboo floors, Dakota Burl (crushed sunflower seed hulls) counter tops, and a cheerful splash of low VOC paint!

Check out their website if you have a minute and you’re interested in veggie oil, they’ve got quite a response to “FAQ’s” on this topic…

Happy Tourin’ Jassens!

Vanessa