- Mission -
BioTour is a journey that aims to enliven the Sustainability Movement while exploring the depths of America—the people, land and cultures. BioTour addresses the vital issues of climate change, environmental degradation and peak oil while presenting pathways toward sustainability in renewable energy and active democracy.
The Mission of BioTour is:
- To promote sustainability through individual action, community organizing and civic participation in order to build a stronger democracy that can best address these issues that will affect us all;
- To challenge obsolete conceptions of energy and environment by putting the issues of climate change, peak oil, resource depletion and environmental degradation into a context relevant to the lives of every American;
- To facilitate discussion concerning the values and principles that will lay the foundation for a sustainable society;
- To connect art, music, creative culture and celebration to political culture in order to enliven and unite the Sustainability Movement and help build a culture of participatory democracy
- To explore America on a journey that delves into the big cities and small towns, the overlooked cultures and hidden landscapes, and to take a critical look at American society;
- To engender a way of living that values creativity, community, solidarity, sustainability and exploration;
- To create partnerships with local and national groups dedicated to promoting sustainability;
- To bring excitment to the Sustainability Movement with our story of adventure by document ing our journey on video, in photographs and in the BioTour Vagabond Journal.
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