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Recently looking through my pictures of the 8 months touring with the CGA I found myself laughing remembering all the good times – a once in a lifetime experience for sure! I meant to pass the word earlier (but have been enjoying this last month of freedom to the fullest) that I am no longer living on the bus . . . gasp. Actually, as of Green Fest in San Francisco none of the original 5 crew members are still on the bus. This was the CGA’s first attempt at a one-crew/full-year tour and I say hats off to everyone involved! So many valuable lessons have been learned and the bus has been left in the hands of an incredible new crew full of fresh energy and enthusiasm.

Post pleasure present moment. I have just enjoyed a short series of events that equaled ecstasy. Beginning the morning at a rustic hot springs in Tonopah, Arizona.
Showering, bathing, resting, and breathing in the womb of Gaia. A well earned meditation after an impromptu ceremony at Joshua Tree where we laughed, giggled, cried, expressed, and reflected on our journey together thus far. Spreading the goodness has never been so easy and so hard at the same time.

As we rolled into the Whole Foods (our second home away from home)
parking lot this afternoon, my mouth waters as I dream of making raw sushi, mushroom miso soup, and my new invention: Chocolate Coco Durian Delight.
We roll through the store as if everything was already written, known, and played out.
Just people living our destiny in a mildy normal awakened manner of being.
I don't mean to be redundant, but shopping for food has become a mystical experience as we prepare to create our organic edible art with intention and love.
As we leave the store, I am "tricked" into receiving a kombucha from a pretty skinny blonde young girl who is so happy to be sampling this ancient healthy beverage.

Wow-We!!! We got Wi-fi on the bus!!
Being more tuned in then ever, what a perfect time to share.

In excitement we are presently traveling into the desert. We have a few days off to explore the mighty rocks and communion with the energies of this potent land. Josh Tree here we come!

The arid land and rugged hills are a pleasant change after a month of conscious good living and loving in the San Francisco Bay Area. A magical time spent singing and dancing from one Whole Foods to another, intertwined with many memorable days and nights connecting and gathering with beautiful beings accompanied with music, dancing, hot tubes, bon fires, tree houses, many of these moments harnessed under majestic redwood cathedrals.

Greetings Ya'll!
Ashley here, one of the new crew members of the Conscious Goods Alliance. Born and raised in Toronto Canada, I am super enthused to be touring the United States aboard Kopal (our 1984 eco-show room, mobile sustainable bus/home). What a joy, being a part of a super righteous project, traveling the land and sharing with others ways we can all make choices that in harmony with the greatest good for all of life.
To begin a series of blogs to be written throughout the next four months, I would like to give a special thanks to the 14 companies that have sponsored and made this tour possible. With their help each day the conscious goods alliance is creating ripples across the country spreading a movement of conscious consumerism, sustainability and alternative energy.
Already its been quite a journey, fueled by recycled veg oil, solar panels, nourishing foods and support from friends along the way.
Lots more to come. Looking forward in sharing it all with you.
Happy Day!
From the foot hills of the Santa Cruz mountains,
Your Friend,
Ashley

My name is Megan and I am most recently from NYC and I am so very excited to be one member of the brand new crew on the CGA bus. What will I bring to the tour? Well, so much of the materials, products and fuel we talk about and show people every day across the country shall be expanded upon on this site - available to educate and inspire those following the tour online. Worm compost on the bus and innovative lifestyles across the country - we'll teach you all about it! I will balance life on the road with life on the web, editing video and loving the new scenery each day - you'll be hearing from me soon! Much Love.
Megan

A quick note-
My wonderful Organic Center newsletter (do sign up, it's beyond worth it) has just informed me that Monsanto and Dow will be introducing a new "8 gene" corn in 2008. My question (and I believe this question is on the lips of all gmo skeptics) to these companies is a big Why? Why do they now have to produce a variety of corn that requires 8 different genes to fend off all of those pesky little insects that nature so irritatingly put in the way of agriculture?? (please note the sarcasm). This is not progress. At what point, and at what cost, will this stop? When the food we grow is no longer even recognizable? Isn't it better to find a way to work with nature, with the genes already given (and for a reason!) in the food we consume, instead of manipulating our food to be immune to chemicals we weren't intended to have in our bodies and on our food in the first place? No thank you Monsanto, I'd rather befriend the Earth that has kept us here for so long rather than fight and destroy her.
GO ORGANIC!
I'm a little fired up about this. You should be too.
-dani

I am happy to report that we made it safely (and quickly!) from Baltimore to California. Being that we made such great time, the rest of the crew and I are enjoying a day at Lake Tahoe, internetting and taking in the beautiful scenery. It was absolutely amazing driving across the entire US- there are few things in this life that are more freeing. After a beautiful week of travel, I am stoked for the events we have coming up. I have never been to a Bioneers convention, but from what I've been told it is the 'cream of the crop' in the world of activism. I know Garrett provided a link in his blog, please check out this gathering of world-changing people. Not far behind Bioneers is Greenfest West in San Francisco- Go there! Visit us! Expand your horizons and learn something new!

I'll post a blog with deeper substance soon, sadly the battery on the computer is dying out on me. If you find yourself on the west coast and spot our lovely little bus, be sure to say hi!
peace,
Dani
p.s. I'm currently reading a book titled "The Fox In The Henhouse: How Privitization Threatens Democracy". I highly recommend it- it's quite eye opening.

We are currently driving through Nebraska on our cross-country journey. After sitting around waiting for some bus repairs to be made it feels great to be back on the road. We’ve spent the last four weeks between the Baltimore and D. C. areas and we’ve met a lot of amazing people.

Down south in Virginia we met some of the nicest people ever. Rich, from the Fair Lakes Whole Foods Market, liked our “altar” (a collection of idols, charms, bones, incenses and other items intended to bring good energy from supporters of our mission into the Veggie-Bus’, and our, existence) SO much that he donated a bunch of incense, a turtle shaped incense holder, and a Chinese “good-health” charm. We also met a real estate agent named Lewis, who saw us on the side of the road late at night and decided to turn around to see if we needed help. We were glad he did because he directed us to the Shenandoah River State Park, a beautiful campground along a river surrounded by forest.

Tonight the CGA reaches a milestone. We have been on the road for over 7 months now- the 5 of us living and working, in and out of the bus, on a mission to get to talk to as many folks as we can, mostly one at a time about living green lives. With the support of our 14 fantastic sponsors we have made it across the country and we are currently en route back west and are in the middle of the desert just past Salt Lake and the surrounding Salt Desert, so amazing.
I hope we will see some of you at either Greenfest West or Bioneers this weekend.
So much to do- all I can do is promise more recent pics as soon as we land on the coast.

Much Love
Will

I apologize for the delay, between the madness of the Natural Product Expo in Baltimore and scrambling to get the bus ready to go across the country, I’ve found wireless internet to be little and far between. Expo was madness, as expected, but I think everyone made it out alive (albeit a little tired!) A huge congratulations goes to Kopali for winning their Socially Responsible Business award. Our thoughts are always with you as you pull the long strenuous hours to make your dream a reality.