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Would you like Marcus or a VegieCars representative to attend or display at your event, speak to your group or write an article for your publication? We are a community focused organisation, with an aim to educate young and old of the benefits of using Biological and other alternative fuels.

If you know of an upcoming event that we might be interested in, please contact Marcus. 

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Friday 15th February to Sunday 17th February - Seymour Alternative Farming Expo

Vegiecars has been invited to present again at this country show which showcases alternative agricultural methods and machinery alongside sustainable building products and techniques.

Friday 29th February to Saturday 1st March - Wonthaggi Innovation Festival

Vegiecars has been invited to present again at this country show which showcases sustainable technologies while a human powered vehicle race speeds around a track that surrounds the expo site.

Saturday 15th March 10am-2pm - Green Dream Expo, held by the Shire of Yarra Ranges at Lillydale Lake

On Thursday 7th February, Marcus appeared on ABC Radio National Bush Telegraph Program speaking about Vegetable Oil as Fuel.  The program is available by podcast from the ABC website .

Marcus was asked by Renew Magazine for a feature article on Diesel conversion systems.  A four page article was published followed by another story about a couple who travelled over 11,000 kilometres across the desert on waste vegetable oil, giving renewable energy presentations along the way.

The Alternative Technology Association (Mildura branch) and the Sunraysia Institute of TAFE formed a collaborative partnership to host the first Mildura Sun Festival from 12 to 13 October 2007.

Although the event was small,  it was big on content with speakers tents full to capacity for most of the day.  Marcus presented his hour long talk "Vegetable Oil as Fuel" which gathered a capacity crowd, many of whom then came to visit the Vegiecars site later in the day.

The event was one of the better events that we have attended and we hope to be offered the opportunity to be present again in 2008.

The ATA - Alternative Technology Association approached Vegiecars Founder Marcus Deuchar to write an article for their 25th aniversery edition 100 of Renew Magazine.

Click here to read the article on the recent history of Alternative Fuels in Australia wich Marcus submitted.

VegieCars appeared on the new ABC TV series Carbon Cops at 8.00pm on ABC TV.  The episode featuring our vehicle aired on the 3rd of July.

the ABc website says "Carbon Cops is a new enviro-science TV series that wants to help you save money and combat global warming. Each episode will feature one household that will have their home's structure, appliances, vehicles and habits assessed for energy efficiency. They will then be challenged to make physical and lifestyle changes to significantly reduce their energy use."
Checkout the ABC Carbon Cops site and Trailer here .

There is lots of information available here on this website, so please explore to find out more about how to run a car on chip oil , and how VegieCars can help you. 

An informative article about Marcus and Vegiecars were published in the Mildura Weekly on 8th June 2007. Click here to read the article . 

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VegieCars was present at the launch of the Communities Combating Climate Change, C4 Healesville Launch on Sunday morning 3rd of June, combined with the local Sunday Market.

This was a fantastic community event organised by a small group of local people, targeting local people. The weather was brisk but the people were very warm and welcoming. Our stand was really busy all day, and we even ran overtime.

Congratulations to the C4 team for organising such a well attended and focused event.

Discover what you can do to reduce greenhouse emissions and Combat the Climate Crisis to secure the future.

Marcus and his Nissan Patrol are featured in the May edition of the RoyalAuto Magazine, published by the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria, which has an estimated readership of over 60% of households in Victoria Australia.

The interview for the article was conducted at the Seymour Expo, which had also been advertised and sponsored by the RACV.

The article will be viewable on the RACV website shortly.

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In March, Vegiecars attended the 2nd Wonthaggi Energy Innovation Festival with local VegieCars customer and agent  Ben Speirs who's Nissan van is pictured above. The Innovation festival is held in conjunction with the Human Powered Grand Prix.

The Wonthaggi Human Powered Grand Prix is a three day event involving primary school and secondary school students racing human powered vehicles over a 1.4km street circuit, including a non-stop 24 hour race for senior students.

The weather was against us as it was cold wet and windy for the weekend, although we still had many visitors.

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Marcus was one of three speakers involved, with a second being a customer of VegieCars and member of the Alternative Technology Association.

It was a wonderfully informative evening which lead to Marcus being invited to write an article for the Renew Magazine, published by the ATA.

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In February, VegieCars attended the Seymour Alternative Farming Expo. The expo is over 3 days and displays over 650 businesses.

VegieCars attendance had been advertised by the event organisers in The Weekly Times, which drew great interest in the VegieCars stall, with people coming from as far away as Geelong to the south and Mildura to the West.

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