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Red-Headed Stranger and Country Legend Willie Nelson is known for fueling his tour buses with biodiesel and kicking out classics like "On the Road Again." He'll soon be known for giving away $500 in Hard Rock bucks to the person who best demonstrates a more Earth-friendly way to travel. Willie is a founding member of the Green Music Group, which is holding a series of challenges.
For Challenge No. 4, Willie is urging longtime (and budding) fans to find ways around fossil fuels for transportation, by taking the bus, the train, biking, walking or sharing a ride with a friend. Biodiesel also is OK, since it's produced by farmers, Willie says, cup (of coffee?) in hand.
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One suggestion is to search TrailLink, from Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, to find bike trails, walking paths, and equestrian trails in your community. That's equestrian as in horse, and cowboy. Willie's heroes have always been cowboys, by the way.
This challenge lasts until noon on June 4. As in previous challenges, take a picture of yourself and/or your friends doing the good deed. In this case, that's using an alternative form of transportation. Creativity counts. A bicycle built for one carrying six may propel you to the top of the heap, for instance. Be careful.
Upload the photo to the GMG Challenge site, tag it as "FOUR," sit back and wait.
Adam Gardner, a founding member of GMG and singer/guitarist for Guster, choose kayaking for his low-impact method.
The winning entry will take home $500 from Hard Rock, which can be used for tickets to shows, a night at a hotel, meals and merchandise. Even if you don't win, you'll be entered to win the grand prize, a Honda Insight Hybrid.
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