Here's the news on Changing Gears: Melissa and I are back in the editing room as of about 2 weeks ago. We had a marriage ceremony on May 23rd for our friends and family, and after we wrapped up from that, we started back in on this project. It's been a busy year for both of us, with me in school and Melissa picking up 2 jobs and a couple of community board positions, and Changing Gears got sidelined for quite a while.

For now, it looks like the format will be 6-8 episodes to air here on the website and on CATS focusing on the topic areas we covered on the trip, and then trying to look at what is already going on here in Bloomington (or not).

For example, we want to do an episode about sustainable food practices, and we've got a few interviews on the road with places like Moody Meats, a couple of terrific Co-Ops, Seed Savers Exchange, and a great farm-to-school lunch program in Wisconsin. So we'll talk about those, but we also want to work in local projects like our great farmer's market, the Local Grower's Guild, Middle Way's Incubator project, Bloomington restaurants with a local focus like Farm, Upland, and Nicks... well, the list goes on. But the important thing is that we're going to be aiming for half-hour episodes again, and we've been in the editing room working on our material so that we can start putting out new shows soon, as in the next couple of weeks if all goes well.

Otherwise, I'm working on promoting the IU Office of Sustainability and trying to get back on my bike as much as possible. Thanks for checking in with us! There will be more to come soon. :)

-Andy