Eugene

I’d like to send a special thanks out to the “Behind the Scenes” CarrotMobbers. Because, you know, we’re all about appreciation, support, and kudos as a means of making change.

First, we’ll start with Adele Wilson-Hamaker. Without Adele we would not have the amazing video footage. This woman has been spending her dear, precious weekends to film and then edit the stories together so we can all watch and vote. And besides, she looks so good with all that gear on… I think she might really know what she’s doing!

You can find more of her work at www.meandherdesigns.com.

Here we have Travis Reeder, one of the EWEB (Eugene Water and Electric Board) employees. Travis not only has an extraordinary on-camera presence, but he helped to decipher the cost vs savings piece around changing out lights from incandescent to fluorescent as well as determine the rebates that EWEB is willing to give back to the store owners for their efforts towards energy reduction

And then there is the infamous Caroline Cummings. Thankfully we have a social media guru on our side to help spread the word of the CarrotMob gospel. Without her our Facebook page would be sad and our followers would be few.

You can find out more about Caroline through her blog.

Brooke Standifer has been caught chatting it up with each one of the coffee shop owners about the importance of the word “Local” in the supply chain. She’s also been helping to explain the benefits of purchasing items that have the highest content of recycled material. Most importantly, she stole a plastic carrot from a 4 year old so we could use it as a prop in during our filming. Now that’s what I call takin one for the team!

Angie Marzano is another EWEB extraordinaire! Thanks to her talents in energy efficiency, we were able to not only help out the three coffee shops participating in the CarrotMob but many other coffee shops and restaurants alike. Angie has been working with Roscoe Divine from Midtown Marketplace on rebates and lighting at Midtown Marketplace as well as a couple other buildings owned by Roscoe. The cool thing about EWEB is their rebate programs. Too many business have yet to take advantage of this FREE money for updates, upgrades, and upward growth.

And then there’s the hidden gem of Eugene’s recycling community, Carolyn Stein. Seriously, Carolyn knows it all when it comes to what you CAN and CANNOT recycle. She works with Bring Recycling as their education director. Thankfully, Carolyn brought the gloves, the tarp and the knowledge to sort trash at the 3 coffee houses. (One might say that this was a dirty job… but like the custodian in The Breakfast Club, she is the eyes and the ears of those 3 shops. She knows all….)

And then there’s Stella. What would we have done with out the Assistant Director? During her days, Stella spends her time at school, most recently learning about Marilyn Monroe and water usage. (She says that the average person uses 150 gallons of water a day! phew.) Stella, helped Adele white balance the camera, set up the tripod, and get the coffee. Sheesh. Everyone needs a Stella around!

My name is Katie Wilson-Hamaker. I guess you could call me head CarrotMob organizer. What do I do in my spare time? Host CarrotMobs, work for a really freakin cool company called Arcimoto doing marketing. We make electric cars. It’s just way too much fun.