Wednesday, I had the wonderful opportunity to shoot some footy for Greg Greene’s followup to THE END OF SUBURBIA titled, ESCAPE FROM SUBURBIA.

ESCAPE FROM SUBURBIA picks up where END left off - this time chronicling the changes taking place and forecasting a mass de-migration of the suburbs

For those of you who don’t know, THE END OF SUBURBIA has been wildly successful - so much so that Greg has reportedly nabbed Al Gore for the sequel. ESCAPE FROM SUBURBIA is slated to be released during the fall of 2006.

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So where did I fit into all of this? Well, like many others, THE END OF SUBURBIA had a profound impact on me - caused me to draft an email - which thusly sent the filmmakers from END to THIS very website (pause for a moment to please “raise the roof” for the internet…). Several emails and phone calls later; I was on my way to document an actual ESCAPE in progress by an extremely interesting “techno-hippie” couple named Jan & Carol Steinman.

The short story is this: Call these two “bleeding edge” doomsday thinkers/ progressive horticulturers. Fed up with the ‘burbs, Jan and Carol are packing up their two cats, four biodiesel automobiles, entire life savings/ belongs, and a SEMI TRAILER full of start-an-eco-village equipment in order to move to a small ISLAND west of Vancouver.

In case you missed that, I’ll recap. The promise of a global oil collapse is causing this couple to flee the suburbs and start an eco-village on an island.

Armed with only my trusty Panny, I captured this couple’s last day as Americans. Much more details about their lives, passions, and stories will be told in ESCAPE FROM SUBURBIA, but I for one can say that I was truly impressed by Jan and Carol. My life is better after having spent a mere four hours with them.

Wether or not you agree with their views or politics, WHAT A STORY! I mean…they’re in their 50’s and freakn’ ALL OVER EACH OTHER (yes, meaning PDA)! How cool is that!

Well, I guess not as cool as becoming a self-sustaining - something we should all strive for.