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In the Alpine Werdenfelser County of Upper Bavaria, bordering Austria, in the region of the Tyrol, the Fasching tradition saunters throughout the narrow Alpines villages as it has for generations. Fasching or the day before the fast, also known as Fat Tuesday, was celebrated historically by those wishing to mimic the aristocracy or heads of the church without fear of retribution. In the hamlet of Krün, nestled in the Alps, participants wear carved wooden masks, their family heirlooms, dressing as their ancestors did. The maschkera promenade throughout the city to drive away the winter season. To cast out the winter ghosts and bad spirits and to invoke spring, through song, music, or cow bells.

My photograph on watercolor paper.

"From The Fields To The Tank" a project in collaboration with the Global Reporting Initiative has been published in the current issue of SUBLIME magazine, London, U.K. Some facts and figures: Vegetable Oil as a fuel goes back to 1893 when German inventor Rudolf Diesel, created the engine that bears his name. Diesel originally tested his engine using peanut oil.According to the UN World Food and Agriculture Organization, Europe is the world's largest producer of biofuels, with Germany as the backbone of that production. Germany averages to date, 4.3 million tons of biofuels, derived from Raps, according to a November 2007 Reuters news agency report. To see additional photos on the Biofuels project, go here