Oberlin Design Initiative is a nonprofit organization involved in sustainability projects including Full Circle Fuels, a soon-to-be-running advanced alternative fueling station (offering E85, up to five biodiesel blends, Straight Vegetable Oil conversions, waste oil collection and filtration). This is the first of its kind operation in the state, and possibly the country, according to ODI's Avery Book. 

ODI is raffling off a 2003 Dodge Ram 3500 Pick Up Diesel Truck to help pay for the biofuels station. The drawing is March 21 at the Full Circle Fuels Station (141 S. Main St., Oberlin, OH). Tickets cost $100 and can be purchased here.

Other ODI projects include its Youth Energy Squad, a collaborative program with the Zion Community Development Corporation where local youth have provided weatherization services to more than 50 low-income households in Oberlin (population: 8,195). ODI, with local churches and other community groups, also initiated a low-interest loan program to enable low-income residents to afford the initial cost of straight vegetable oil vehicle conversions. Payback of the loan would be possible through the significant savings of using waste vegetable oil as the primary fuel source.