HARRELSON DISCUSSES ENVIRONMENT WITH CAL STATE-SACRAMENTO STUDENTS

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Woody Harrelson was not an actor Friday afternoon
when he rode his bike onto Joe Serna Jr. Plaza, but a man concerned with
the world he lives in, and the world he wants to leave behind. More than
700 people turned out to hear Harrelson extol the virtues of simple organic
living and what individuals can do to save the environment at California
State University-Sacramento.

Harrelson is biking down the West Coast on the Simple Organic Living tour
and making stops at college campuses throughout the course of a 1,500-mile
bike trip from Seattle to Los Angeles, advocating kindness to the Earth and
the boycotting of big industry.

In his speech, Harrelson said that as consumers we must stop "feeding the
beast," meaning that every time we buy bleach, drink Coca-Cola, or buy
polyester clothing, we support the big industry that is raping the earth of
its resources.

"I look at the beast as being big industry and big industry in this country
is not doing us any favors," Harrelson said.

Harrelson's tour bus runs on hemp oil and recycled vegetable oil. Harrelson
said that from the moment he wakes up to the time he goes to bed, he lives
organically; from eating a non-dairy, meatless diet, wearing organic
clothing, living in a solar-powered community in Hawaii, to running his bus
on industrial hemp fuel and vegetable oil.

"Instead of using petroleum for fuel, redwoods for paper and cotton for
clothing, our country could use industrial hemp," Harrelson said.

Harrelson said industrial hemp could easily replace paper and cotton
without the destructive side effects of cutting down trees and harvesting
cotton with insecticides.

"Growing hemp would benefit our planet and eliminate the cutting of
redwoods and cut down on the pollution in our air and water," Harrelson said.

Harrelson was unabashed about his lifestyle and frequently alluded to his
fondness for smoking marijuana. He openly condemned the Drug Enforcement
Agency for the drug war. "The government is throwing us in jail because
we're smoking some plant that makes us feel happy. We've got a problem,"
Harrelson said.

The tour originally started out as a bicycle ride with friends, but has
into a full-blown media event. Harrelson is using the tour to promote his
Web site, www.voiceyourself.com. The site was created to provide people
with the necessary information to live organically and to unite people with
similar political and lifestyle views.

Eventually the site will provide information on where to buy organic
products and where activists can mobilize and provide a forum for communal
living.