Josh Tickell

Josh Tickell is an internationally recognized author, film director, speaker and expert on sustainability and the earth’s climate. He and his wife Rebecca Tickell own Big Picture Ranch, part organic avocado farm and part film studio.

In 1997 Tickell captured global attention by driving a van powered by used French Fry oil across the United States. “The Veggie Van,” as it was called, was a viral sensation. Only four years after the first web browser was introduced, Tickell’s Veggie Van Website received over 1 million visitors.

College students enthusiastically embraced Tickell’s philosophy of making the world a better place through disruptive technologies, efficiency and common-sense changes to wasteful practices. Tickell continued his lecture tour de force for a decade. His journey culminated in 2008 with the release of his first feature film, “FUEL.”

“FUEL” won the Sundance Audience Award for Best Documentary, was shortlisted for an Oscar, was screened in the White House and was released theatrically globally. Producing and Directing with his wife Rebecca Harrell Tickell, they created the critically acclaimed, award-winning energy-related films, “The Big Fix” and “PUMP.” His 2016 film titled “Good Fortune”, a biopic about legendary entrepreneur John Paul DeJoria, owner of Paul Mitchell Hair and Patron Tequila, won Best of Festival at the Sedona Film Festival and was released internationally by Lionsgate.

Tickell’s book, “Kiss the Ground, How the Food You Eat Can Reverse Climate Change, Heal Your Body and Ultimately Save the World,” quickly became an Amazon Bestseller in four categories. It covers Tickell’s decade-long journey around the world to learn how the effects of climate change can be reversed through regenerating the world’s soils. The companion documentary to the book (“Kiss the Ground”), which Josh and his wife Rebecca directed, is narrated by Woody Harrelson. “Kiss the Ground” movie had an Earth Day premiere slot at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival and was released on Netflix.