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New Partner Roundup
A list of all the new CarbonFree partners that have recently offset their carbon footprint.
Tandus Offering CarbonFree® Floorcoverings
A leading floorcovering manufacturer, Tandus has a multi-faceted approach, such as using more renewable energy, to reduce the carbon footprint of US-based operations and products. Now the company offers CarbonFree floorcoverings, including modular or roll carpeting. The Dalton, GA-based company recently completed a greenhouse gas inventory for its US-based operations, and a product life-cycle analysis to earn the certification. The CarbonFree Product Certification distinguishes Tandus’ CarbonFree products and expresses commitment to the environment and fighting climate change.
Top Five Green Holiday Tips
Our Carbonfund.org team has put together some tips to help green your holidays:
1. Give a green gift! Carbonfund.org offers a wide variety of Holiday ClimateTags™ that fit any budget and help offset holiday travel, a car, a home, or even the energy use from the inflatable snowman in your neighbor’s front yard!
Teach the Children Well: Carbonfund.org Partners with FiftyP
(Guest article by Jen Hawse, Climate Change Specialist)
When I was a kid my parents paid me an allowance of $20 a week to sweep and mop the floor. On weekends, I went to the mall and blew that $20 on a cheap lunch and tacky jewelry at the teeny-bopper accessory shops. If I’d had a goal for my money then I’d have saved it up, week by week, gaining a greater appreciation for the dollar and what it could do for me. And I know I’d be better at managing my finances today.
What if kids had the ability to invest their allowances, or any other money they receive, into CDs, bonds, and high-yield savings accounts? What if, at the same time, we could teach children about the importance of giving to charities, like Carbonfund.org, from an early age?
With CarbonFree® Partner FiftyP, we can.
Carbonfund.org 2008 Highlights
2008 has been a banner year for the country’s leading nonprofit carbon offset provider. First, in October, we announced that we are offsetting 3 billion pounds. But that was rapidly followed by our announcement in December that we are offsetting 4 billion pounds. That kind of progress is what is required in the fight against global warming, and we’re happy to be part of the solution.
Carbonfund.org Offsetting Over 4 Billion Pounds of CO2
We’re very pleased to announce that through your support, we’re now offsetting over 4 billion pounds of carbon dioxide emissions. That’s equivalent to the carbon dioxide emissions of over 205 million gallons of gas consumed or the electricity use of 240,000 homes for a year. We reached this important milestone through individual support (we’re now over 400,000 supporters strong) and new partnerships. Fighting global warming is a large challenge, and we’re continuing to build our support through holiday giving and donations.
Helping us reach this milestone are our partnerships with businesses small and large. For example, the Hyundai Genesis Forest Project is offsetting 93,170 metric tons of CO2 through permanent conservation and reforestation of more than 3,000 acres of tropical forest. Our partnership with Virgin America means travelers now have a flight-offset option at the time of booking through the ticket purchase confirmation page. Passengers soon will also be able to offset in-flight via the airline’s touch-screen, seatback entertainment system. Projects supported include the Inland Empire Utilities Agency Biodigester, which is reducing more than 8,000 tons of CO2 from the atmosphere annually, and IdleAire Truck Stop Electrification, which is saving trucks at rest stops a gallon of diesel per hour.
Let’s work together to reach our next goal of 5 billion pounds. If you haven’t already, please renew your tax-deductible support today. Thank you!
Flight Offsets at the Time of Booking & Soon, on the Plane!
Making offsets more accessible as an option for travelers is a practical way to get the global warming message across, while also raising support for Carbonfund.org’s innovative carbon reduction projects. Virgin America currently operates a fleet that is up to 30 percent more fuel-efficient than the average fleet flying domestically and has adopted practices that reduce its carbon footprint. The airline now provides a flight offset option for passengers at the time of booking. This is done through the Virgin America ticket purchase confirmation page. Passengers can also offset their flight through www.carbonfund.org/virginamerica.
Coming soon, Virgin America will also give its passengers the ability to offset in-flight, using the airline’s touch-screen seatback entertainment system. The projects supported in our partnership with Virgin America are the Inland Empire Utilities Agency Biodigester, which reduces more than 8,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent from the atmosphere each year, and IdleAire Truck Stop Electrification, which helps prevent unnecessary tailpipe emissions from trucks and saves a gallon of diesel per hour.
Virgin America serves cities around the country, including N.Y., Washington, L.A., San Francisco, Seattle, and other destinations.
A Holiday Reminder!
This holiday season, remember that Carbonfund.org’s gift ClimateTags™ make a great gift for friends, family, colleagues, and everyone else on your holiday list. Offset a portion or all of their carbon footprint on their behalf, and write a personalized message to them. Available from 1 ton (starting at just $10) to 100 tons.
And ClimateTags of 10 tons or more (donations of $100 or more) receive thank-you gifts from us to you, including free gift ClimateTag(s) and, for certain donations, our Carbonfund.org reusable blue gift tote. View our holiday gift ideas now!
Green Idea – Stop Junk Mail with 41pounds.org!
As catalogs and holiday mailers abound, 41pounds.org helps you attain a junk-free mailbox.
41pounds.org stops your loved one’s postal junk mail and keeps more trees in the forest providing oxygen for us to breathe and absorbing carbon to cool the planet. For each gift certificate you buy, 41pounds.org will donate $15 to Carbonfund.org!
You can order online or by phone at 866-417-4141 and receive the gift certificate(s) electronically. Then you can email or print the certificate for each of your loved ones. With 41pounds.org, you reduce household clutter and reduce global warming.
• The world’s temperate forests absorb 2 billion tons of carbon annually to help keep the planet cool and healthy.
• More than 100 million trees are destroyed each year to produce junk mail.
• Junk mail produces more greenhouse gas emissions than 9 million cars.
Named for the amount of junk mail that the average American adult receives every year, 41pounds.org stops household junk mail by contacting dozens of direct mail companies to remove you from their marketing lists. The service covers everyone in your household for five years and costs $41, $15 of which goes as a donation to Carbonfund.org.
Green Reading! Thomas Kostigen’s Book “You Are Here”
You Are Here: Exposing the Vital Link Between What We Do and What That Does to Our Planet (HarperOne, 2008) by Thomas M. Kostigen reveals the vital missing link in today’s environmental crisis: how we as individuals are connected to the planet and its very existence.
Kostigen travels the world into the most environmentally tenuous places on the planet (often finding himself in dangerous situations) to report how our actions directly affect the environment. Despite the recent prominence of “green” issues in the news, we continue to ignore the raw relationship between the earth and our actions.
You Are Here shows us the living narratives of climate change and the consequences of our everyday actions. Thomas Kostigen has partnered with Carbonfund.org as a means to offset some of the emissions associated with the transportation and production of this book.
For more information and a quick peek inside the book, please click here.
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