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Fight Global Warming and Win a Trip to the Super Bowl!
Would you like the chance to win a trip to the Super Bowl while supporting Carbonfund.org? Or how about a brand new hybrid car? Win 4 Charity™ lets you participate in online raffles that assist us in raising money for a clean energy future. Win prizes, have fun, and support your favorite charity, Carbonfund.org.
To get in on the raffle action, visit www.w4c.com to view the raffles currently underway. Click on “Buy Ticket Now” and select Carbonfund.org as your benefited charity. Proceeds from most of the raffle tickets available for purchase on W4C.com will be directed towards our organization.
While any raffle you choose can benefit Carbonfund.org, check out our own page on the site for raffles we’ve personally selected that we think you’ll enjoy. No matter what way you go, there truly is something for everyone.
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Someone wise once said, “Everything in this world is somewhere else.” How true that is. Americans travel, and we travel a lot. We drive to work. We bike to the store. We walk to the gym. We fly to see relatives and friends. We take the bus or train to the big city for the weekend.
Except for walking and biking, all this travel has a direct carbon impact. Carbonfund.org has offered the ability to offset travel by plane and by automobile. Now we offer the full trifecta: planes, trains, and automobiles.
Our new Rail and Bus Calculator works just like our flight calculator: enter your starting and final destinations, and it will calculate the carbon impact of your trip. From there you can easily offset your emissions by donating towards your choice of carbon offsets—renewable energy, reforestation, and energy efficiency.
Click here to try our Rail and Bus Calculator.
Carbonfund.org, Founding Member of the American Carbon Registry™
In the five years since its founding, Carbonfund.org has emerged as the leading nonprofit carbon reduction and offset organization. This past September, for example, the organization was the most recognized provider of carbon offsets on the highly selective Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) Carbon Offset List. Now, Carbonfund.org has taken another step in demonstrating its leadership in carbon reduction and offsetting. We are a founding member of the American Carbon Registry™.
What the registry means for our donors and partners is continued trust in us to provide high quality, verified carbon offsets and leadership in working to fight global warming. The recently launched registry serves as a value-added resource for companies and other organizations. Through the registry, companies for example can report their carbon footprint, register high quality carbon offset projects, and record offset transactions. Registry members also have access to technical services, such as project quality scoring.
If you are interested in finding out more about the registry, contact us at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Welcome New Business Partners!
Bacchus Press - Bacchus Press is a certified Bay Area Green Printer with over twenty-five years of experience in the field. To ensure its customers receive a truly green product at an affordable cost, Bacchus makes use of environmentally sustainable practices throughout every stage of the production process, from low energy consumption to the use of non-toxic chemicals, recycled papers and soy-based ink.
Logic Jets – Founded on strong principles of sustainability, Logic Jets offsets the carbon footprint of every single one of its flights – making Logic Jets an industry leader and demonstrating a strong statement of its commitment to environmentalism.
Robert Harrison Web Design and Website Development - Robert Harrison focuses on website design, hosting and Internet marketing. His abilities include successful work in site design, writing, editing, marketing and graphic design. Robert’s clients range from individuals to commercial enterprises, to nonprofit organizations.
Viesso – Viesso allows individuals to efficiently design their own furniture with the goal of customization, sustainability, and functionality in mind. Viesso believes every customer and every space is unique, and strives to offer the right choices so their individual furniture needs can be met without having to settle for almost.
Enter to Win a New Beetle; Benefit the VW Carbon Neutral Project
Volkswagen and Barneys New York inspire the spirit of the ‘60s to offset carbon emissions.
Holiday campaign gives away special edition New Beetle to benefit the Volkswagen Carbon Neutral Project.
DirectCarbon versus ZeroCarbon—Which is Right For You?
What does it mean to be a ZeroCarbon individual? How about a DirectCarbon individual?
All of our activities—driving, flying, eating food, even showering, surfing the Web or purchasing items like clothes, electronics, and other consumer items—contribute to our carbon footprint. If we make reasonable assumptions to account for these various sources of carbon, an average American’s typical day produces around 145 pounds of carbon dioxide. Over the course of one year that’s 24 tons.
A ZeroCarbon Individual Offset from Carbonfund.org offsets 24 tons of carbon, thus taking care of the whole shebang. But that isn’t the only option.
Carbonfund.org Puts CarbonFree® Cars into Drive with Hyundai
Carbonfund.org is partnering with Hyundai Motor America to offset the emissions of all 2009 Hyundai Genesis cars sold in 2009. “Carbonfund.org is proud to be a part of this important initiative,” said Carbonfund.org Executive Director Eric Carlson. “We applaud Hyundai for their leadership and taking responsibility for the emissions of the Genesis auto line. The ground-breaking Genesis Forest Project demonstrates that environmental stewardship and economic development can go hand in hand.”
This innovative program will help to reforest and conserve 3,000 acres of tropical forest in Brazil, a country that has seen rapid deforestation over the last 50 years. The Hyundai Genesis Forest Project, which will be located in Tocantins, Brazil is being designed to meet the Climate, Community and Biodiversity Standards. The project will serve as a model of sustainability for the surrounding region by balancing the needs of the local communities while helping to solve the global problem of climate change. The Hyundai Genesis Forest will provide the carbon offsets to the Genesis line as well as create local economic opportunities, improve the regional environment, and help preserve biodiversity.
The 2008 Presidential Election: What It Means for Global Warming
The election is over and the results are in: Barack Obama will be the 44th president of the United States.
What does that mean for global warming and the carbon market?
President-elect Obama’s platform included a much-needed plan of action to combat global warming (see our article from the last issue), including setting a goal of reducing U.S. carbon emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and by 80 percent by 2050 through the use of a cap-and-trade system, and funding a 10-year research renewable energy research program to the tune of $150 billion.
Report from Green Festival 2008
Carbonfund.org was on hand for Washington, DC’s Green Festival 2008. Green Festival, a joint project of Global Exchange and Co-op America, is the nation’s premier sustainability event.
All day Saturday and Sunday, Carbonfund.org personnel staffed a table on the event’s main floor, greeting visitors, handing out literature and brochures, and answering questions on everything from global warming causes to carbon offset projects to certification and verification standards.
Through GreenFest, Carbonfund.org reached out to hundreds of individuals. The event was so popular that the supply of literature was exhausted by the end of Sunday!
Carbonfund.org thanks everyone who turned out for the event and welcomes all the new subscribers to our newsletter, MyClimateMinute. Be sure to visit our website for the latest information on how to reduce what you can, offset what you can’t.
Show Your Thanks for the Earth with a CarbonFree® Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is all about seeing food, family, and friends, and being grateful for the good things in your life. With that in mind, here are a few tips on how to show your thanks for planet Earth this November by greening your Thanksgiving.
1. Turkey Free? Turkey (and meat in general) has a very large carbon footprint. Shed tons of carbon in no time by cutting out turkey from your big meal. Many great meals don’t use meat—look for delicious squash recipes and nut bakes, not to mention Tofurky! If you just can’t go without, find an organic/free-range/local turkey.
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Contact: Ivan Chan, Marketing & Communications Director, ichan@carbonfund.org, (240) 247-0630
