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CarbonFree® Partner Lake|Flato Architects recently earned a position on the American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment (AIA/COTE)’s Top Ten Green Projects ranking for 2009 with the Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center.
Located on 252-acres in Orange, Texas the project acts as an interpretive and educational center for the site’s native ecosystems.  The [...]

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While you can already offset your train travel with Amtrak, Amtrak Guest Rewards is giving you another way to make your rail experience even greener.
Amtrak Guest Rewards recently launched the program and from now through December, Amtrak Guest Rewards will match 50% of every offset redeemed on its site to a maximum of 5,000,000 points [...]

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As Canadians around the world celebrate their national holiday, their home and native land made the news on two big issues surrounding climate change.
The bad news is that the Great White North ranks dead last among G8 countries in the latest G8 Climate Scorecard by the World Wildlife Fund and insurance giant Allianz.  With some [...]

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Recent Grimsley High School graduate Will Leimenstoll of Greensboro, North Carolina set a great example of how to reduce what you can, offset what you can’t.
As Grimsley High School’s Sierra Club president this year, Leimenstoll applied for a $2,000 grant through Greensboro’s Teen Grant-Making Council.  Sponsored by the Community Foundation of Greensboro the grant was [...]

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CarbonFree® Partner Mosaic of Cheverly, Maryland recently received the distinction of joining SmartCEO Magazine’s “Circle of Excellence.”  A committee of business leaders identified CEOs of 10 companies from the Washington DC / Baltimore area that model excellence in 10 categories, which was published in the June edition of SmartCEO Magazine.
Co-owners Brendan Connors and Joe Fontana [...]

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CarbonFree® Partner MWW Group has offset their business emissions with Carbonfund.org for the third straight year. 2009 marks a milestone for the public relations and marketing agency, as they are now offsetting over 10 million pounds of CO2. For reference, this is equivalent to taking about 850 cars off the road for a year.
Launched [...]

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CMI Green and BBMG have put together a Green Traveler Survey to answer the question how sustainability will influence consumer choice and your bottom line. Tourism and hospitality leaders want to make your vacations and business travel a “greener” experience for you, and for the planet. Your feedback can help airlines, cruise lines, [...]

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Thousands of people across America joined together on May 9th to celebrate all things train at Amtrak’s second National Train Day, with main events held in Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and Washington DC.
Carbonfund.org was on location in Washington DC’s Union Station, where the packed family-friendly event featured musical entertainment by Randy Jackson, face-painting, model [...]

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New England’s thought leaders in higher education, government and business are meeting Monday, May 4th to consider the economic challenges and advantages that come from incorporating sustainability into the fabric of higher education and explore higher education’s role in creating a greener future for all.
As a result, the New England Board of Higher Education is [...]

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