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For the first time, the Professional Convention Management Association’s Annual Meeting set a goal to be CarbonFree®. Through a sponsorship with Fairmont Hotel & Resorts, PCMA is leading the industry by offsetting the direct emissions of their convention in Dallas, Texas. They have made it easy for their attendees to offset their individual [...]

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Yesterday I had the privilege of attending the first press conference of the Maryland GreenHawks, a professional basketball team that is about “more than basketball,” said Tom Doyle, the CEO and President of the Premier Basketball League.  New Head Coach Rob Spon is hungry for a championship after coaching the PBL team Manchester Millrats last [...]

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Carbonfund.org congratulates our partner Nika as the first business to win San Diego’s “Most Significant Impact by a Business” Stay Classy award presented in part by NBC Sandiego.com.
Nika has taken bottled water and turned it into a social, environmental, and economic mission; they invest 100% of their profits into clean water projects in Latin America, [...]

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Do you own a car? Do you receive a car statement in the mail each month? That paper statement coming twelve times a year for the five or six years for your loan produces quite a bit of waste that you simply recycle or file away to later toss. Now image this [...]

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This past October, CarbonFree® Partner Greenline Paper was interviewed on the Green America website.  This is a great discussion that highlights what our partner is doing in their everyday business to fight global warming and reduce waste.  Read the full interview here.  Having been in operation since 1992, Greenline has been a dependable source for [...]

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Exciting news! NIKA Water has reached the finals for the 1st Annual Classy Awards recognizing philanthropic achievements in the San Diego community.
Specifically, NIKA has been nominated for the “Most Significant Impact by a Business” category and it’s down to one of five finalists out of hundreds. So for NIKA to pull this out we are going to [...]

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Building on their environmental leadership, Lafarge has made the Wildlife Habitat Council’s (WHC) recent MOU signing with the United States Business Council for Sustainable Development (USBCSD) CarbonFree®.  Working together, the WHC and USBCSD will help the public and private sectors support sustainability, ecosystem services, wildlife habitat, education and community outreach projects.
David Carroll of Lafarge, a [...]

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Our new partner, Clean Air Cab, is a carbon neutral taxi company serving the Phoenix metro area.  In addition to purchasing carbon offsets from Carbonfund.org, they go above and beyond and also plant ten trees per month for each cab they have on the road.  For October, Clean Air Cab has planted 260 trees!  They [...]

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Two free webinars will enable you to learn about two exciting programs we offer- product certification, featuring the first carbon neutral product label in the US– CarbonFree® Certified, and our CarbonFree® Business program. You can sign up for them now: the product certification webinar on Nov. 12, and the business program webinar on Nov. 17.
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Planning a wedding is hard work.  I would know – I’m getting married in May!  It is even more work to plan an eco-friendly event, and think of how every detail impacts the environment.  That is why Elegance & Simplicity Wedding & Event Designers are so great.  They thought of EVERYTHING.  They have wind powered [...]

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