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Lafarge Makes Wildlife Habitat Council MOU Signing CarbonFree®

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 [...]

Clean Air Cab: Carbon Neutral Taxi Co.

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 [...]

Carbonfund.org Presenting Two Free Webinars on Our Products & Business Programs

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.
The [...]

Wedding & Event Designers Making Planning Easier, Greener

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 [...]

Better Know a Partner: CIS Abroad

Continuing with our “Better Know a Partner” series, this week we had the chance to talk with Amanda Bernhard from CIS Abroad.  She gave us the inside scoop on how studying abroad and environmental awareness can go hand in hand.

What makes CIS so great?
There are many study abroad providers out there, but few provide [...]

Wedding Photos with Dreamtime Images

CarbonFree® Partner Dreamtime Images is a wedding photojournalist organization.  Run by magazine and newspaper photojournalist Nathan Welton, their style ranges from energetic and adventurous to chic and youthful.  Nathan first learned to capture life’s most fleeting moments by shooting world-class rock climbers, Tour de France cyclists, and Olympic-caliber equestrian riders.  His work has appeared in [...]

Venom Eco Alkalines Take a Bite Out of Batteries’ Carbon Footprint

Today, Venom Power announced the release of its new Eco Alkaline™ batteries. These eco-responsible batteries feature:

Zero mercury
Zero cadmium
Zero lead
Zero carbon footprint, courtesy of Carbonfund.org’s product certification program, featuring the first carbon neutral label in the US.

The Venom Power Eco Alkaline batteries have been certified carbon neutral after a detailed product life-cycle assessment. The assessment [...]

Vote Ends Monday! Vote for Clean Air Lawn Care

One of our business partners, Clean Air Lawn Care, is up for an Entrepreneur of the Year award. They’re a very cool business–they use electric mowers, organic fertilizers and recycle all their clippings. Please take a second and vote for them!
The Emerging Entrepreneur Award from Entrepreneur Magazine selects innovative startup businesses who stand out among [...]

Carbonfund.org Partner Virgin America Named Official Airline of Governors’ Global Climate Summit

Virgin America is the Official Domestic Airline of the Governors’ Second Annual Climate Summit in Los Angeles from Sept. 30-Oct. 2.  Also, Virgin America released its first annual Climate Report today describing their unique sustainability efforts and emissions data for 2008.  When Virgin America launched in 2007 they took great care to incorporate sustainability into [...]

Nation’s First College to be Carbon Neutral Supports Truck Stop Electrification Project

College of the Atlantic, the first college known to become carbon neutral, is now offsetting its emissions through Carbonfund.org and supporting the truck stop electrification project. Available in over 30 states around the country, the project enables long-haul truck drivers such as those carrying freight across states to avoid idling their engines for power and [...]