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Greg Taylor on October 5th, 2009
IES Abroad gives their students more than a great study abroad experience – they help their students make a difference in the fight against climate change. Even if you’re not attending their newly established Environmental Studies & Sustainability program in Germany’s black forest, IES has made it easy to calculate and offset your abroad [...]
Shira Silberg on October 2nd, 2009
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 [...]
Ivan Chan on September 22nd, 2009
In the DC metro area, it’s Car Free Day, encouraging commuters to consider alternatives to driving. If more people biked, took transit or walked, not only would it free up some room on the highways and roads, it would reduce air pollution and encourage exercise. In fact, the DC metro area has some of the [...]
Paul Burman on September 10th, 2009
Over Labor Day weekend I, like many, decided to flee the city to enjoy my peace in the woods. A short drive from Washington, DC to Mountain Storm, West Virginia, I found a cabin at a lovely little campsite at Abram’s Creek (the site is personally recommended: sustainable, eco-friendly and amazing staff). I went hiking, [...]
Paul Burman on August 27th, 2009
Life is hard and filled with technology, people and all sorts of things that seem to all too often stress me out. That is why when I take a vacation the best thing for me, if I want to relax, is to get as far away from everything as possible. Camping is a great way [...]
Paul Burman on August 26th, 2009
With both our economy and our climate in crisis mode right now, the ‘Cash for Clunkers’ CARS program took aim at both reducing global warming emissions and spurring investment in America’s manufacturers. The program came to a close on Monday and has been deemed ‘wildly successful’ by Dept. of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.
Dealers submitted 690,114 [...]
Chris Driver on August 20th, 2009
Carbonfund.org will participate in the National Business Travel Association’s 2009 Convention in San Diego, CA from August 23-26. This marks the second straight year that Carbonfund.org has offset the Convention, and this year we’ve created a website where attendees can calculate and offset the footprint resulting from their travel to San Diego.
Business travel is frequently [...]
Jason Fitzgerald on August 6th, 2009
This month, millions of beach-goers will hit the sand and waves to enjoy the summer weather. After all, what better way to celebrate summer than spending a day (or week!) at the beach? While you’re enjoying yourself, keep in mind that protection from the sun’s damaging UV rays is important while you’re at the beach [...]
Chris Driver on July 24th, 2009
Central Coast Outdoors, one of our CarbonFree® Small Business partners, is an adventure travel company based in San Luis Obispo County, California that provides outdoors tours on California’s Central Coast region, including Paso Robles wine country vacations. Their trips focus on kayaking, bicycling and hiking and they specialize in small group travel, although they have [...]
Chris Driver on July 17th, 2009
Carbonfund.org is thrilled to once again partner with the National Business Travel Association (NBTA) by offsetting their 2009 National Business Travel Association International Convention and Exposition held this year in San Diego from August 23-26. Carbonfund.org will retire over 100 metric tons of CO2 to offset the electricity usage of the San Diego Convention Center [...]
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