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VW Makes Driving Paperless Easy

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 [...]

A Look at Our Projects: Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge Reforestation Project

100 years ago, the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley in Northeastern Louisiana was a wetland ecosystem that supported 22 million acres of forested habitat. After decades of land conversion for agriculture this region now supports less than 20% of that forested habitat. With help from the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the Trust [...]

The Tengchong Conservation Carbon Project

Carbonfund.org supports projects all across the world, and a project we are supporting is the Tengchong Conservation Carbon Project in the Yunnan Province of Southwestern China. This project is reforesting 1,093 acres at the south end of the Gaoligongshan Nature Reserve and will ultimately sequester nearly 170,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide from our atmosphere.
The [...]

Fighting Global Warming and Poverty

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the midst of a five-day visit to India has not been received warmly by her hosts as she broaches the subject of carbon emissions reductions. Clinton is urging India to reduce its emissions in accord with proposed action of the rest of the world to stabilize atmospheric concentrations of [...]

Grant Winner Greens School, Offsets with Carbonfund.org

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 [...]

Bacchus Press Addressing Footprint from Paper & Printing

Most people would be surprised to learn that the paper and printing industry has ranked fourth among the manufacturing industries in the amount of energy used. Producing paper and the electricity used for factory operations, as well as the actual printing process, demand lots of energy.
Our partner Bacchus Press understands this. Mansoor Assadi told [...]

The Return to Forest Project of Nicaragua

In 2007, Carbonfund.org and Paso Pacifico began working together to develop the Return to Forest Project. This ongoing reforestation effort is located in the Rivas and Granada Provinces of southwestern Nicaragua and covers nearly 1,000 acres. In addition to sequestering nearly 170,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide, the Project also helps restore critical habitat corridors [...]

Earth-Friendly LeBlanc Floors

LeBlanc Floors is a green flooring contractor in Washington State with a company vision “to be a part of the solution.” For years they’ve promoted green practices by researching what their impact is on our environment and making decisions that help promote that. They encourage people to use woods that sustainably harvested woods (FSC certified) [...]

Live “Green” Ever After: ABC Affiliate Reports on a ZeroCarbon™ Wedding

Offsetting the carbon footprint of a wedding is popularly being pursued by couples who strive for carbon conscious living as a part of their marital commitment. An ABC affiliate reports on this latest green wedding tradition, which has been made easy and affordable by our very own ZeroCarbon™ Wedding Calculator. ZeroCarbon™ Wedding Calculator has [...]

Failure to Green-up Your Business Impacts Competitive Advantage

When it comes to business growth (or survival), going ‘green’ has proved to be more than a fleeting trend. Reports find that companies committed to sustainable business practices, even during the current market slowdown, continue achieving above-average performance in the financial market. Goldman Sachs found that companies that are on top of their environmental, social [...]