Advanced Dental Arts is a full service dental office operating in Scituate, Massachusetts.  Whether you need a cleaning, basic general dentistry, or advanced cosmetic work, they look beyond your individual teeth so that they can treat not just your mouth, but you the individual. Healthy teeth and gums are just the start. Advanced Dental Arts wants you to smile with confidence at work, at weddings, at reunions, at church, and everywhere. Like many dental offices, Advanced Dental Arts is conscious of the fact that they generate a large volume of medical waste every single day. Many of common dental instruments and materials can't be recycled for sanitary health reasons. However, Advanced Dental Arts invested in digital x-rays and over the last year, switched to full computerization and eliminated all paper patient records. Eliminating such paper use and recycling are a big step to reducing what they can. Advanced Dental Arts also offsets their remaining carbon footprint with Carbonfund.org. To learn more, please visit Advanced Dental Arts.

CarbonFree(r) Partner Founding Farmers is serving up our type of environmental responsibility!  Located on historic Pennsylvania Ave in Washington, DC, Founding Farmers is the first LEED restaurant in the greater DC metro region, and is the first upscale-casual, full-service LEED Gold restaurant in the entire country.   With an underlying philosophy to support family farms and sustainable agriculture, you can be sure your meal at Founding Farmers is as fresh, unprocessed and farmer-sourced as possible. Hospitality Design Magazine and ASID named Founding Farmers the Project Winner of the 2009 Earth-Minded Awards and the restaurant was also awarded the Grand Prize in the Restaurant/Casual category from the 2009 Association for Retail Environments Retail Design Awards.    In addition to being named a "Top 50 Best New Restaurant" by Travel + Leisure this past June, the restaurant has garnered many other honors from local and regional publications. All of the awards they've received only complement the unique mix of modern and old country that blend harmoniously in the Founding Farmers' atmosphere.  Farm tables, dynamic open space, and old wood are highlights that wait for you at one of DC's hottest new restaurants. Their homemade creations range from classic American traditions to great farm meals.  If you're looking for a new, hip restaurant in DC that combines old and new, visit Founding Farmers to learn more or book a reservation.

This holiday season, nothing shows you care than a carefully chosen floral arrangement that's shipped carbon neutral!  CarbonFree® partner Flowerpetal.com is your same-day flower delivery experts, offering a full range of floral products for every occasion.  Whether it be a birthday, Hanukkah, Christmas, or an anniversary, Flowerpetal.com truly believes that flowers change everything.  You have the option of shopping by the type of product you're looking for, the sentiment you want to convey, or even the occasion you're celebrating! Additionally, if you order before 2pm on weekdays or Noon on Saturdays, you will enjoy same-day delivery for your flower order!  Flowerpetal.com offers a 7 day freshness guarantee, a very safe shopping experience, and offsets the carbon emissions of all of their shipments with Carbonfund.org's shipping program. Send a warm holiday gift this season with a floral arrangement from our partner Flowerpetal.com.  Festives ideas include Christmas or Hanukkah arrangements!

Carbonfund.org's newest CarbonFree(r) Partner, Modern Eco Homes, is kicking off summer with a new promotion: "Find the Keys to Sustainable Youth Contest!"  Contestants will participate in an online scavenger hunt for answers to a set of questions about Sustainable Youth, the sponsor of the promotion.  If you can correctly answer the questions, you win a Total Immune Performance Regimen Package.  This package consists of three anti-aging products valued at over $200 that will revitalize your skin. The prize package creams are all vegan and organic, so you can rest assured that you'll be winning environmentally-friendly products.  You're also supporting a CarbonFree(r) Partner by entering the contest!  If you like what you see, Sustainable Youth is offering a discount on all regularly priced items on your first visit - just use code 10modernecohomes during checkout.  The contest ends on June 11th, so visit Modern Eco Homes to learn the details and enter for a chance to win!

Metropolitan Food Service is a family owned and operated food service management company based in Long Island, NY.  They provide Colleges and Universities in the local area with customized dining, vending, and catering services that meet their needs.  Their goal is to inspire and fuel the minds of their customers with fresh, nutritious, creative meals with a focus on convenience, affordability, and sustainability.  As a CarbonFree Partner, MFS offsets its corporate footprint in addition to implementing a wide range of environmental initiatives including:

• Local, vegan, and organic snack items for the On the Go Healthy Vending Program
• Local produce and meat
• Biodegradable and sustainable packaging
• Recycling of their waste cooking oil
• Reduced bottled water use
• Sustainable cleaning products and methodologies.

Additionally, any food that is not purchased is donated. If you're a college student, professor, or administrator in the New York area, who's supplying your dining hall food?  Consider making the switch to Metropolitan Food Service for locally produced food from an environmentally conscious company.

During my undergrad days, I would often spend nearly $500 per semester on textbooks and other required reading for my classes.  With four classes every semester, that is over $100 per class!  I wasn’t even a science major – some of my friends spent even more.  Enter BookRenter.com, a CarbonFree® Partner who can save you hundreds of dollars per year on your textbooks and required reading.  What’s more, they are offsetting the round-trip carbon emissions from their textbook rentals! BookRenter allows you to rent hassle-free and simply ship your books back when you’re done.  If you want to keep a few, no worries.  You can turn the rental into a purchase.  Not only is renting textbooks cheaper, but can be a more sustainable choice.  There is no need for piles of unwanted books outside your campus bookstore. This semester (and next!), rent textbooks with BookRenter.com to save money and prevent unwanted books at the end of your semester.  You can also enter their St. Patrick’s Day sweepstakes on Facebook!

The Craftsman Bed and Breakfast is a great model of our "Reduce What You Can, Offset What You Can" motto here at Carbonfund.org.  This bed and breakfast located in Pacific City, Oregon is housed in one of the area's oldest buildings which was restored into the beautiful home you see today. They are located about an hour and a half southwest of Portland on the beautiful Oregon coast. Before offsetting their carbon footprint with Carbonfund.org, The Craftsman Bed & Breakfast reduced their climate impact as much as possible.  From using reusable canvas bags for shopping, composting organic food waste, using rain barrels for landscape watering needs, to double-paned energy efficient windows installed in the B&B. To learn more about their environmental initiatives or to book a visit, please visit The Craftsman.

CODi Direct is a leading manufacturer and supplier of laptop bags and cases, mobile security and accessories.  Since 1992, their unique products have been simplifying mobile life.  They have a strong commitment to quality, value, customer service, and limiting their environmental impact.  That's why CODi ships CarbonFree^® with Carbonfund.org by offsetting emissions related to shipping in support of Carbonfund.org third-party validated carbon reduction projects. With messenger bags, backpacks, rolling cases, totes, and even checkpoint friendly bags, CODi has a reliable bag for anybody.  And until January 31st, CODi is giving out a special 15% discount to Carbonfund.org supporters.  Just use the discount code "CARBONFREE" at checkout to save 15% on your entire order. "Being eco-conscious is a growing concern for us as an organization and is shaping the decision-making of many of our corporate customers," explained CODi spokesperson Julie Bancroft.  "Because our customers' needs are the cornerstone of everything we do, we have partnered with Carbonfund.org to echo our commitment to them and the environment." Carbonfund.org is proud to have CODi as a valuable partner in the fight against climate change.  To learn more or take advantage of your discount, visit www.codidirect.com.

Carbonfund.org CarbonFree® Partner WE ADD UP has kicked off the Climate Action Giveaway, a virtual web campaign to harvest awareness and action around global warming throughout the nation.  The Climate Action Giveaway is the "World's Biggest Green Sweepstakes" and comes at a good time with the recent passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act in the House of Representatives and international climate talks in Copenhagen this December. Visit the website to join the sweepstakes and automatically be entered for a chance to win exciting green prizes.  The goal is to get one million people learning about climate change solutions and participating in simple actions to increase public engagement.  Each week you'll receive an email suggesting a green action to take, from e-faxing your Senator to support climate legislation or participating in viral photo activism. Over 230 winners will be chosen and prizes include a 4-day backpacking trip to Glacier National Park in Montana, a year's supply of Organic Valley milk, LED Christmas lights, and even eco-friendly countertops!  To join the sweepstakes and help make history, visit www.climategiveaway.com.

James Turner of Wilmington, NC has won the opportunity to be the newest franchisee of a Clean Air Lawn Care business. Only the second Clean Air Lawn Care in North Carolina, Mr. Turner is excited to bring an eco-friendly business to the area and spread the word about environmental issues. Clean Air Lawn Care is a partner of Carbonfund.org. After he completes corporate training and paperwork, Mr. Turner says the business will be ready to launch by summer. Clean Air Lawn Care franchisees use biodiesel-powered and electric landscaping equipment powered by wind energy overnight and solar energy on-the-go. Each truck has a solar system mounted on the back of the vehicle that charges the equipment. They also offer organic fertilization and treatment, and reduce their emissions with Carbonfund.org in support of our third-party validated carbon reduction projects. To see locations near you, visit Clean Air Lawn Care today.