Carbonfund.org Blog

Thank you Bambeco for including offsetting one’s holiday travel with Carbonfund.org as a holiday green tip. Bambeco is a stylish eco-retailer launched on Earth Day and has quickly developed a fan following. The company’s mission is to offer an appealing, comprehensive selection of green products. Check out their seasonal and holiday home furnishings at www.bambeco.com.
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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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Ok, so maybe the title is a bit dramatic, but Margie Ryan at 41pounds.org just informed me of updated numbers on junk mail that I think are staggering.
4.5 million tons of junk mail goes out yearly, of which 44% goes straight to the landfill unopened and unread.
This amounts to 100 million trees being cut down [...]

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With Memorial Day weekend and the summer travel season approaching, millions of people are going to find themselves in need of a rental car on their vacations. However, thanks to our CarbonFree® partner Avis Budget Group, you can make your trip a whole lot greener.
When shopping for a rental car, be sure to look into [...]

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Thousands of people across America joined together on May 9th to celebrate all things train at Amtrak’s second National Train Day, with main events held in Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and Washington DC.
Carbonfund.org was on location in Washington DC’s Union Station, where the packed family-friendly event featured musical entertainment by Randy Jackson, face-painting, model [...]

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The transportation sector contributes significantly to global warming. Automobile related emissions in the United States are responsible for roughly 25% of our total greenhouse gas emissions, an astonishing figure. You can chalk up our vehicle’s emissions to the fact that American’s love their cars – which we do – but the equally guilty is the [...]

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With Earth Day around the corner many of us are thinking about the steps that we can take to live a little lighter on the grid and reduce our carbon footprint. But the real goal of Earth Day is to increase awareness of the impact we have on the Earth. An article that appeared in [...]

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