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 Emily Pugliese on March 8th, 2010Carbonfund.org announced the latest product to be certified CarbonFree® through its rigorous CarbonFree® Product Certification Program: Motorola’s MOTO™ W388 Renew+ mobile phone. Sold in Canada, this CarbonFree® offering is 100% free of PVC (polyvinyl chloride) and BFRs (brominated flame retardants) and uses recycled plastic from water cooler bottles for the housing of the phone. With [...]
Amy Givler on February 18th, 2010With all the primetime excitement of the 2010 Olympics it is easy to forget that this year’s Winter Games are trying also to be more focused on eco-friendliness and sustainability. The Vancouver Games began in some sense in the shadow of their 2008 summer counterpart which left high praise for Beijing’s city-wide clean up [...]
Paul Burman on November 20th, 2009The United Nation’s State of the World Population 2009 has revealed that women have, on average, a smaller carbon footprint than men.
Shira Silberg on October 2nd, 2009Virgin 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 [...]
Paul Burman on September 22nd, 2009Today at 5:18pm summer ends when the sun crosses the equator for the autumnal equinox. Though summer will be gone, it will be fondly remembered by many who spent time on beaches, at the grill or in the woods. Most meteorologists are predicting another summer on or around June 2010.
Jason Fitzgerald on September 2nd, 2009Benton Consulting Group has been offsetting its emissions with Carbonfund.org for the past two years. As a 1% For the Planet member, their donations for carbon offsets are the equivalent to the CO2 emissions from over 21,000 gallons of gasoline consumed or the carbon sequestered by nearly 5,500 tree seedlings grown for ten years! Today [...]
Susanna Murley on September 1st, 2009Education is central to Carbonfund.org’s mission. As a part of that, we push for strong standards in the carbon offset industry so consumers know what to look for when they offset their carbon footprint. There’s a lot of misinformation on offsets in social media. If you think you’d like to help set the record [...]
Emily Pugliese on August 24th, 2009In the Waxman-Markey bill (HR-2454, Section 274) is a provision for a product carbon disclosure program. The program would be voluntary and include a carbon content label intended to help consumers understand the carbon footprint of the products they buy. I know, it sounds great, but even if the bill were approved tomorrow [...]
Susanna Murley on August 21st, 2009Many consumers have started to make more climate-friendly decisions about their food. This has led to increased access to farmers markets all over the country, which provide access to healthy fruits and vegetables to urban markets and an income for small farmers. Check out LocalHarvest.org to see if you have a farmers market [...]
Susanna Murley on August 20th, 2009Ride a bike. Biking or walking is the best way to save on gas and save on money. Plus if you have a bike, you could do bike delivery. Check out this awesome business model: harvestcycle.com. They pick up produce from a local farm and deliver it carbon-free to their clients.
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