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Iler Planning Group Creates the Green City of the Future

When you picture a booming urban area, grey, not green, is probably the color that springs to mind. Carbonfund.org partner Iler Planning Group (IPG) wants to change that.

These days, cutting-edge communities plan for a greener future. In Florida, where global warming poses an imminent threat through rising sea levels, severe storms, and drought, IPG is leading the charge by helping communities plan for sustainable growth.

Sweet Dreams: Carbonfund.org Partners With The Center for the New American Dream

This month, Carbonfund.org joined The Center for a New American Dream‘s Responsible Purchasing Network.

The Center for a New American Dream helps Americans consume responsibly to protect the environment, enhance quality of life, and promote social justice. Its Responsible Purchasing Network (RPN) is a national network of procurement-related professionals dedicated to socially responsible and environmentally sustainable purchasing. RPN promotes and practices responsible purchasing by identifying best practices, developing effective purchasing tools, educating the market and utilizing its collective purchasing power to maximize environmental stewardship, protect human health and support local and global sustainability.

For those of us who aren’t procurement-related professionals, The Center for the New American Dream’s website is worth a visit for its treasure trove of guidance to making responsible, green purchase. For instance, check out the guide to being a Conscious Consumer, or take a pledge to break the bottled water habit.

Community Capital Management Partners With Carbonfund.org To Go CarbonFree

FT. LAUDERDALE, FL – September 3, 2008 – Community Capital Management, Inc. is pleased to announce that it is offsetting its carbon emissions with Carbonfund.org, one of the country’s leading carbon offset organizations. By joining Carbonfund.org’s CarbonFree Partner program, Community Capital has joined a national movement of businesses and organizations that are leading the fight against global warming.

Visual Communications Company Partners with Carbonfund.org to Go CarbonFree

San Marcos, CA – August 14, 2008 – Visual Communications Company (VCC) announced today that it is offsetting its carbon emissions for 2008 with Carbonfund.org, one of the leading carbon offset organizations in the United States. While smaller firms like VCC with 10 or fewer employees have a carbon footprint smaller than 70 tons per year, VCC is offsetting 600 tons of CO2 emissions, demonstrating the proactive steps the firm is taking in the fight against global climate change.

Trefz Engineering Inc. Partners With Carbonfund.org to go CarbonFree

Horsham, Pa, August 27, 2008—Trefz Engineering Inc. (TEI) announced today that it is offsetting its carbon emissions with Carbonfund.org, one of the country’s leading carbon offset organizations. TEI has offset emissions for its utility consumption, flights, and car usage. This commitment establishes Trefz Engineering Inc. as an environmental leader in the building and design community and demonstrates the proactive steps TEI is taking in the fight against global climate change.

myFREEoffsets.com Selects Carbonfund.org as Sole Offsets Provider for Its Consumer Shopping Service

Rainier, WA, August 22nd, 2008 – myFREEoffsets.com today announced that it has selected Carbonfund.org, one of the country’s leading carbon offset organizations, as its sole provider of carbon offsets. Carbonfund.org supports renewable energy, energy efficiency, and reforestation projects in the U.S. and abroad in order to reduce CO2 pollution and help hasten our transition to a clean energy future.

Planet Shoes Partners with Carbonfund.org; Consumers to Purchase Carbon Offsets

Planet Shoes is now offering CarbonFree Plus Shipping as an option for consumers buying shoes and products online at PlanetShoes.com. Partnering with Carbonfund.org, Planet Shoes will purchase the carbon offsets equivalent to the environmental impact of the shipping materials and transport for customers who voluntarily choose the “CarbonFree Plus” shipping option.

You’ve Offset Your Carbon Footprint. Now What? Carbonfund.org Social Networking!

Want to feel more connected with the global warming movement? Want to forge connections with other donors and join in on the conversation about how you’re reducing your footprint? Carbonfund.org is harnessing the power of social networking for a good cause.

We’re in the middle of a video release party and you’re invited! Each Monday, we’re posting a new video including footage from our projects, videos on how carbon sequestration works, and more. You can even offset your footprint while you click through green videos, thanks to our partner GoGreenTube. Or subscribe to our YouTube page.

Other ways to connect include our Flickr page, where you can view the latest on-site photos from our projects. If you use Facebook, fan the Carbonfund.org page and be sure to join our cause! Myspace more your thing? Friend us!

Our goal is to jump start the discussion about global warming and the actions we can all take and to highlight innovative projects and technologies that are so important in solving this global problem.

Where Your Money Goes: Renewables

Editor’s note: Over the next several issues of MyClimateMinute, we’ll take a look at the projects funded by our donors. First, we’ll start with overviews of the different types of projects supported by Carbonfund.org. This week: renewable energy projects.

Renewable energy refers to wind energy, methane capture, solar, geothermal and other clean energy sources. Energy generated from clean sources like these reduces the need to generate that same energy from dirty sources like coal or gas.

Developing clean energy projects isn’t as cheap as building new coal power plants, at least not yet. That’s why it’s important for project developers to have access to additional streams of revenue other than the electricity they get to sell. Carbonfund.org donors help drive investment toward clean energy projects, lowering their cost and hastening the market transformation to a clean energy future.

Carbonfund.org supports many renewable energy projects, including the Hancock County Wind Energy Center, SunEdison Solar Projects, New Bedford Landfill Methane, North Country Landfill Methane, and Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center. For a complete list, visit Carbonfund.org’s Projects page.

Think Hosting a Website Can’t Be Done in an Eco-responsible Way? Think Again.

Websites run on powerful computer servers that use massive amounts of electricity. Though energy efficiency should be a high priority for hosting companies—after all, it saves them money-—finding a company who operates their servers in an environmentally-responsible way is not always easy.

A2 Hosting makes it easy. Its FutureServe Green Hosting initiative was created to provide environmentally responsible website hosting in order to protect and improve ecological conditions for current and future generations. In addition, the experts at A2 Hosting have tips for MyClimateMinute readers to reduce their computer usage carbon footprints.

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