Tag: Carbon Offsets - Page 4
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Louise Galvin Launches U.K.'s First Carbon-Neutral Beauty Company
Pumped full of naturally
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Stanley Greenberg, World-Renowned Pollster, Talks Enviro-Politico Shop
Never heard of Stanley Greenberg? Probably means you've been living under a rock for the last, say, twenty years. He's a political mastermind — akin to being described as the world-champion of public opinion
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Man Auctions Own Carbon Offsets on Ebay
We're not sure if this is legal, or if it's the first of its kind, but thanks to Tipster Jason for the scoop on this latest in carbon offsets. Seems where there is a need, there is a market and one man has decided to test this
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Big Tree Climate Fund Joins the Carbon Offset Market
From the creators of Dagoba Chocolate, comes Big Tree Climate Fund, a carbon offset company that also gives a percentage of profits to local communities to promote environmental education, reinforcing their business. Carbon
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In My Prius video by Casual Mafia - LMAO!!
Green isn't always serious business. The newest video out by Casual Mafia called In My Prius makes fun of the Prius which is, well, really funny! With the looming GM bankruptcy, a few laughs, were cars are involved, is
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Can Walking Dogs Help the Planet?
When you work at Monster Minders it can. Besides cleaning up garbage (poop), getting physical exercise, and making a little Vitamin D from all the sun exposure, leaving your pooch with Monster Minders allows you one more
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What the Heck is Radiative Forcing & Why Should My Aviation Carbon Offset Include It?
You want to be a better eco-citizen, minimize your air travel, and want to buy a carbon offset for those times when you do have to fly. But before you hit that calculate my emissions button you notice a small check
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Rothbury Rock Fest Raises Green Bar
Coachella won our Best of Green Music Festivals and does an exemplary job recycling plastic water bottles, educating fans, and other greenings. Though I
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Fujitsu's Wind-Powered Laptop Is So Not Green
In what ended up being quite the bout of investigative journalism, Fred Pearce of The Guardian uncovered some serious greenwash coming out of Fujitsu
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Your Energy Savings Sold on Carbon Market?
Last week Earth Aid launched a free online service that encourages households to conserve energy wherever possible. The service looks at the home's energy bills, calculates the energy savings, bundles it to be sold as a carbon
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How Carbon Offsets Really Work: The Onion
Carbon offsets won't save the planet. But, as the Onion points out [click to enlarge], it might make us feel a little better, at least before a new coal-fired factory in China comes online.More on Carbon Offsets Planet Green: How to Go Green: Carbon
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ShopGreen Lets Online Retailers Incorporate Carbon Offsets into Purchases
There are a few apps out there that help us shop green by sending us to the best stores, or telling us all about a product before we buy it. But what about offsetting the impact of the products we're purchasing. GreenWorld has stepped up with their web
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Best of Green: Travel + Nature (Slideshow)
Update: Vote now for Best of Show! Now that the initial voting period has ended, it's time to vote for the 'Best in Show' -- check out the category winners in the Best in Show slideshow, and then click over to Planet Green to View & Vote for your
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Carbonfund.org Reforestation Project Takes Major Step in Reducing Global Warming Emissions
Photo via: Brion V. Carbonfund.org's Tensas National Wildlife Refuge Reforestation Project has just became the first reforestation carbon offset project in North America to achieve dual validation by the Rainforest Alliance to the Voluntary Carbon
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March Eco-Tidbits from Turkey
The 5th World Water Forum held two weeks ago in Istanbul dominated the
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7 Hot CEOs and Their Cool Green Companies
Scott Mackinlay Hahn, Loomstate. Photo courtesy of Loomstate. Sustainable companies are on the rise but that didn't make it any easier for us to pick out the hottest eco-CEOs paving the way. However, we've managed to narrow the list down to seven that
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Fox TV's "24" Reaches Its Carbon Neutral Goal
"We know that we can't solve the problem in 24 hours, but by making energy-conscious decisions on our set, we're contributing to a solution," states Keifer Sutherland, star
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Carbon Footprint Barcodes on the Horizon?
We can all agree that for right now, green labeling is a bit of a crock. It's tough to identify it, let alone figure out if it's truthful or not. You need to be quite the sleuth. While industries and non-profits are working on getting better labeling
