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Saturday
Feb192011

Carbon Consciousness & Carefree Clicking

Believe it or not, websites like this one actually contribute to climate change and carry a carbon footprint. Thankfully, there's a nonprofit organization that can help!

The mission of the Carbon Fund is to lead the fight against global warming, making it easy and affordable for any individual, business or organization to reduce & offset their climate impact and hasten the transition to a clean energy future.

Their trademark is effectively straightforward: Reduce What You Can, Offset What You Can’t™ — and they encourage everyone to continually strive to reduce their carbon footprint through sensible energy reductions, combined with cost-effective carbon offsets. Their offsets support third-party validated renewable energyenergy efficiency and reforestation projects globally that reduce carbon dioxide emissions and the threat of climate change.

Carbon-Free Commitment 

According to their delightfully informative website, CarbonFund.org, all websites have a carbon footprint. This footprint is created by many factors including operation of web servers, networks, and the computers visitors use. For example, the average small personal blog creates nearly a tonne of CO2 per year! Furthermore, the Internet is responsible for about as much CO2 as air travel, or about two percent of total global emissions!

I've decided to go carbon neutral in support of the Carbon Fund's  projects, thanks in large part because they are a nonprofit organization,  meaning their priority is fighting climate change, not profiting from it. Some for-profits charge more than twice as much, including for offsets that come from the same projects with the same certifications. 

Additionally, my contribution is tax-deductible, making it even more cost-effective to reduce the carbon footprint of this here website. Sounds great to me!

I also appreciate how their website provides much more than carbon offsets — they offer practical knowledge and resourceful online tools that educate people about how carbon offsets work, how carbon calculation are figured, and other ways to reduce your carbon footprint with energy efficiency and conservation. 

 And yes, there's an app for that!  It's available for Iphone and Android — cool!

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