Carbon Catalog, an offset directory site, opens today
Today is the launch day for Carbon Catalog, an independent website directory that means to centralize information on carbon offset projects and providers. If you're looking for a nearby carbon offset company, Carbon Catalog's simple interface will quickly be able to tell you what's available. It's also good for finding far-flung operations. Did you know, for example, about Islands of Llight, a project to install highly efficient compact fluorescent lamps in Majuro, Marshall Islands. As for automobile-related carbon offsets, Carbon Catalog lists Certified Clean Car, DrivingGreen and, of course, TerraPass.
The site was started by Gideon Greenspan, an internet entrepreneur who currently lives in Tel Aviv. Greenspan told AutoblogGreen that Carbon Catalog currently categorizes 30 voluntary carbon offset providers and 120 carbon offset projects around the world. If you're curious about the business slant of some carbon offset schemes, Greenspan makes it clear that Carbon Catalog has "no commercial relationship with any of the projects or providers listed."
[Source: Carbon Catalog / Gideon Greenspan]
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Bill 1:11PM (9/05/2007)
Buyer beware.
Ask yourself: can I verify this business is more than just a web page and merchant account?
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Gideon Greenspan 3:21PM (9/05/2007)
Bill - Carbon Catalog is a guide to offset projects and providers. It doesn't sell anything, or have any commercial relationships with the organizations listed. So I would hope buyers do not have to beware!
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James Dhimmi 8:03PM (9/05/2007)
I don't get it. If global warming melts the artic tundra and the greenland ice-shelf, the result will be an increase in forrestation to the point where the total number of trees on the planet could increase by as much as one-third. Won't global warming offset itself?
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Karen 3:28PM (9/08/2007)
Transparency in the offset market is something that Gideon Greeenspan and Our Carbon Nation Ltd obviously felt the need to address. Our Carbon Nation Ltd are launching a new Global Carbon Offsetting Directory Service for consumers. They highlight issues such as price per tonne, percentage of donation spent on admin, and most importantly how providers verify that the emission reductions they are claiming are actually taking place. www.ourcarbonnation.com launches on 17th September 2007.
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Lukas 11:43AM (12/12/2007)
http://www.beribu.lt info apie aktyvų laisvalaikį, pramogas ir renginius
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