Drive, Fly & Party 'Green' With DrivingGreen.Com
Source: LOHAS Weekly Newsletter
Published: Thursday, November 30, 2006
Published: Thursday, November 30, 2006
American drivers, flyers and hosts can now play an active part in the fight against global warming with the launch of DrivingGreen.com (www.DrivingGreen.com), a simple service that allows them to effectively and inexpensively offset the greenhouse gas emissions from their vehicles, flights and events.
With an easy-to-use calculator, DrivingGreen.com enables consumers to determine the total pounds of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) – the most prevalent greenhouse gas - that their particular vehicle, flight or event emits and its equivalent cost. Consumers then pay that dollar amount to DrivingGreen.com which provides it to selected farmers to help fund equipment, called ‘digesters,’ that convert animal waste into renewable energy that is used to power the farm without any fossil fuel, while preventing the greenhouse gases naturally emitted from the waste from entering the atmosphere.
The average American with a 2006 car drives 12,000 miles per year, emitting 11,000 pounds Carbon Dioxide into the atmosphere.
One round-trip cross-county flight emits approximately 4,000 pounds of Carbon Dioxide into the atmosphere.
While the choice to be environmentally responsible is a serious one, DrivingGreen.com also makes it entertaining through an innovative ‘events’ feature. DrivingGreen.com offers businesses and individuals the opportunity to calculate and offset carbon emissions resulting from travel and lodging for all types of events. DrivingGreen.com can make travel and lodging for any event carbon neutral. From concerts, sporting events and conferences to book signings, baby showers, weddings and cocktail parties, everyone can party “green” with DrivingGreen.com and let their guests know they are doing their part to reduce global warming.
The average 2-day event for 250 people - including ground travel and hotel room power - would emit approximately 72,000 pounds of Carbon Dioxide into the atmosphere.
Though energy from wind power, solar power and planting trees are what most Americans think of when they think of creating renewable energy (which is energy that can keep producing indefinitely without being depleted) and environmental action, offsetting emissions with waste conversion is much more effective in fighting global warming. In fact, it would take planting and growing 128 trees for 10 years to equal the greenhouse gas emission offsets of just one car for a year. In addition, waste conversion projects are permanent and sustainable, while trees are vulnerable to the elements.
DrivingGreen.com is currently working with the following 3 farms to help them repay the farmer the price of the digester and to make the project sustainable:
1. Colorado Pork LLC, Colorado
2. New Horizons Dairy, Illinois
3. Holsum Dairy, Wisconsin
“We recognize that people will always need to drive, fly and have functions and that it is increasingly challenging to be environmentally responsible,” explains DrivingGreen.com Director, Dan Linsky. “By providing a simple and inexpensive way for people to offset the damage they can’t help doing to the environment, everyone can do their part to reduce the magnitude of global warming.”
Consumers who offset their emissions receive a serial number that can be used to track their own reduced emissions and the successes of the agricultural projects to which their individual carbon footprint are reduced, as well as a T-shirt, license plate holders and a car decal to display their commitment to the environment!
Fast Facts:
While the choice to be environmentally responsible is a serious one, also makes it entertaining through an innovative ‘events’ feature. offers businesses and individuals the opportunity to calculate and offset carbon emissions resulting from travel and lodging for all types of events. From concerts, sporting events and conferences to book signings, baby showers, weddings and cocktail parties, everyone can with and let their guests know they are doing their part to reduce global warming.Though energy from wind power, solar power and planting trees are what most Americans think of when they think of creating renewable energy (which is energy that can keep producing indefinitely without being depleted) and environmental action, offsetting emissions with waste conversion is much more effective in fighting global warming. In fact,. In addition, waste conversion projects are permanent and sustainable, while trees are vulnerable to the elements. is currently working with the following 3 farms to help them repay the farmer the price of the digester and to make the project sustainable:1. Colorado Pork LLC, Colorado2. New Horizons Dairy, Illinois3. Holsum Dairy, Wisconsin “We recognize that people will always need to drive, fly and have functions and that it is increasingly challenging to be environmentally responsible,” explains Director, Dan Linsky. “By providing a simple and inexpensive way for people to offset the damage they can’t help doing to the environment, everyone can do their part to reduce the magnitude of global warming.”Consumers who offset their emissions receive a serial number that can be used to track their own reduced emissions and the successes of the agricultural projects to which their individual carbon footprint are reduced, as well as a T-shirt, license plate holders and a car decal to display their commitment to the environment!
Every gallon of gasoline a car burns emits roughly 20 pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Transportation activities account for approximately 27% of total U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, which is equivalent to burning 205 billion gallons of gasoline.
Passenger cars account for 35% of the greenhouse gases emitted from transportation; light trucks an additional 27%
Every person can make a difference!
In addition to answering consumers’ call for tools that reduce global warming, DrivingGreen.com also provides a simple way for corporations to be greener by calculating and offsetting the greenhouse gas emissions of their entire fleet of vehicles. Companies like TEVA footwear and organizations like the University of California Santa Barbara have already made their vehicular fleets Greenhouse Gas Neutral with DrivingGreen.com!
With an easy-to-use calculator, DrivingGreen.com enables consumers to determine the total pounds of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) – the most prevalent greenhouse gas - that their particular vehicle, flight or event emits and its equivalent cost. Consumers then pay that dollar amount to DrivingGreen.com which provides it to selected farmers to help fund equipment, called ‘digesters,’ that convert animal waste into renewable energy that is used to power the farm without any fossil fuel, while preventing the greenhouse gases naturally emitted from the waste from entering the atmosphere.
- - With DrivingGreen.com the entire amount can be offset for $40.00!
- - With DrivingGreen.com the entire amount can be offset for $16.00!
While the choice to be environmentally responsible is a serious one, DrivingGreen.com also makes it entertaining through an innovative ‘events’ feature. DrivingGreen.com offers businesses and individuals the opportunity to calculate and offset carbon emissions resulting from travel and lodging for all types of events. DrivingGreen.com can make travel and lodging for any event carbon neutral. From concerts, sporting events and conferences to book signings, baby showers, weddings and cocktail parties, everyone can party “green” with DrivingGreen.com and let their guests know they are doing their part to reduce global warming.
- - With DrivingGreen.com the entire amount can be offset for $260.00!
Though energy from wind power, solar power and planting trees are what most Americans think of when they think of creating renewable energy (which is energy that can keep producing indefinitely without being depleted) and environmental action, offsetting emissions with waste conversion is much more effective in fighting global warming. In fact, it would take planting and growing 128 trees for 10 years to equal the greenhouse gas emission offsets of just one car for a year. In addition, waste conversion projects are permanent and sustainable, while trees are vulnerable to the elements.
DrivingGreen.com is currently working with the following 3 farms to help them repay the farmer the price of the digester and to make the project sustainable:
1. Colorado Pork LLC, Colorado
2. New Horizons Dairy, Illinois
3. Holsum Dairy, Wisconsin
“We recognize that people will always need to drive, fly and have functions and that it is increasingly challenging to be environmentally responsible,” explains DrivingGreen.com Director, Dan Linsky. “By providing a simple and inexpensive way for people to offset the damage they can’t help doing to the environment, everyone can do their part to reduce the magnitude of global warming.”
Consumers who offset their emissions receive a serial number that can be used to track their own reduced emissions and the successes of the agricultural projects to which their individual carbon footprint are reduced, as well as a T-shirt, license plate holders and a car decal to display their commitment to the environment!
Fast Facts:
While the choice to be environmentally responsible is a serious one, also makes it entertaining through an innovative ‘events’ feature. offers businesses and individuals the opportunity to calculate and offset carbon emissions resulting from travel and lodging for all types of events. From concerts, sporting events and conferences to book signings, baby showers, weddings and cocktail parties, everyone can with and let their guests know they are doing their part to reduce global warming.Though energy from wind power, solar power and planting trees are what most Americans think of when they think of creating renewable energy (which is energy that can keep producing indefinitely without being depleted) and environmental action, offsetting emissions with waste conversion is much more effective in fighting global warming. In fact,. In addition, waste conversion projects are permanent and sustainable, while trees are vulnerable to the elements. is currently working with the following 3 farms to help them repay the farmer the price of the digester and to make the project sustainable:1. Colorado Pork LLC, Colorado2. New Horizons Dairy, Illinois3. Holsum Dairy, Wisconsin “We recognize that people will always need to drive, fly and have functions and that it is increasingly challenging to be environmentally responsible,” explains Director, Dan Linsky. “By providing a simple and inexpensive way for people to offset the damage they can’t help doing to the environment, everyone can do their part to reduce the magnitude of global warming.”Consumers who offset their emissions receive a serial number that can be used to track their own reduced emissions and the successes of the agricultural projects to which their individual carbon footprint are reduced, as well as a T-shirt, license plate holders and a car decal to display their commitment to the environment!
In addition to answering consumers’ call for tools that reduce global warming, DrivingGreen.com also provides a simple way for corporations to be greener by calculating and offsetting the greenhouse gas emissions of their entire fleet of vehicles. Companies like TEVA footwear and organizations like the University of California Santa Barbara have already made their vehicular fleets Greenhouse Gas Neutral with DrivingGreen.com!