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- Aspen/Snowmass Offers Climate-Friendly SkiGreen™ Program to Resort Guests
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December 12, 2006 (Aspen, Colo.) – Aspen Skiing Company (ASC) announced today that it will partner with the Bonneville Environmental Foundation to sell 100 percent Green-e certified SkiGreen Tags to resort guests who wish to offset their travel-related global warming emissions to and from the resort with wind energy. [full text version]
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- Kansas Brewing Company Supports Local Source of Green Energy
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December 4, 2006 (Lawrence, KS) – Free State Brewing Company, known for being the first legal brewery in Kansas in over 100 years, is now offsetting 100 percent of the energy it uses to brew its beer with clean, renewable power. [full text version]
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- Public Art to Communicate Global Warming Message
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November 30, 2006 (New York, NY) – The Precipice Alliance, a non-profit organization collaborating with artists to direct public attention to global warming, launched its mission with an inaugural artwork by contemporary artist Mary Ellen Carroll at the American Can factory buildings in Jersey City, New Jersey on November 1, 2006. [full text version]
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- Grand Targhee Resort Joins BEF's SkiGreen™ Program
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October 23, 2006 (Alta, WY) – Grand Targhee Resort announced today that the company will offset 100 percent of its energy use by purchasing 10,500 megawatt-hours of renewable energy over the next three years, an increase of nearly 75 percent from its previous green power commitment. [full text version]
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- Partnership Offers Carbon-Neutral Programs for Travel and Tourism Industry
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October 18, 2006 (Boulder, CO) – Sustainable Travel International (STI) announced today that it has added Green Tags from the Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) to its portfolio of programs designed to help travelers and travel-related companies address global climate change. [full text version]
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- REI Announces Major Carbon-Neutral Travel Initiative with BEF
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October 4, 2006 (Seattle, WA and Portland, OR) – Travelers to some of the world's most remarkable destinations for once-in-a-lifetime vacations with REI Adventures will be guaranteed to have a "green" experience – whether traveling to the Alps or Antarctica, and all points in between. [full text version]
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- Community Development Project in Oregon Includes Two Solar Power Systems
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September 28, 2006 (Portland, OR) – Portland's newest elementary school and a Habitat for Humanity house, both part of the New Columbia development in north Portland, are benefiting from the sun's powerful energy. [full text version]
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- ASES Celebrates First Legacy School Project in Washington, D.C.
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September 26, 2006 (Washington, D.C.) –
The American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and the Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) dedicated ASES’ first Legacy School project yesterday with a celebration at the Barnard elementary school in Washington, D.C.
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- Sub Pop Records is First Green-e Certified Record Label
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July 31, 2006 (Seattle, WA) – Sub Pop Records, the music label that has given rise to bands ranging from Nirvana to The Shins, announced today that it has purchased enough Green-e certified Green Tags, also known as renewable energy credits, from the Bonneville Environmental Foundation to equal 100 percent of the company's energy use. [full text version]
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- ASES Offers Green Travel at Solar 2006 Conference
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July 26, 2006 (Denver, CO) – The American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and the Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) announced today that more than 160 tons of climate-altering greenhouse gas emissions were offset by organizers and attendees of the Solar 2006 conference that took place July 7-13 in Denver, Colorado. [full text version]
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- Adventure Passports Travel Green With Mini-Green Tags
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July 20, 2006 (Denver, CO) – Adventure Passports and the Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) announced today they are partnering to offer HikeGreen Mini-Green Tags with each purchase of Adventure Passports' guidebook, Passport to the 14ers of Colorado, an outdoor adventure logbook featuring Colorado's highest climbable peaks. [full text version]
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- Pearl Jam's Carbon Portfolio Strategy Recipients
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July 10, 2006 (Portland, OR) – Pearl Jam announced today that Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) was selected as one of nine non-profit organizations to receive a combined total of $100,000 to launch its 2006 Carbon Portfolio Strategy. [full text version]
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- ASES Debuts SOLAR 2006 Legacy School Project in Denver
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July 7, 2006 (Denver, CO) – The American Solar Energy Society unveiled its latest Legacy School project this morning at the Del Pueblo elementary school in Denver, Colorado. [full text version]
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- Green Energy for Music Festival
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June 1, 2006 (Lawrence, KS) – This year’s Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival held in Lawrence, Kansas, promises to be not only a good party, but good for the planet as well. [full text version]
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- Photovoltaic Installation, a First for King County, WA School
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May 3, 2006 (Redmond, WA) – When it was rebuilt in 2003, Redmond High School reflected the Lake Washington School District's desire to conserve energy and explore renewable sources of energy. [full text version]
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- All Things Organic™ Offers Green Travel Option
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May 2, 2006 (Portland, OR) – The Organic Trade Association (OTA), in partnership with the Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF), announced today that approximately 332,000 pounds of greenhouse gases (primarily measured as carbon dioxide) will be offset by attendees and exhibitors of the All Things Organic™ Conference and Tradeshow taking place May 6-9 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. [full text version]
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- Leading Mid-West Newspaper Delivers Green News
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April 20, 2006 (Lawrence, KS) – When it comes to getting the news in Lawrence and surrounding communities, it's a good bet the Lawrence Daily Journal World newspaper delivered it. [full text version]
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- Four-Day Expo on Natural Foods, Natural Products Goes on Natural Energy
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March 23, 2006 (Broomfield, CO) – WhiteWave Foods Company (WWFC), maker of leading organic and natural brands Horizon Organic® and Silk®, announced today that it will purchase enough green tags, or renewable energy credits, from the Bonneville Environmental Foundation to offset the environmental impact associated with operating the Anaheim Convention Center during The Natural Products Expo West trade show taking place March 23–26. [full text version]
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- BEF and Coeur D'Alene Tribe Join In Support of Watershed Restoration Program
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March 9, 2006 (Portland, OR) -- The Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) reached an agreement this week with the Coeur d’Alene Tribe to support a comprehensive, 10-year Model Watershed restoration and monitoring program in northern Idaho’s Benewah Creek watershed. [full text version] |
- Sub Pop Recording Artist, Kelley Stoltz, Is Singing the "Greens"
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March 6, 2006 (San Francisco, CA) --
The Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF), together with the Green-e program of the Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) announced today that recording artist Kelley Stoltz's newest album, titled Below the Branches, is the first album to incorporate the Green-e label on its product packaging. [full text version] |
- BEF & Adventure Passports Deliver SkiGreen Mini-Green Tags
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February 28, 2006 (Denver, CO) --
The Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) and Adventure Passports have partnered to offer free SkiGreen Tags with each purchase of Adventure Passports' new guidebook, Passport to Ski Areas of Colorado. [full text version] |
- Long-Term, Science-Based Approach To Watershed Restoration Draws Support for Bonneville Environmental Foundation Program
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February 7, 2006 (Portland, OR) --
The Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) announced today that four other non-profit foundations, including the Hugh and Jane Ferguson Foundation, the Flintridge Foundations, and two additional unnamed foundations, each have made funding commitments that leverage BEF’s support for an innovative, long-term Model Watershed restoration and salmon recovery program in the Chinook River, Washington. [full text version] |
- Fisheries Magazine Profiles BEF's Approach to Watershed Restoration
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January 31, 2006 (Portland, OR) -- The Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) announced today the release of a paper that outlines BEF’s rationale for developing and implementing a long-term and monitoring-intensive approach to watershed restoration in the Pacific Northwest.. [full text version] |
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