The other day I received an email from a group in Germany called "Make It Green". One of the group's main goals is to make people more aware of the growing carbon emission problem. The email was sent to "The HCG Diet 411 Blog" which is one of my main blogs. For those of you that haven't been following i-Blogger for the past couple of months, I currently have 8 websites and 3 blog's. However, i-Blogger and The HCG Diet 411 Blog are the only ones that I post to daily.
Although the email was regarding my other blog, I decided that it would be best to make i-Blogger carbon neutral too.
The Email From "Make It Green"
Hi,
just stumbled over your blog www.hcg411.info - nice work!
I am part of a young team in Germany, working for an initiative called "Make it green!". Our goal is to contribute our part in reducing the carbon footprint by raising awareness of the severe environmental damage caused by carbon emissions.
One of our activities is to raise awareness of the carbon emissions resulting from the use of the internet - specifically of blogs. A blog with 15,000 visits a month has a yearly carbon dioxide emissions of 8lb.
To neutralize these emissions we have created "My blog is carbon neutral" buttons so bloggers can demonstrate that they care about the environment and the carbon footprint of their blogs. We present them a small but none-the-less worthy solution to contribute to environmental issues. Our idea is to show possibilities to make a contribution to protect the environment.
To find out how you can participate please visit http://www.kaufda.de/umwelt/carbon-neutral/how-you-can-join
And how do we actually neutralize your blog's carbon footprint? We are planting trees in cooperation with the Arbor Day Foundation in Plumas National Forest in Northern California for our project to neutralize the carbon footprint of blogs.
Thousands of wildfires burned down many national forests over the past ten years and 88.000 acres of Plumas' were destroyed by two fires in 2007. To help replanting we need the support of bloggers all over the world! For every participating blog we plant a tree. One blog - one tree.
Why do we do this? We are a German based company called kaufDA, which provides advertisement brochures of local stores online to help consumers search for specific products and find good deals in their neighborhood. This reduces the amount of brochures printed and so the project helps the environment by reducing unnecessary paper in mailboxes. An American on average receives 41 pounds of junk mail per year. This has the same carbon footprint as burning six gallons of gasoline.
We'd be glad to plant your tree! Help us and show that you care! Every tree counts!
Best wishes from Germany,
"Make it green!"- Team
After reading this email, I decided that I should try to help out by sharing this information with other bloggers and webmasters. I hope this compels others to do the same.
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