WASHINGTON, DC - Carbonfund.org, a Washington, DC-based nonprofit organization, launched its Earth Day Carbon Offset Challenge encouraging individuals and companies to offset their carbon dioxide emissions to reduce the threat of climate change.

"Carbonfund.org's Earth Day Carbon Offset Challenge provides forward-thinking individuals and companies a uniquely flexible and affordable opportunity to make an immediate and tangible difference in the fight against global climate change," says Carbonfund.org co-founder and President Eric Carlson. He continues, "Earth Day offers a great opportunity for everyone to stand up and take a positive step for the environment and our future."

Participating in the Challenge is simple: Individuals or companies can choose to offset a fixed number of carbon dioxide tons or calculate their specific carbon footprint with an easy-to-use online calculator (www.carbonfund.org). Supporters receive a certificate for their donation and all donations are tax deductible. A company's carbon footprint can include office energy use, business travel and other operations functions.

All carbon offsets received by May 1st will count toward the Challenge and the results will be announced on the Carbonfund.org website.

Carbonfund.org, an all-volunteer organization, purchases greenhouse gas emissions from a variety of sources and supports a variety of offset projects around the world, including energy efficiency and renewable energy. Carbon allowances are permanently retired, reducing the total amount of greenhouse gases that can be emitted. "Our goal is to offer individuals and businesses the lowest-cost, easiest-to-use pathway to reducing climate change. Basically, we buy carbon and retire it," says Carlson.

"We created Carbonfund.org because the threat of climate change is too important to ignore or put off on our children," says co-founder and Vice President Lesley Carlson. "The Earth Day Challenge enables individuals and companies to be part of the solution to climate change and stress their commitment to a cleaner, brighter future."

About Carbon Offsets
Carbon dioxide results from the burning of fossil fuels, primarily coal and oil, for industrial, commercial, home and transportation uses, and is the main greenhouse gas responsible for climate change, also called global warming. Reducing CO2 helps protect us from the threat of climate change. Carbonfund.org purchases CO2 emissions reductions from projects around the world and retires them, reducing the overall amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. Carbonfund.org is an IRS registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

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Carbonfund.org (www.carbonfund.org) reduces the threat of climate change by making it easy and affordable for any individual or business to reduce their carbon footprint and support climate-friendly projects. With its easy-to-use calculator, low offset cost per ton of CO2, and certified offset projects, Carbonfund.org is proving that anyone can reduce their impact on climate change easily and efficiently. Carbonfund.org is a nationally recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit business, and a member of the EPA's Green Power Network, the Chicago Climate Exchange, and Ceres. Carbonfree and "Reduce what you can, offset what you can't" are trademarks of the Carbonfund.org Foundation.

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