SILVER SPRING, MD - March 6, 2007 - AIGA, the professional association for design, has offset all of its annual carbon dioxide emissions with Carbonfund.org. This offset marks the second time that AIGA has chosen Carbonfund.org for its offset needs.

Working with Carbonfund.org, AIGA was able to determine the CO2 emissions it was responsible for from employee travel and its offices. These emissions will be offset by supporting a reforestation project in Nepal that will permanently sequester CO2 from the atmosphere. This project uses the funding to plant beneficial fruit and nut trees as well as native species on agricultural land.

In addition, AIGA is undertaking an outreach campaign to help its members reduce their own emissions. This is particularly important because it continues to spread the message about climate change as well as show how easy and affordable it is to do something about it.

"Sustainability has become a term-of-art for advancing economic activity while ensuring that we can sustain our initiatives in a sometimes fragile world without harming the future’s potential," said Richard Grefé, executive director of AIGA.

"AIGA has made a real and lasting commitment to reducing its impact," stated Eric Carlson, executive director of Carbonfund.org. "They are taking responsibility for their emissions and encouraging their members to do the same, and we are proud they’ve chosen to work with us for two years in a row."

About Carbonfund.org

Carbonfund.org is a national non-profit organization leading the fight against climate change. Carbonfund.org educates the public about the dangers of climate change and makes it easy and affordable for individuals, businesses and organizations to reduce their climate impact. Carbonfund.org is reducing the threat of climate change by promoting cost-effective carbon reductions and supporting renewable energy, energy efficiency and reforestation projects globally that reduce and offset carbon dioxide emissions. Carbonfund.org works with over 100 corporate and non-profit partners including the National Wildlife Federation, Dell, IMD, Lancôme, Ovation Travel Group and Working Assets.

About AIGA

AIGA is reducing the impacts of its electricity, gas and travel-related greenhouse gas emissions for its offices, its publications and its conferences. AIGA hosts between six and eight conferences a year including the AIGA Biennial National Conference; Gain: AIGA Business and Design Conference; Harvard Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders; Image, Space, Object; Designing for the User Experience (DUX) and the Aspen Design Summit, which in 2006 is focused on solving global issues in three different areas, one of which is sustainable community development.

AIGA is developing a program that will provide its members a simple and affordable approach to carbon offsetting, reducing the climate impact of their travel, office energy use and production.

Carbonfund.org

Carbonfund.org

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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