DENVER, CO - October 26, 2007 "“ Detour, The Adventure Travel Marketplace (www.detourdestinations.com), announced today that it has offset its carbon emissions with Carbonfund.org, the country’s leading carbon reduction and offset organization.

Although Detour already minimizes it carbon emissions through its business model as a virtual company, with only a small wind-powered office and other employees working from home, Detour has now offset the remaining carbon footprint of its office and operations, and is able to make some of the adventure trips the company offers carbon neutral. This practical step highlights Detour's commitment to be a leader in the Sustainable Travel and International Adventure Travel communities.

"As a company based on promoting small-scale tourism directly by using socially and environmentally responsible local tour operators and outfitters, Detour is committed to protecting the environment and minimizing global climate change," said Greg Findley, Detour's CEO. "Travel has many benefits, including global understanding and the economic importance of tourism to many of the world's developing countries. But one of the biggest negatives of tourism is the carbon emissions from airplane travel. Detour, as a leader in the sustainable tourism arena, encourages everyone to minimize their overall carbon emissions, and to offset the rest through carbon credits."

"Detour is leading the adventure travel industry toward a new paradigm - one that supports local economies and treads lightly on the environment," said Carbonfund.org Executive Director Eric Carlson. "We're very excited to have Detour join the growing community of travel companies that are going the extra mile to reduce their impact on the climate by supporting carbon reducing projects around the world."

About Detour

Detour is the leading online adventure travel marketplace, where travelers can choose exactly the trip they want from a select list of the world's best local outfitters, helping travelers save money and make sure their vacation dollars go directly into the local economy where they travel. Detour actively promotes sustainable tourism, and works to promote green-certified hotels and local tour operators whenever possible.

About Carbonfund.org

Carbonfund.org is the country's leading carbon reduction and offset organization, making it easy and affordable for individuals, businesses and organizations to reduce their climate impact. Carbon offsets enable individuals and businesses to reduce carbon dioxide emissions they are responsible for in their everyday lives by investing in renewable energy, energy efficiency and reforestation projects where they are most cost effective. Carbonfund.org works with over 300 corporate and non-profit partners including Discovery, Volkswagen, Dell, Orbitz, Environmental Defense, and Lancome.

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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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