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Carbon Harmony: Offsetting More Than 100% at Music Festivals

Sustainable Energy Partners

This weekend at the Sasquatch! Music Festival in Washington, you can hear the likes of Bjork, The Arcade Fire, Manu Chao and the Beastie Boys. And if you listen closely, you might also hear the sigh of atmospheric relief as Carbon Harmony neutralizes the effects of all carbon dioxide emmissions resulting from this year’s Sasquatch!

You may remember from my previous post that the United States produced at least 6,008.6 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions in 2005 alone. With a number this outstanding, how can music fest lovers feel rest assured they won’t add to it when they make the trek out to see their favorite bands?

With Carbon Harmony, a festival can actually neutralize its carbon footprint and then some by calculating its carbon emmissions and then purchasing “a larger amount of carbon reduction credits” to actually lower the total amount of CO2 in the ozone layer. This allows for a festival to not just prevent further global warming, but to actually contribute to the growing movement in global cooling.

“Carbon neutral is a start,” says founder John Humphrey. “That gets you to zero. But why not go a step beyond and reduce the overall amount of CO2 in the atmosphere?”

Founded by Sustainable Energy Partners, Carbon Harmony begins by purchasing 10% more carbon reduction credits than you need to neutralize your carbon footprint. With the Carbon Harmony mindset of “Why stop at neutral?” you can choose to go above and beyond with as many carbon credits as you want.

To see how you can be a part of a more carbon neutral music experience, visit http://carbonharmony.com

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3 Responses to “Carbon Harmony: Offsetting More Than 100% at Music Festivals”

  1. zack k Says:

    sounds like live earth has a good model! although i suspect it’s a bit harder to green wembley and 8 other stadiums simultaneously…

  2. Mary Lee Says:

    Another incredible green festival in the hills of Santa Barbara http://www.lightninginabottle.org

  3. Gavilan Says:

    Yeah !!! Manu Chao is the One !!
    I didn’t have the chance to go to Sasquatch but I saw him at Coachella .. nice…
    Have you seen his video “rainin’ in paradize” ?
    check it out here:
    http://www.tourdesign.com/eads/2007/manuchao/new/manuchao_ecard.html

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