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GREEN SHIPPING with 1-World Globes &
Maps
Did you know that in the United States, over half of the
carbon emissions associated with each individual comes from the goods they
purchase? Consider for a moment, all of the energy used in acquiring and
transporting raw materials, manufacturing, transporting to retailers, and
transporting to the end-user. These steps combined have a bigger impact to our
ecology than even all the cars and airplanes transporting people across the nation each
day.
As citizens of the Earth, we each have a responsibility to be conscious of our
actions, and the potential impact to the planet we all share. We at 1-World
Globes & Maps cherish the Earth as it is & understand that actions must be taken
to slow down the degradation of our global climate.
As online/mail-order retailers, each and every product that we sell must be
picked up and delivered by delivery truck. With each package that's picked up
and delivered, a certain amount of carbon emissions is created, adding to the
degradation of our Earth's protective ozone layer and contributing to
diminishing our air quality.
Truck freight alone
accounts for an estimated 320 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) each
year, contributing to global warming.
Until alternate fuels and energies are being used in a
major way, we feel a responsibility to our planet to reduce our 'ecological
footprint', and hopefully help to reduce the effects of global warming.
1-World Globes & Maps is happy to announce a partnership with Carbonfund.org,
who will be helping us to offset the carbon emissions created by our shipments.
Carbonfund.org has a variety of ways to offset carbon emissions, such as putting
more efforts towards energy conservation & efficiency, supporting renewable
energy sources such as wind and solar power. Carbonfund.org also supports
reforestation projects, critical in the efforts to reduce the carbon content of
our air and replenish our degrading ozone layer.
Each shipment that leaves our Seattle warehouse has its carbon emissions offset
by the efforts in place by Carbonfund.org, thus minimizing our ecological
footprint. These shipments are considered to be "carbon-neutral".
Additionally,
we strive to run our business in
an eco-friendly and socially responsible way by re-using all packaging materials
that we receive, as well as post-consumer recycled boxes whenever possible.
Any efforts towards the preservation of our ecology is a step in the right
direction. It is not usually possible to do one big thing to make a big impact,
but it is more realistic to do many little things, that will hopefully add up to
a bigger impact towards the effort of preservation.
Learn
more about the concept of carbon offset at Wikipedia by clicking here
Carbonfund.org thanks 1-World for
offsetting CO2 emissions
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