The Footprint Blog

Comment period extended: Sunny Knoll Farms

Due to a technical glitch information on Sunny Knoll Farms was unavailable so we are extending the comment period until July 1, 2013 Sunny Knoll Farms is a large dairy farm in Perry, New York, a town known for its high concentration of dairy farms (with four or five in the area). Sunny Knoll participates in both with the Cornell… read more →

Oldie but goodie: How 6lbs of gasoline turns into 19lbs of CO2

At TerraPass, as the summer travel season gets underway, we notice an uptick in interest around the carbon footprint of travel. We thought we would take a moment to revisit this blog post about how 6lbs of gasoline turns into 19lbs of CO2 The curious (or suspicious-minded) among you have occasionally wondered about our carbon footprint calculator’s claim that one… read more →

The Five R’s of Event Sustainability

The following tips are provided by TerraPass partner Meet Green, which helps organizations improve their events by integrating sustainable decisions through the planning process. Re-think: When was the last time you stood back and took a hard look at your event model? Rethinking is about taking stock of your event, the format you use and how participant needs are evolving. Could… read more →

Dorm room: 1986 vs 2013

May 7, 2013
Conservation tips / Society / Uncategorized
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kathryn

By, Nancy Bsales In 1986, I packed my parents’ Impala and made the trip to college. I had one trunk, a clock radio, a boombox, and some toiletries. Back then my environmental impact from electronics on the campus was less than 3 kWh or about 3 lbs of CO2e per day, and that was similar to most of my classmates.… read more →

Reducing the carbon footprint of your conference

April 29, 2013
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kathryn

Recently at TerraPass, we have worked with several companies on reducing the carbon footprint of their conferences or events. Time and time we have been seeing the same results when it comes to mitigating the carbon footprint of an event. Read on to learn more about the footprint of events. Collectively, business travel creates a sizable carbon footprint for conferences. Conferences can… read more →

Sea change at the SEC

March 28, 2013
News / Politics
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Lauren

By Erin Craig Like a frog in slowly heated water, we don’t tend to notice momentous changes happening right around us if they’re happening slowly enough. One such change, a big, momentous, but oh-so-slow change, made itself visible just briefly last month and it’s worth highlighting. Deep in the bowels of the Securities and Exchange Commission, a Feb. 2013 letter… read more →

How the Sequester will affect climate change policy

The Sequester automatically went into effect on March 1. Hopefully you’ve done your fair share of reading on the topic, and you understand how we got ourselves into this pickle. $85 billion will be cut from the federal budget by the end of the year, and a blunt hatchet was used where many say a scalpel was needed. At least $1.5 trillion… read more →

The carbon footprint of Valentine’s Day

Flowers, chocolates, romantic dinners: all things that you may associate with Valentine’s Day. But have you ever thought about the greenhouse gases that come in to play when those flowers are shipped, the chocolate is sourced overseas, or when your steak dinner is raised? We take a look at the biggest sources of carbon emissions on V-day, and share a… read more →

What can we expect to hear from President Obama in his State of the Union address?

February 12, 2013
News / Politics
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Lauren

Climate change was a central topic in Obama’s inauguration speech in January. We hope that this means that more will be done in the fight against climate change, but politicians have failed to live up to their promises before. Can we expect to see the decreased fossil fuel consumption and foreign energy dependence, and a rise in domestic renewable energy… read more →

Support Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority

Each month in 2013 you will have the opportunity to support a specific project through the purchase of carbon offsets. This month we are excited to feature Greater Lebanon Refuse Authority (GLRA) located in Lebanon, PA. Why GLRA is a great project: Overall commitment to the environment. In addition to their landfill gas to energy project they have also installed a… read more →

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