Eco 411
Eco Author | 4:29 pm | October 23, 2009 | Attractions, Service and Supplier, Tours, Transportation | Add a comment
We all need to open our eyes to the problems facing the environment and understand that it is our responsibility to do something about it. Being a part of the travel and tourism industry, Extranomical Adventures knows that we face a particular responsibility to our community and our environment and that every seemingly small thing we do can have a lasting impact on our delicate planet. That’s why we at Extranomical have partnered with “Verus Carbon Neutral”, to help fund projects devoted to helping the earth by neutralizing our CO2 emissions. Their projects include preventing deforestation and planting trees, which are some of the simplest and most important things we can do to help the world around us remain a lush and habitable place. Extranomical Adventures is helping to sustain a healthy planet by supporting clean energy development and offsetting our CO2 emissions. Carbon offsets basically enable us to help neutralize the carbon dioxide that the tour vehicle generates by funding programs somewhere else in the world that take CO2 out of the atmosphere. Based on the number of tours we do and how far we drive, we have come up with a way of measuring our impact to the atmosphere and, starting in 2009, our entire fleet is certified as carbon neutral! A portion of everyone’s purchase of an Extranomical tour will go towards these projects devoted to neutralizing our carbon footprint.
Eco Author | 12:26 pm | September 4, 2009 | Transportation | Add a comment
San Francisco Car Free was developed by the San Francisco Air Quality Resource Team, part of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s community outreach efforts. The provides San Francisco visitors with an easy-to-use guide to transit, walking and bicycling in our fascinating city. Visiting San Francisco car free helps preserve the natural beauty our visitors come here to enjoy!
Eco Author | 5:49 pm | May 13, 2009 | Transportation | Add a comment
Southwest is proud do our part to support the environment—on Earth Day and everyday. Through our current Companywide Share the Spirit initiative, Project: SAVE, Employees have already made their communities cleaner, greener, and more vibrant through litter collection projects, tree planting, graffiti wipeouts, and community gardening initiatives. And with Southwest’s recycling efforts, during the last five months of 2008, we recycled 217.83 metric tons of paper, cardboard, plastic, and aluminum which equates to saving 3,377 mature trees or 779 cubic yards of landfill space. In fact, Southwest was recently recognized as a 2009 Global Green 100 Honoree by the Uptime Institute.
Eco Author | 12:36 pm | March 6, 2009 | Service and Supplier, Transportation | Add a comment
SFO is launching the nation’s first Green Rental Car program that rewards customers for renting
“green” alternative-fueled vehicles.
Customers who rent hybrid cars at SFO, such as the Honda Civic Hybrid, Nissan Altima Hybrid or Toyota PRIUS will receive a
$15 discount at the counter.
It is estimated that more than 4,000 tons of CO2 emissions per year will be eliminated through the implementation of this program.
Currently, 10 percent of the rental car fleet at SFO is comprised of high-mileage cars—such as the Toyota Camry, Honda Accord and Ford Focus—in addition to alternative-fuel cars. By offering these incentives to customers and rental car companies, SFO hopes to increase the total number of these cars to greater than 15 percent.
Eco Author | 4:11 pm | March 2, 2009 | Attractions, Tours, Transportation | Add a comment
Take a tour on a green duck. That’s right – the Bay Area’s largest fleet of amphibious land/sea vehicles has gone green. By using biodiesel, Ride the Ducks of San Francisco, is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Experience San Francisco sightseeing from a duck’s eye view on the Best San Francisco duck tour. Splashing-down in China Basin and navigating their way into McCovey Cove, outside of AT&T Ball Park, the 90 minute duck tours show the nature of the San Francisco Bay from a point of view not seen in your average tour of the city. The land portion of the tour rides through some of historic San Francisco’s most famous districts including: Fisherman’s Wharf, North Beach, Chinatown, The Financial District, SOMA, and the Embarcadero. Quack along with the captain and he en-tour-tains you with stories of past and present. Tickets may be purchased online at www.sanfranciscoducks.com or by calling out box office at 415-596-9929.
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