[R-G] Biblio.com launches program to offset carbon emissions

[Richard Menec]

(in case you haven't seen it ...)

http://www.biblio.com/pages/Used_Books_Go_Greener.html

October 8, 2007

Online Book Shopping Goes Greener

Biblio.com announced today that it has launched a program to offset the 
carbon emissions of the shipment of every book sold through its site, making 
it the first major book marketplace in the world to become carbon neutral. 
used books have always been a natural fit for our core values, since they 
represent an ideal example of re-using and recycling. We hope that our new 
program will serve as an inspiration to others in the book industry to take 
climate change seriously and find ways they can invest in the planet's 
future.

Asheville, NC (PRWEB) October 8, 2007 -- Biblio.com, one of the world's 
leading marketplaces for new, used, and rare books, announced today that it 
has launched a program to offset the carbon emissions of the shipment of 
every book sold through its site, making it the first major book marketplace 
in the world to become carbon neutral.

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The new program is called " ecosend ". It is being launched in partnership 
with NativeEnergy, a privately held Native American renewable energy 
company, and will provide funding for wind turbines and farm methane energy 
projects in Native American communities and on family farms throughout the 
U.S. These projects not only provide clean, renewable energy but also play 
an important role in sustainable economic development for tribal communities 
and farm families.

"We did extensive research to find the best carbon offset partner we could. 
NativeEnergy's commitment to projects that provide both verifiable CO2 
reductions and sustainable economic benefits for communities in need was 
compelling," commented Allen Singleton, Biblio.com Chief Operating Officer.

NativeEnergy has extensive partnerships with leading environmentally 
responsible businesses, including Mohawk Paper, Stonyfield Farm, Clif Bar, 
and Ben & Jerry's. "Others are sure to follow Biblio.com's lead, reduce 
their environmental impact first, and then offset their remaining carbon 
footprints with high quality carbon offsets from new projects they actually 
help to get built," says NativeEnergy president & CEO, Tom Boucher.

In addition to offsetting the carbon impact of each shipment, Biblio.com 
will also offset all of its business operations, including power consumption 
on server equipment, business travel, and employee commuting. "While we view 
carbon offsets as a part of an overall strategy to ensure that our business 
does not harm the environment and the climate," says Biblio.com CEO Brendan 
Sherar, "we also recognize that reducing our carbon footprint is far more 
important than offsetting."

Understanding their carbon footprints encourages consumers to change their 
behavior and reduce carbon emissions. By making available over 50 million 
used books from independent booksellers worldwide, Biblio.com plays a vital 
role in facilitating the sale, purchase and resale of used books. The Green 
Press Initiative calculates that the US book publishing industry consumes 20 
million trees per year.

Sherar notes that, "used books have always been a natural fit for our core 
values, since they represent an ideal example of re-using and recycling. We 
hope that our new program will serve as an inspiration to others in the book 
industry to take climate change seriously and find ways they can invest in 
the planet's future."

Biblio.com Biblio.com is one of the world's leading sources for textbooks, 
used books, and rare books. Established in 2003, Biblio.com has grown to 
become one of the largest global book marketplaces, with over 50 million 
books for sale from 5500 bookstores and booksellers in countries around the 
world. Biblio.com is wholly owned and operated by Biblio, Inc., a privately 
held company with a commitment to a triple bottom line, through its work 
with Biblio Charitable Works, Inc. For more information, please visit 
www.biblio.com.

NativeEnergy American Indian majority-owned, NativeEnergy is a national 
marketer of renewable energy credits and carbon offsets. By providing 
individuals and organizations both the means to compensate for their global 
warming pollution and also effectively power their homes and businesses with 
renewable energy, NativeEnergy helps build community based renewable energy 
projects that create social, economic and environmental benefits. Bringing 
upfront payment to renewable projects, NativeEnergy enables its customers to 
help finance the construction of new wind farms and other renewable energy 
projects, such as tribal wind projects and methane digesters on family dairy 
farms, which directly reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. NativeEnergy is 
the choice of leading environmentally and socially responsible 
organizations, including Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" 
(www.ClimateCrisis.net), Ben & Jerry's, Clif Bar, Stonyfield Farm, 
Interface, Aveda, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Dave Matthews Band, Jack 
Johnson, Co-op America, NRDC, the Clinton Global Initiative, Bonnaroo, and 
thousands of individuals. Online at: www.nativeenergy.com.

Contact: Brendan Sherar, Biblio.com press @ biblio.com
(800) 813 9432

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