NewswireToday - /newswire/ - Berkeley, CA, United States, 04/24/2007 - New company offsets over 73,000 pounds of CO2 created by travel to the Chicago event - RenewableChoice.com.

Berkeley, California-based renewable energy and green lifestyle company Green Options not only made its trade show debut at the Chicago Green Festival; it also made a difference for the event’s environmental impact. As a part of the company’s effort to show consumers the many options available for “greening the good life,” Green Options offered GreenFest attendees a unique opportunity: visitors to the company’s booth could calculate the carbon emissions produced from their travel to and from the event, which would then be offset by renewable energy credits provided by Renewable Choice Energy.

“Our mission is to show consumers that there are many green lifestyle options that don’t involve major sacrifices or costs,” said Green Options CEO David Anderson. “We’re partnering with Renewable Choice to offset the almost 74,000 pounds of CO2 emissions registered by our visitors in order to make them aware of that choice. We were happy to meet many people that biked or took public transportation to GreenFest; for those visitors and vendors that had to fly or drive, carbon offsets provide a means for insuring that other activities, such as the generation of electricity by wind power, will neutralize their emissions.”

While the Green Festival offset its own electricity use at Chicago’s McCormick Center, Anderson notes “Attendees’ travel was the single biggest source of carbon emissions for the event. We wanted to contribute to the organizers’ efforts to make GreenFest as sustainable as possible.”

About Green Options

Green Options (greenoptions.com), a renewable energy and green lifestyle company, was founded in late 2006; the GreenOptions.com web portal was launched on February 5, 2007. Dedicated to helping consumers “green the good life,” Green Options provides news, guidance and community for users interested in lowering there own environmental impact while maintaining a comfortable lifestyle.

Green Options was founded by CEO David Anderson (Berkeley) and Chief Technology Officer and Director of Marketing Shea Gunther (Portland, Maine). Jeff McIntire-Strasburg (St. Louis, Missouri) joined the company in November 2006 as Senior Editor and Director of Content, and Jan van Voorst came aboard in March 2007 as Director of Advertising.

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