Carbon Offset Programs
 We have partnered with The Climate Trust (www.climatetrust.org) to initiate a carbon offset program that mitigates greenhouse gases generated from shipping your flowers. Each time you purchase a product from Organic Style, the amount of carbon emissions from that shipment is offset by rolling funds into the Truck Stop Electrification Program — a program which reduces wasteful diesel emissions at truck stops by creating low cost, electrical alternatives for truckers to power heating, air conditioning and appliances.
Project Description:
Each night, thousands of truckers idle their diesel engines during government mandated rest periods to power heating, air conditioning, and appliances for their sleeper cabs. Running engines at idling speed emits harmful local and global air pollutants, and increases noise levels for drivers and neighboring communities.
By partnering with The Climate Trust, we are helping to invest in 275 parking spaces at 7 truck stops that will be electrified by Shurepower's shore-power truck electrified parking (STEP system). The STEP system is a low cost alternative to idling that provides drivers with grid-based electricity, cable television and Internet connections to enable drivers to shut down their engines and save fuel during mandated rest periods.
Benefits:
The Climate Trust estimates this program will remove nearly 90,000 metric tons of CO2 over the next 15 years, the equivalent of taking 17,928 cars off the road or planting 180,000 trees. By offering a cleaner and cheaper alternative to diesel idling, the project will also save truckers an estimated 10 million gallons of fuel.
Organic Style is also looking to offset carbon emissions generated from shipments between our international sources and local warehouses in the near future.
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