(Transworldnews) Ann Arbor, MI - When shoppers seek a gift of meaning in these last few days before Christmas, they should consider the possibility of offsetting their friend’s or relative’s homepage.  At least that is what 4Offsets CEO Fred Weiss is suggesting for those stumped for a gift that has both positive meaning and a value not measured in dollars.  “This Christmas, more than any in the last 50 years, people are looking for gifts that are about more than fashion or consumerism. Not only do Carbon Credits from 4Offsets do meet that criteria, but they represent projects that are reducing the negative affects of an industrial/consumerist society.”  Weiss added “and at $1 a year to offset a homepage this gift is affordable to all.” 

Carbon Offset Credits are commodity contracts representing a project that removes or offsets the emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) such as CO2 and Methane.  4Offsets, LLC thru it’s membership in the Chicago Climate Exchange (the CCX) offers credits represented by contracts on the CCX.  The company offers to offset a “web homepage” (think a blog and places such as MySpace or Facebook) for $1 for a year.  The CO2 offset offerred by the company assumes the average home page shares a server with 150 other users on a PC style server.  The company has been offering carbon offsets since February of 2008 via its website with the assistance of its network of hundreds of affiliated websites.

4Offsets, LLC
4Offsets, LLC, of Ann Arbor, Michigan is committed to provide carbon offsetting solutions to people and organizations. 4Offsets uses retirement of exchange traded Carbon Financial Instruments (CFIs), to represent each ton of offsets the company sells. The company’s initial efforts, 4Offsets and its clients have already removed over 3 million pounds of CFIs from the market.  The company packages offsets for driving, flying and general living with prices ranging from $7 to $100 per year.  The following URLs provide examples: Offset Flights, Offset Cars and Trucks .

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(Transworldnews) Ann Arbor, MI - As the Christmas shopping season heads into its final weekend  4Offsets.com reminds harried shoppers that the gift of green, Carbon Offsets,  is easy and available 24 hours a day at www.4Offsets.com.  Carbon Offsets can be used to offset the CO2 emmissions of the gift recipient’s driving, flights or home energy usage.  This holiday season, when so many are seeking gifts that offer something beyond luxury or fashion, the company hopes that people give a gift that sends a message sustainability and hope.

Carbon Offsets from www.4Offsets.com are backed, ton for ton, by exchange traded Carbon contracts representing projects that reduce or offset greenhouse emissions.  Offset projects include planting forests, eliminating methane emissions from landfills, wind/solar farms and other projects that reduce CO2, Methane and SOx emissions.  4Offsets makes it easy for anyone to help support the fight against global warming, without having to radically change their lifestyle or incur large costs for upgrading a home or business. Give the gift of green this Christmas and help lead the way for 2009 to become the greenest year yet.

 4Offsets, LLC
4Offsets, LLC, located in Ann Arbor, Michigan was founded in December 2007 in order to bring carbon offsetting solutions to people and organizations. 4Offsets uses retirement of exchange traded Carbon Financial Instruments (CFIs), to represent each ton of offsets the company sells. Through the company’s initial efforts, 4Offsets and its clients have already removed over 3 million pounds of CFIs from the market.  The company packages offsets for driving, flying and general living with prices ranging from $7 to $100 per year.  The following URLs provide examples: Offset Flights, Offset Cars and Trucks .

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