Washington CEO Magazine

Cool Companies Businesses go green to fight a warming trend

THE GOVERNMENT doesn't require it and there are no industry standards, but a variety of Washington businesses are working and spending money for the cause: fighting global warming. Some volunteer to pay thousands of dollars for carbon offsets. More...

Magnolia News

Magnolia Thriftway going green

The Magnolia Thriftway and its sister market, the Ballinger Thriftway, are the first mainstream groceries in the Puget Sound region to do their part to reduce global warming.
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Progressive Grocer

2 Seattle Stores Go Green on Earth Day

Independent Thriftway grocers Magnolia Thriftway and Ballinger Thriftway launched a new program to become carbon-neutral businesses by assessing their greenhouse gas emissions and offsetting those emissions through a partnership with nonprofit organization NetGreen.
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Seattle Post Intelligencer

Ballard group pushing plan to help fight global warming

Can Ballard become the first carbon-neutral community in the country? The first to fully neutralize its contribution to global warming? A gathering of over 130 politicians, environmentalists and businesspeople on Wednesday answered that question with a definite "yes."
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Real Change News

Barnraising, the Green way

Ballard neighbors put heads together to solve foreign wars, global warming

When it comes to global climate change, nobody rides for free. Fly, drive, or simply turn on the heat, and you produce carbon dioxide that contributes to global warming. In Ballard, it's payback time. The neighborhood is working to become America's first carbon neutral  community by contributing to a fund that executes large-scale carbon reduction projects...
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Seattle Conscious Choice

Netgreen

NetGreen (www.AchieveNetGreen.com) is spurring the community-by-community movement to neutralize King County's carbon impact on global warming. In August, NetGreen and Sustainable Ballard led the first event of the ongoing Ballard campaign to become the first carbon neutral community in the nation. ....
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Video

For some video coverage in which we have participated:

King County Council

Seattle City Council (click on Economic Development and Neighborhoods Committee of 09-21-06 & fast forward to 1:21:40 time)