Green Team Profiles

The Adam's Mark Indianapolis Hotel has joined mycarbonpledge.com to bring the city of Indianapolis, the country, and the planet one step closer to becoming environmentally friendly.  If we can motivate and encourage other organizations, corporations, and individuals to move into the Green direction by setting an example as one entity, then we have made a positive impact.  The Adam's Mark Hotel's objective is to do our part in the Green movement with the Green changes we have made and the Green changes we will continue to make.  Our pledge and goal is to change 6,000 bulbs.     
 

www.adamsmark.com

Carmel Green Initiative is a coalition of citizens and community groups who promote and support the City of Carmel's commitment to reducing our impact on the environment and meeting the climate challenge. Our goals include reducing energy waste, promoting clean, renewable, and smart energy solutions, and educating the public. We believe small steps can make a big difference, so www.mycarbonpledge.com fits with our philosophy. We pledge to inspire Carmel residents to change 500 light bulbs and unplug 500 appliances throughout the community.

www.carmelgreen.org

Carrier has been an environmental leader for decades, with a clear and consistent strategy. Environmental stewardship is a core Carrier value that we think about every day in our products and services, in our operations and in our culture.  Carrier was among the first to set energy-reduction goals in our factories more than two decades ago. We were the first in our industry to phase out ozone-depleting refrigerants well ahead of regulatory mandates.

Our engineers continue to develop new technologies and products that protect our environment. Since 2000, Carrier has avoided 92 million metric tons of CO2 emissions through energy-efficient installations – equal to removing over 18 million passenger vehicles from the road. Working with the Indianapolis Zoo on mycarbonpledge.com is just another way to continue reducing CO2 emissions.

www.corp.carrier.com

As central Indiana’s local conservation organization, the Central Indiana Land Trust values the wise use of our natural resources.  We believe that clean air and water are essential to a healthy community, and encourage our members to take steps toward a better environment for people, plants, and wildlife not only through land conservation, but also through reducing their carbon footprint.

http://www.conservingindiana.org/

Thank you for such an incredible opportunity to help our environment! We have 50 members in the ChamberAction group and we are challenging each member to change 10 bulbs each in addition to the companies they work for. Our goal is 5000+ bulbs. Working together we can make a difference.

http://www.indychamber.com/

We are Girl Scout Troop 1131 from Zionsville, Indiana.  We have set up a green team because we have been learning about the effects of air in our lives in our Girl Scout Journey program.  We learned about how the amounts of carbon dioxide that each human is putting into the environment are contributing to air pollution. We realize that this is a problem, so we are doing our best to try to help.  Our service project goal is to sign up 50 pledgers to the up 2, down 2 challenge.

Green Piece Indy is constantly seeking out ways to be greener right here in Indianapolis. That's why we jumped on the opportunity to be part of mycarbonpledge.com. Every effort to reduce your carbon footprint, great or small, is a step in the right direction. Whether you believe in global warming or not, cleaner air and reducing our dependency on resources will make the world a better place. And the best place to start is right here in our hometown. Our goal is to change 500 bulbs.

http://www.greenpieceindy.com

GreenTree of Tulsa is an environmental organization founded by three high school students. Our organization consists of tree planting, recycling, and educating the public and local youth about the environment. So far we have planted over 2,000 trees in Tulsa. mycarbonpledge.com is an awesome tool that we can use to measure, record, and publicize our environmental efforts. 

Hirons & Company is committed to fostering an internal environment of green and environmentally friendly practices and encouraging our clients to do the same. Through our “Sustainability Matters” program, including recycling, water conservation, energy conservation and emissions reductions, we challenge our staff and encourage our clients to make their offices and work products as energy efficient as possible. Hirons & Company pledges to change 50 light bulbs and unplug 30 unused appliances.

http://www.hirons.com/

Indiana Natural Builders is a design, consulting and construction company in Bloomington, Indiana specializing in natural and green building. Our mission is to build structures in harmony with nature. We employ earth-friendly techniques such as passive solar, strawbale, cob-earth, cordwood, and timber framing. We are experienced in natural plasters and finishes and radiant floor design and installation.

www.buildwitnature.com

In 2007, the Indianapolis Zoo Board of Trustees passed a resolution that declared that human accelerated climate change presented a serious threat to wildlife and wild places.  The Trustees also mandated Zoo staff to develop initiatives that bring these concerns to the public’s attention and that take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.  My Carbon Pledge is our first effort at addressing the problem of climate change.

http://indyzoo.com/

As a school, we have been recycling paper for the last several years. The mycarbonpledge program is a natural fit for us to encourage students to save energy as well as trees. This is a way to teach good habits for our future adults and show the importance of conservation. Our goal is 400 bulbs at our school.

http://lakeside.warren.k12.in.us/home/

Lowe’s has joined mycarbonpledge.com and the Indianapolis Zoo to help bring awareness that the one simple task of “Up 2, Down 2” can affect our children and wildlife tomorrow. Our goal is to help support the Zoo and obtain more than 10,000 pledges during 2010. We encourage other companies to join in our drive to help create a better environment for our children and for wildlife.

www.lowes.com

Lowe’s has joined mycarbonpledge.com and the Indianapolis Zoo to help bring awareness that the one simple task of “Up 2, Down 2” can affect our children and wildlife tomorrow. Our goal is to help support the Zoo and obtain more than 10,000 pledges during 2010. We encourage other companies to join in our drive to help create a better environment for our children and for wildlife.

www.lowes.com

Lowe’s has joined mycarbonpledge.com and the Indianapolis Zoo to help bring awareness that the one simple task of “Up 2, Down 2” can affect our children and wildlife tomorrow. Our goal is to help support the Zoo and obtain more than 10,000 pledges during 2010. We encourage other companies to join in our drive to help create a better environment for our children and for wildlife.

www.lowes.com

Lowe’s has joined mycarbonpledge.com and the Indianapolis Zoo to help bring awareness that the one simple task of “Up 2, Down 2” can affect our children and wildlife tomorrow. Our goal is to help support the Zoo and obtain more than 10,000 pledges during 2010. We encourage other companies to join in our drive to help create a better environment for our children and for wildlife.

www.lowes.com

Lowe’s has joined mycarbonpledge.com and the Indianapolis Zoo to help bring awareness that the one simple task of “Up 2, Down 2” can affect our children and wildlife tomorrow. Our goal is to help support the Zoo and obtain more than 10,000 pledges during 2010. We encourage other companies to join in our drive to help create a better environment for our children and for wildlife.

http://www.lowes.com/

Lowe’s has joined mycarbonpledge.com and the Indianapolis Zoo to help bring awareness that the one simple task of “Up 2, Down 2” can affect our children and wildlife tomorrow. Our goal is to help support the Zoo and obtain more than 10,000 pledges during 2010. We encourage other companies to join in our drive to help create a better environment for our children and for wildlife.

www.lowes.com

Lowe’s has joined mycarbonpledge.com and the Indianapolis Zoo to help bring awareness that the one simple task of “Up 2, Down 2” can affect our children and wildlife tomorrow. Our goal is to help support the Zoo and obtain more than 10,000 pledges during 2010. We encourage other companies to join in our drive to help create a better environment for our children and for wildlife.

www.lowes.com

Lowe’s has joined mycarbonpledge.com and the Indianapolis Zoo to help bring awareness that the one simple task of “Up 2, Down 2” can affect our children and wildlife tomorrow. Our goal is to help support the Zoo and obtain more than 10,000 pledges during 2010. We encourage other companies to join in our drive to help create a better environment for our children and for wildlife.

www.lowes.com

As a green builder, Pepper demonstrates our commitment to the environment starting within our own company. While Pepper has been replacing light bulbs for a couple of years, the mycarbonpledge program is an opportunity to generate excitement among employees for energy conservation and extend our commitment to our homes. Our goal is to replace 375 bulbs.

www.pepperconstruction.com

Rupert's kids believes the environment is important because all living things need healthy natural resources. We think being involved with a project such as mycarbonpledge is both educational and necessary in order to preserve our natural resources. Each member of our organization has pledged to change 20 incandescent bulbs to CFL bulbs to help reduce carbon emissions. Our hope is that other youth serving organizations will follow. Rupert's Kids is committed to making a difference. We are committed to the environment.

http://www.rupertskids.org

We were recently inspired by the Indianapolis Zoo’s dolphin show to focus on protecting our earth during the 2008-9 school year.  We would like to show how a small school can make big difference.  Springwood school students take part in many charitable activities throughout the year.  With the economy causing so many families to struggle we would like to mix our charitable work with earth conservation.  Many families have trouble living day to day, causing it to be difficult to for them to purchase items that are less harmful to the environment because those items generally cost more than older more harmful products.  Springwood students would like to contribute to mycarbonpledge by creating a program that  provides compact fluorescent light bulbs to struggling families through food donation programs throughout the Indy area.

http://www.springwoodschool.org

Team Impact is participating in Polar Bears International and the Cincinnati Zoo’s “Project Polar Bear.”  Our team is striving to raise awareness in our school, community and world regarding global warming and the plight of the polar bear.  We believe simple things can make a difference!   Our goal is to plant 110 tulip trees in our community, encourage our school to recycle or compost milk cartons and to get as many people to go “UP 2, DOWN 2.”  Join us in helping make an IMPACT!

http://www.nature.org/indiana

www.traceyclean.com

The University of Indianapolis is committed to making our campus green and environmentally friendly. With a campus-wide recycling program now in place, we challenge our faculty, staff, and students to make their offices and homes as energy efficient as possible. As a campus community, we pledge to change 1,000 light bulbs and unplug 500 unused appliances.

http://www.uindy.edu/

Van Buren Middle School wants to get involved with mycarbonpledge.com because we want to make our entire school, someday, run entirely on "green" energy. We have already won competitions on "who can recycle the most" among other schools in our area. We encourage all of our students, faculty, and parents to take part in our recycling program. We also want to plant trees on our school grounds as part of the "Billion Tree Campaign." As as school of about 750 students, we pledge to spread the word of mycarbonpledge.com among all of our community and beyond.