TITLE

CALIFORNIA GREEN GROUPS EMBRACE PLANKTO ECORESTORATION

PUB. DATE

November 2006

SOURCE

Industrial Environment;Nov2006, Vol. 17 Issue 11, p5

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article reports on the decision of green groups in California to embrace plankto ecorestoration. The Thoreau Center and the Earth Island Institute announced that all the offices and projects of their non-governmental organization offices will be carbon neutral throughout 2007. This action would not be possible without the generous donation of ecosystem restoration carbon offsets from Planktos Inc.

ACCESSION #

22842133

Tags: GREEN movement;  NONGOVERNMENTAL organizations;  ECOSYSTEM management;  BIOTIC communities;  PLANKTOS Inc.

 

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