PRESS RELEASE – The Association of Wedding Gown Specialists, an international
organization of drycleaners who specialize in gown cleaning,
restoration, and preservation, has partnered with Carbonfund.org to
offer brides the option of carbon-neutral gown cleaning and
preservation. “More brides than ever are concerned about their carbon
footprints,” Kermit Engh, Association president, said, “and brides now
can ensure the beauty of their wedding gowns and help safeguard the
planet’s future, too.”
“Carbonfund.org, the leading nonprofit
carbon offset and climate solutions organization, has calculated the
carbon dioxide emissions generated by cleaning and preserving wedding
gowns,” said Engh, “and brides can make a donation through members of
the Association to offset them. We asked Carbonfund.org to estimate
everything from the bride’s trip to and from the cleaner to the
cleaning procedures to the wedding chest’s manufacture. Then we
increased the total still more to be certain the bride’s donation will
account for the carbon footprint no matter what solvent our Association
member uses or how far the bride has to travel. The donation included
in the price of our ZeroCarbonTM wedding gown preservations assures the
bride her preservation will be truly carbon-neutral, and 100 percent of
her donation goes to Carbonfund.org.” (ZeroCarbonTM is a trademark of
Carbonfund.org.)
Eric Carlson, Carbonfund.org president, said,
“We are excited to work with the Association of Wedding Gown
Specialists to spread the message that global warming affects all of
us, and we can all be part of the solution by reducing and offsetting
our carbon footprint. The ZeroCarbonTM wedding gown preservations are
an important and innovative way for any bride to protect her gown while
helping the environment and supporting the highest quality carbon
reduction projects in the world.”
Donations to Carbonfund.org
support global renewable energy, energy efficiency, and reforestation
projects that reduce carbon dioxide emissions. All Carbonfund.org
projects are independently verified to the highest certification
standards. The nonprofit organization provides individual and business
offsetting options. Brides who are interested in calculating the entire
wedding’s carbon footprint can find a carbon calculator at www.carbonfund.org/weddings or at WeddingWire.com, a wedding planning website that has integrated Carbonfund.org’s carbon calculator.
Members
of the Association, a not-for-profit trade group with members in the
United States, Canada, Australia, and South America also work to reduce
carbon emissions by recycling, conserving energy, and, in general,
setting standards to protect the environment. Brides can find the
nearest specialist at the Association’s website www.WeddingGownSpecialists.com.
Each member honors the preservation guarantee of every other member,
which includes taking the gown out of the container and pressing it at
no charge when the gown is to be worn again. More than 70 specialty
gown designers and manufacturers recommend the Association’s
preservations, which are also Endorsed by the Association of Bridal
Consultants, the organization dedicated to wedding professionals
worldwide.
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