Two for Today - Schools and BP

It's back-to-school time - in fact, my first class of the semester is tonight - so here is an article that speaks of college campuses going green and saving money doing so. It talks of the green construction projects that are occuring, the recycling of food waste from cafeterias, paying for renewable energy and the greening of courses themselves in terms of subject matter. The article also touches on other positive changes going on at college campuses.
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BP has launched "targetneutral" to encourage drivers to offset their CO2 emissions with a payment that reflects how much they emit. The payment, which will be matched by BP, will go toward five renewable energy projects in the developing world. The payment can be determined by going to the "targetneutral" website. Some critics are charging BP with "greenwashing" due to the recent criticism they have received from the recent Prudhoe Bay incident.

The article also states BP is not the first major corporation to encourage customers to offset their carbon emissions. British Airways, through their Climate Care program will add a voluntary cost to the price of a plane ticket that will offset the individual's carbon emissions for that particular flight. Also, Ford in the US and Ford Land Rover in the UK are offering carbon emission offsets on a trial basis. A similar program to BP's is one I mentioned that was started by students at Presidio School of Management. That program is called Drive Neutral.