North Sound Industries of Woodinville, specialize in the installation/reconfiguration of office systems furniture, office relocations, inventory control, systems furniture acquisition, secure storage, CAD design, space planning, and project management, announces that they have gone to 90% “GREEN” in their disposal methods. Instead of just “junking,” they are now recycling as much of their customer’s “waste” products - from furniture to computers - as possible.

North Sound Industries is located at 15100 Woodinville-Redmond Road, Suite 800, Woodinville. (425) 398-8952. www.northsoundindustries.com

Standard Carbon LLC, founded by Woodinville’s Brendan Woodward, has launched a program to provide carbon offset credits to businesses and public entities throughout the region and the country. One of the targeted markets is the more than 400 Congressional campaigns and candidates willing to take a stand to back up their position on global warming by engaging in Carbon Neutrality strategies.

The Carbon Neutral program administered by Standard Carbon LLC is the only one available in the country designed specifically to serve political races. The program features carbon offsets generated by projects located exclusively in the US and special worksheets calibrated for estimating the carbon footprint of election activities. To be certified Carbon Neutral, each candidate must sign a pledge and report their carbon footprint estimate to Standard Carbon for offsetting.

Carbon offsetting is an effective way for politicians to reduce their carbon footprint—the amount of green house gas released into the atmosphere each year—beyond what is practical through energy conservation and low emissions travel. The money is spent to fund environmental projects in the United States that reduce carbon dioxide pollution such as renewable energy, clean agriculture, and industrial efficiency.

The US Congress has been made carbon neutral through Speaker Pelosi’s “Green the Capitol Initiative.” However, this effort is administered with public funds and does not extend to individual election campaigns. To be certified carbon neutral, each campaign must measure its output of carbon dioxide pollution and purchase offsets to balance it.

According to many scientists the threat of climate change may be dire, resulting in more severe storms, rising sea levels, loss of precious food stocks and habitat for threatened species. Rising temperatures have already changed the landscape in places like Montana’s Glacier National Park where since 1910 only 27 of the park’s 150 original glaciers remain.

Woodward’s Standard Carbon has created bumper stickers that ask, “Is Your Candidate Carbon Neutral?” and, “My Representative is Carbon Neutral”, which will be distributed to participating candidates campaigns.

Standard Carbon LLC is a leader in the marketplace for carbon offsets to fight climate change offering certification for individuals, businesses, events, and political campaigns to become carbon neutral. Greenhouse gasses can be balanced for less than one penny for every mile of travel—making it simple and affordable for individuals and organizations to “go green.” As an active member of the Chicago Climate Exchange, Standard Carbon invests in multiple offset projects located in the United States that support clean agriculture, renewable energy and industrial efficiency. For more information about Carbon Neutral Certification for your race, contact Info@standardcarbon.com.