Bonneville Environmental Foundation Helps Honeymooners Go Green with Carbon Offsets for Their Big Day
Portland, Ore. - (August 28, 2008) - Wedding couples and gift purchasers now have the option of giving green by offsetting their carbon emissions for their honeymoon travel.
In an agreement with TheBigDay, the Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) www.b-e-f.org now offers carbon offsets (known as Green Tags) through the honeymoon RegistryWizard online at www.thebigday.com. Guests can purchase offsets customized for each couples actual honeymoon.
According to TheBigDay co-founder Michael Cottam, he originally built the gift registry for the purpose of focusing on experiences, rather than material goods. "These days, couples already have most of their household necessities before they get married after combining households, theyll often even have two of many things. Their friends and family want to give them something theyll enjoy on their honeymoon and remember forever, and they combine the gift with Green Tags. They can have their massage in paradise and preserve the environment at the same time."
Since adding charity items for causes such as the American Cancer Society, the Rotary Foundation, and even charitable causes such as providing sheep and goats for Iraqi farmers through www.heifer.org, TheBigDay has experienced a positive response from couples. "Promoting renewable energy to preserve the environment seemed like a logical next step for people who care about making our environment cleaner. We make it easy with Green Tags to add-on a gift back to the planet as part of the wedding gift," said Cottam.
Since www.thebigday.com opened in September of 2001, more than 50,000 couples in over 130 countries have used the service to plan their honeymoon -- often up to 18 months in advance.
About TheBigDay
TheBigDay.com, founded in Portland, Oregon in 2001, offers romantic travel services and registries for honeymoons, anniversaries and other Big Day events. TheBigDay incorporates leading internet technology to create a unique Web 2.0 user experience. More information is available at www.thebigday.com
About Bonneville Environmental Foundation
The Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF), a Portland, Ore.-based nonprofit organization, was established in 1998 to further the development and use of new renewable energy resources and restore watershed ecosystems. Through revenues generated from the sale of green power products, BEF funds projects that support new renewable energy projects from solar, wind and biomass and restore damaged watersheds. Revenues generated from its sales of Green Tags directly support additional new watershed restoration and renewable energy projects. More information is available at www.greentagsusa.org or www.b-e-f.org.
