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Green Santa Fe Travel

Travel is one of life's great pleasures and most rewarding experiences. Give something back to the planet by offsetting the carbon emissions of your next Santa Fe trip with each purchase of renewable energy certificates from Bonneville Environmental Foundation.

Santa Fe and Green Energy New Mexico offer travelers a simple way to reduce the impact travel has on the environment by offsetting carbon emissions through the purchase of renewable energy certificates called BEF Carbon Offsets. The money spent on BEF Carbon Offsets is used to support clean, renewable energy production, such as wind and solar power.

Green Energy New Mexico sells BEF Carbon Offsets provided by Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF), a national non-profit organization selling carbon offsets as renewable energy certificates. Renewable energy certificates replace traditional polluting sources of electricity with clean, secure, and sustainable renewable sources of energy that come from solar and wind power generated across North America.

To determine the number of BEF Carbon Offsets needed to offset the carbon emissions for a trip, use the online BEF carbon calculator. The calculator will ask for auto or air travel, how many people are traveling, how many miles will be traveled, and then determine the number of BEF Carbon Offsets needed to make the trip carbon neutral.

Each BEF Carbon Offset represents the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions that occurs when clean renewable energy replaces polluting energy sources. One BEF Carbon Offset represents enough renewable energy to offset a typical home for a month and is equal to 1,000 kilowatt-hours of renewable energy fed to North America's power grids-and is equal to offsetting the emissions from a standard car driven 1,500 miles. Each BEF Carbon Offset is certified by Green-e®, the nation's leading independent certification and verification program for renewable energy and greenhouse gas emission reductions in the retail market. BEF Carbon Offsets represent power from renewable energy projects that are independently reviewed and endorsed by leading environmental groups. The projects are carefully sited and operated to minimize local environmental impacts.

Green Energy New Mexico is a partnership of the Regional Development Corporation and the Coalition For Clean Affordable Energy in New Mexico and is a program of the Bonneville Environmental Foundation.

All of the money used to purchase Green Energy New Mexico/Bonneville Environmental Foundation BEF Carbon Offsets goes to Green Energy New Mexico and the Bonneville Environmental Foundation. No funds are received by the Santa Fe Convention & Visitors Bureau.