Cutting carbon with car rentals

Environmental car rental programs are on the rise... and I don't think anyone would doubt it. Many are touting hybrid rentals and carbon offsets that you can purchase at pick-up, but none that I know of, until now, have offered free carbon offsets.

I just learned of VroomVroomVroom (really, that's their name) - a new site that's offering free offsets when you book a Hertz, Avis, or Enterprise (the list goes on) vehicle through them. The new site is working with CarbonNeutral to offset each rental - based on the type of car, length of rental and average mileage per day. To kick off the program, V.V.V. purchased 13,000 tons of carbon offset credits, with plans to purchase additional credits as needed at the end of each year.

You can get the full scoop here or check out the V.V.V. blog here.

Clever company, they're on Facebook and tweeting, too.

An unrelated, but interesting read:

Dianna of Promote Michigan passed on a great story to me today, which outlines all of the fascinating ways hotel encourage towel reuse by guests staying multiple nights.

Take a few minutes to enjoy: Washington Post Article