Indianapolis Zoo

In 2007, the Indianapolis Zoo Board of Trustees passed a resolution that declared that human accelerated climate change presented a serious threat to wildlife and wild places.  The Trustees also mandated Zoo staff to develop initiatives that bring these concerns to the public’s attention and that take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.  My Carbon Pledge is our first effort at addressing the problem of climate change.

The Zoo set an overall goal of one million incandescent bulbs to be changed to CFLs through the My Carbon Pledge program in calendar year 2008.  Of course, we realize that we cannot reach this goal without the help of many others.  The Zoo alone believes that it can contribute pledges from its guests and members that will total 100,000 CFL bulbs pledged toward the one million bulb goal.

Green Piece Indy

Green Piece Indy is constantly seeking out ways to be greener right here in Indianapolis. That's why we jumped on the opportunity to be part of mycarbonpledge.com. Every effort to reduce your carbon footprint, great or small, is a step in the right direction. Whether you believe in global warming or not, cleaner air and reducing our dependency on resources will make the world a better place. And the best place to start is right here in our hometown. Our goal is to change 500 bulbs.

The Nature Conservancy

Springwood School

We were recently inspired by the Indianapolis Zoo’s dolphin show to focus on protecting our earth during the 2008-9 school year.  We would like to show how a small school can make big difference.  Springwood school students take part in many charitable activities throughout the year.  With the economy causing so many families to struggle we would like to mix our charitable work with earth conservation.  Many families have trouble living day to day, causing it to be difficult to for them to purchase items that are less harmful to the environment because those items generally cost more than older more harmful products.  Springwood students would like to contribute to mycarbonpledge by creating a program that  provides compact fluorescent light bulbs to struggling families through food donation programs throughout the Indy area.

Rupert's Kids Inc.

Rupert's kids believes the environment is important because all living things need healthy natural resources. We think being involved with a project such as mycarbonpledge is both educational and necessary in order to preserve our natural resources. Each member of our organization has pledged to change 20 incandescent bulbs to CFL bulbs to help reduce carbon emissions. Our hope is that other youth serving organizations will follow. Rupert's Kids is committed to making a difference. We are committed to the environment.