Sunday, February 12, 2012

Sharing carbon-offset monetary gains via the cell-phone-based, micro-PROFIT-sharing Carbon Manna(sm) System is the next wave in ...

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Sharing carbon-offset monetary gains via the cell-phone-based, micro-PROFIT-sharing Carbon Manna(sm) System is the next wave in environmental micro-entrepreneurism


Cell-phone-based, Micro-PROFIT-sharing is the moral high ground when implementing carbon-offset projects in the Developing World.

And now, an exemplary project in the news worthy of high praise:


"Barclays, Jaguar Buy Ghanaian CO2 Credits, ClimateCare Says"

Bloomberg.com - Feb 07, 2012


"Barclays Plc and Jaguar Land Rover have bought carbon credits from a Ghanaian project that uses faster-cooking stoves to burn less fuel, according to ClimateCare, an emissions-reduction project developer.

"ClimateCare sold some credits last week at 11 euros ($14.55) a metric ton, Edward Hanrahan, a founder and director of ClimateCare, said in a telephone interview. Barclays, Land Rover and CDC Group Plc, Britain’s development finance unit, are among buyers from the project, he said.

“ClimateCare helped open up carbon funding to cook stoves and we believe this is just the start of what we can achieve in tackling climate change and poverty together through intelligent carbon and development finance,” Hanrahan said in an e-mailed statement. The Oxford, England-based company was taken private in August after a management buyout from JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)."

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-07/ghana-stove-project-gets-first-carbon-credits-climatecare-says.html

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http://www.climatecare.org/about/news/GhanaStoves/

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See also:

http://www.environmental-finance.com/news/view/2282

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http://keliseward.blogspot.com/2012/02/ghana-stove-project-gets-first-carbon.html

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Globally & warmly yours,

David A. Palella
Founder [ Emeritus, Retired ]
CARBON MANNA UNLIMITED

San Diego, California
cell: 619-787-5767
email: dpalella@gmail.com
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Wall Street Journal article: "Power out of Africa"

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204346104576638553875004940.html

The "Micro" Revolutions Institute(SM) Established by Carbon Manna(SM)

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/04/prweb3908584.htm


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