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80,000 Days of Carbon Offset and Counting: Climate Change Chocolate(TM) Reduces Emissions One Bar at a Time

Posted on: Tuesday, 7 April 2009, 09:30 CDT

Bloomsberry & Co. Premium Dark & Milk Chocolate Bars Provide Consumers the Opportunity to Fight Global Warming

SALEM, Mass., April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- With Earth Day right around the corner, discerning consumers know they can help the environment and eat their chocolate too when purchasing the all-natural premium Climate Change Chocolate(TM) bars. The bars, the first of their kind to support the fight against global warming, have already helped to offset more than 80,000 days of carbon emissions since launching in 2008.

Climate Change Chocolate(TM) was created in partnership between Bloomsberry & Co., best known for its premium chocolate and award-winning packaging and TerraPass, Inc. (www.terrapass.com), a leading consumer retailer and marketer of greenhouse gas reduction offsets, in an effort to help chocolate lovers around the country learn about ways to reduce their impact on climate change.

Since initially launching Climate Change Chocolate(TM) fifteen months ago, enough carbon offsets have been purchased to equate to nearly 220 years of a typical American's carbon footprint, which also equals more than 11,200 barrels of oil, or 25 railcars worth of coal.

"We're honored to participate and hope that our partnership with TerraPass will continue to make a lasting difference by promoting more dialogue and action on global warming," said Paul Pruett, chief executive officer of Bloomsberry.

Available in 3.5 ounce all-natural dark and milk chocolate, each bar comes wrapped with 15 tips for reducing your carbon footprint and an offset for 133 pounds of verified carbon, the amount emitted by an average American in one day. The TerraPass offsets fund clean energy and efficiency projects such as wind farms and methane digesters that result in verified reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

Climate Change Chocolate(TM) is available directly to consumers at www.shopbloomsberry.com or at participating retailers throughout the country. SRP is $4.95.

About Bloomsberry & Co:

Bloomsberry & Co. was founded in New Zealand in 2001. Although best known for its premium all natural chocolate and highly creative designed packaging, Bloomsberry's core competencies extend to critical areas of logistics and retail distribution. With offices in Massachusetts, New Zealand, Australia, and England, Bloomsberry & Co. has a unique global approach to the chocolate category. For more information visit www.bloomsberry.com or US 978-745-9100.

About TerraPass Inc.

Launched in 2004, TerraPass Inc. works with developers of greenhouse gas reduction projects to bring to market verified carbon credits. The company is also a leading retailer of carbon offsets and consumer energy efficiency products through www.terrapass.com. Individuals, families and businesses who are balancing out the global warming impact of their flying, driving and home and office energy use have collectively made more than 150,000 purchases of carbon offsets from TerraPass and its partners. Together, TerraPass carbon offsets have funded reductions of over 1 billion pounds of carbon dioxide emissions, the primary cause of climate change. TerraPass works with clean energy and carbon emissions reduction projects throughout the U.S., including wind power, farm power, and landfill gas capture. 100% of TerraPass carbon credits are verified against a broadly accepted standard by independent. third-party verifies. For more information, visit www.terrapass.com.

SOURCE Bloomsberry & Co.

Source: PR Newswire

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