I’ve named Linda Quirk, the marathon-running founder of Run 7 On 7, as the first winner of the Diamond-Cut Carat Award, for making a change toward sustainability. As her website illustrates, Ms. Quirk responded to a challenge to offset the carbon emissions created by her air travel to seven continents by donating to the Carbon [...]
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Run 7 On 7 Wins Diamond-Cut Carat Award
May 5th, 2009 · No Comments · sustainability
Tags: carbon footprint·climate change·global warming·Linda Quirk·outdoors·Run 7 On 7
Run 7 On 7: Please Pay Your Way?
July 17th, 2008 · 6 Comments · lifestyle
I’m looking today at a confluence of one of my favorite sports — running — and a worthy pursuit that I have done in the past — fundraising. An energetic woman named Linda Quirk at Run 7 On 7 is leading 300 others in running seven marathons on seven continents and raising pledges to [...]
Tags: carbon emissions·carbon footprint·carbon offsets·Caron treatment centers·climate change·culture·development·economics·energy conservation·environment·exercise·fundraising·life·Linda Quirk·marathons·outdoors·running·travel
