Visitors coming to the website via Firefox 3.0 or Opera 9.5, for example, receive the following message from The Carbon Grove Arborists: "We’re so sorry, but Carbon Grove is currently only available for Internet Explorer 7 or 8. We’re sorry for any inconvenience. We still would love for you to plant a tree in Carbon Grove. Internet Explorer 7 is a lovely browser. You may even already have it on your PC, or you can download it here."

Essentially, Carbon Grove is meant as a way for users to deliver their own positive impact on climate change. The website features a questionnaire, and guidelines for reducing the carbon footprint and contributing to the environment. At the same time, visitors that will sign up will have the opportunity to plant their own tree out of 9 different species and follow its growth. It can take up to 26 weeks for the tree to reach full size, by which time the end users need to take care of a list of commitments to lower the carbon footprint.

"The Internet Explorer team at Microsoft helped to launch this site, and sponsored the project built by the Jackson Fish Market, a web design company that was also involved in building Tafiti, bundling Live Search and Silverlight. They were eager to create a special experience for their IE users as well as show one small piece of their commitment to the environment. Not only is Internet Explorer the exclusive way to take advantage of Carbon Grove, but Microsoft’s Silverlight technology has made browsing the three forests a breeze," Van Opstal added.

Source:→ Softpedia

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