What is Carbon Offsetting
When you fly, drive, heat and cool your home, carbon dioxide (Co2) is added into the atmosphere. Co2 is a greenhouse gas that is released when fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal are burnt, adding climate change.
We can all take simple steps to reduce the amount of Co2 we produce. We can also offset the rest...
Offsetting, means paying someone to reduce Co2 in the atmosphere on your behalf. In that way we can pay for the damage we are all causing and the money stimulates the current & new technologies we desperately need to fund the transition to a lower-carbon world.
Projects creating emissions savings (offsets) range from tree planting to wind farms to solar power plants.
Trees extract Co2 from the atmosphere as they grow. Wind farms produce energy without producing greenhouse gases. Every kilowatt of power produced by a wind farm means one less kilowatt needed from a source that does produce greenhouse gases (like coal).
There are also projects like methane collection & combustion, avoided deforestation & solar power generation - all of which either remove Co2 from the atmosphere or prevent the release of Co2.
The Carbon Free Foundation will invest in new technologies, tree plantations & purchase carbon offsets from a range of certified suppliers globally.
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