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The Native Energy site is good because it is underwritten by a number
of credible organizations and the money goes to fund renewable energy.
The Sustainable Travel International also funds renewable energy and
considers all greenhouse gases, not just carbon. They both have
calculators so people can easily calculate their own offset cost. They
can give that money to one of those organizations or they can donate
that same amount to local projects that reduce greenhouse gas
emissions, like our Forest Garden project that captures carbon from the
atmosphere and holds carbon in plants and soils and where they can see
the results locally (which donations are also tax deductible because we
are a non-profit). Or folks can donate it to a local forest group
saving forest that holds carbon, for example, or a large group like
Rainforest Action Network (www.ran.org) that
is working to reduce emissions a number of ways. We hope our
responsible travelers will consider this concept in their plans. See
example;
Native Energy
Seattle-Honolulu round trip
Total: 2.143 tons CO2 from 5,357.87 miles of travel
The total cost to offset this amount of CO2 will be: $36.00USD
Sustainable Travel International
Seattle-Honolulu round trip
Total: 5.0698 tons of CO2 equivalent.
The total cost to offset this amount of CO2 will be: $77.31USD
Resource networking contributed by:
Pat Rasmussen -
World Temperate Rainforest Network
www.temperaterainforests.org |
