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I’ll do it, but only if you’ll help

Pledge “offset”

"I will reduce my personal contribution to global warming by offsetting the fuel used on all my flights this year but only if 19 other people will do the same."

— Marvin Barretto, United Kingdom

Deadline to sign up by: 23rd August 2006
11 people signed up, 8 more were needed

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Offsetting is not the solution but its better than nothing - its our repsonsibility as a collective to do at least something before its too late.

http://www.carbonneutral.com/ is a useful site where people can check their individual emissions and what that equates to in cost to offset (usually around £5-10 for European return trips)

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  • I have a problem with the information quoted on the carbon neutral website. I have done some searches on the internet and research suggests that growing trees can consume 13-48lb (5.9-21.8kg) of cO2 per year. The carbon neutral website says I only need one tree per 1 tonne of cO2. My calculations show I need 45. Can anyone explain If my figures are wrong or theirs are?
    Toby Field, 6 years ago. Abusive? Report it!
  • My guess is that it has something to do with the way that it's hard to quantify the CO2 affects of planting trees. I'm really more of a fan of companies like Terrapass who use recs and carbon credits to offset car/flight CO2, as they seem a little more verifiable.

    http://www.terrapass.com/projects/scienc...
  • Land Rover have also gone for the carbon credits approach in their new sustainability program.

    http://www.landrover.com/gb/en/Company/S...
  • A similar site for giving to offset projects:
    http://www.climatecare.org/
    Tim Waugh, 6 years ago. Abusive? Report it!
  • ClimateCare run the landrover program. They are much more expensive than terrapass though.
  • climatecare.org seems to give lower CO2 estimates than carbonneutral.com, but price-per-tonne seems to be very similar.

    As far as I can tell terrapass doesn't cover UK-origin flights, does it?

    Another thing about climatecare.org is that they make sure to invest in projects beyond those already included in Kyoto Protocol commitments.
    Tim Waugh, 6 years ago. Abusive? Report it!
  • Terrapass does cover UK-origin flights, though if it doesn't accept the city you'll probably do better with the airport code.
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Current signatories (Green text = they've done it)

Marvin Barretto, the Pledge Creator, joined by:

  • Toby Field
  • Adam Field
  • Dan Sand
  • Tim Waugh
  • claire mileham
  • Mark Cooper
  • Jana Mills
  • Rachel
  • Kate Levick
  • Jenni
  • 1 person who did not want to give their name

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