Carbon offset your baby, driving and flights
Yes, you heard me right, you can carbon offset your sprog, your driving and your flights. Allgreenthings.net offers various Carbon Clear packages. Many parents choose disposable over re-usable nappies. With a Carbon Clear package for £10, you can help to offset 650kg of greenhouse gases created by your baby’s nappy use for the first 2.5 years of life, via the planting of 7 trees. These trees will absorb: nappy manufacture, including transport to the retailer, electricity and packaging at the retailer, transportation to your home and disposal impact, including land use and methane emissions.
With the driving package, for those who are not ready to do away with their car, you can purchase various options. The cheapest is the hybrid package (60 mpg) for £25, with 23 dedicated trees offsetting 2.1 tonnes of greenhouse gases produced by an average hybrid, driven for 12,000 miles. The most costly is the 4x4/ SUV / sports car package (22mpg) for £65, with 64 dedicated trees offsetting 5.8 tonnes of greenhouse gases produced by an average sports car driven for 12,000 miles.
The final package is for your flights, with the cheapest package being for European flights, offsetting 0.5 tonnes of greenhouse gases produced by one individual’s share of an average round-trip flight within Europe. For £10 five trees will be planted to offset your carbon emissions.
I think it’s better to do something than nothing, so if you are not prepared to have re-usable nappies, use public transport and not fly abroad, then it’s definitely worth considering. You can also purchase carbon offsetting for your home from the Carbon Clear website. Get carbon offsetting!
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Posted by: TreeBanker | June 27, 2007 9:58 PM