Carbon Footprint
Our carbon footprint is the estimated carbon dioxide emission from our day to day activities. Every time we drive, fly, run appliances at home and keep our houses lighted, warm, and cool, we emit carbon dioxide. This carbon dioxide traps heat in the atmosphere and causes global warming. Be part of the solution and offset your emissions! Carbon offsets are an easy and affordable way to compensate for our contribution to climate change. They are a critical piece of the solution to global warming because they push investments into new technologies and programs that make a difference today.
Take the first step, and calculate your carbon footprint. Once you’ve calculated your footprint, try and change your daily activities to reduce your score.
CARBON OFFSET
Carbon offsets are becoming an increasingly popular way for individuals and businesses to participate in solutions to global warming. The basic idea of a carbon offset is to figure out your personal contribution level to the global warming problem from such activities as driving, flying, or home energy use. This contribution is called a carbon footprint. This term is named after carbon dioxide, the principal greenhouse gas. You can aim to balance out your carbon footprint by purchasing carbon offsets. The offset purchase funds reductions in greenhouse gas emissions through projects such as wind farms, which produce clean energy. As more clean energy is produced, this displaces energy being created from fossil fuels. By funding these reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, you balance out, or offset, your own impact by an equivalent amount. Carbon offsets help you to take personal responsibility for the environmental consequences of your activities.
THE FACTS
Tax deductible donations contribute to the development of new technologies and alternative energy that reduce carbon dioxide emissions.