01/08/2022
Do you offset your carbon footprint?
Not everyone knows that while we are stuck in the current consumer culture there’s still a viable solution for each of us to go carbon-neutral with a carbon offsetting option.
What does it mean?
Carbon offsetting means that you can buy an equivalent amount of environmental services to neutralize the carbon emission you produce.
There are many organizations around the world (mostly, of course, in Europe) that help you calculate your emission and distribute the funds to various environmental projects – from small groups to huge initiatives – in every corner of the planet.
Carbon offsetting has become a market in itself and has grown tenfold in the last decade and a half. This means that we now have multiple choices to fit our budgets and support the projects we feel are more important.
Here are a few organizations to look at if you think about offsetting your carbon emission:
✅ CarbonFund.org
✅ Verra
✅ Plan Vivo
✅ Gold Standard
✅ Climate Action Reserve
✅ American Carbon Registry
✅ Conservation.org
✅ CarbonFootprint.com
While we are still at the edge of the climate crisis and feel like we have little influence on the necessary global change we must remember that each of our voices matters. Even if you are a regular Joe there are three things you can do that will have a major impact on global sustainability:
👉🏻 Reduce your waste where you can
👉🏻 Advocate for environmental legislations
👉🏻 And offset your carbon footprint.
