The Times, in January 2007, reported that only four out of the 59 carbon offsetting schemes available to tourists who want to offset the emissions of their flights met the Government’s standards for offsetting projects!
The four schemes which met the standards include:
PURE the Clean Planet Trust
Global Cool
Equiclimate
Carbon Offsets Limited
Read more here.
Daily Archives: July 1, 2007
Smoke and mirrors - carbon offsetting
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Green travel guides & sites
Mark Hudson from the Times has selected a range of travel guides & sites for the ‘green travellers.’ Read more here.
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Voltaic solar bag
If you are trying to reduce your carbon footprint you should check out Voltaic who have produced a range of bags with slim ‘photovoltaic’ solar panels which can charge your portable electronic gadgets.
Carbon off-setting - the benefits
The Independent On Sunday earlier in the year published an article on how the money paid by people to ‘off-set’ their carbon footprint has helped to transform the lives of some farmers in India.
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