With a very good friend of mine living in Queensland and a love of seeing my beloved South Sydney Rabbitohs play live, I tend to rack up a few flights each year. Even though airfares can get very expensive, I always carbon offset my flights! Generally, I fly Qantas or Virgin, who both offer the option of flying carbon neutral. This means that the emissions for your seat are calculated and an equivalent amount of carbon offset credits are purchased.
What I didn't realise until recently, is that you can carbon offset your everyday drive, your wedding, your home and even your average carbon emissions a year! This is a great way to reduce your footprint! For more information about calculating the carbon emissions and dollar value of offsetting, see the Carbon Offset Calculator at: https://secure.noco2.com.au/?cid=8&ccd=9ea7fe5d-dbd1-41a3-a559-5ab76b60bc6b
For more information about Virgin Australia's Carbon Offset program, click here: https://www.virginaustralia.com/cs/groups/internetcontent/@wc/documents/webcontent/~edisp/carbon-offset-prog-factsheet.pdf
I didn't know that you could offset those things either... That is a great idea!
ReplyDeleteIts really great that companies are starting to realise that we are caring more and more about this stuff and are providing offsets on other things as well. I wonder if this will continue to spread with Abbott as PM?
ReplyDeleteThe great thing about the offset thing is that even if companies stop offering it, people can still take action themselves through actions like the Carbon Offset calculator! Just got to hope that people power spreads, and that awareness of thee options increases.
ReplyDeleteAbbott cannot stop people from doing the right thing - we just have to hope that people who do the right thing can stop Tony Abbott!