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June 11, 2005
Future Forests
Future Forests is a company dedicated to climate protection. They have made it their business to provide information about the carbon dioxide emissions we cause, as individuals and as companies, and suggest ways in which we can reduce and ‘neutralize’ those emissions through technology and (more usually) tree planting.
From their website, you can estimate your emissions and take appropriate action. For example, I am told that if I drive 12,000 miles a year in a 1.4 litre car this will produce 3.36 tonnes of CO2 a year, which can be offset by planting five trees. (If I wish I can buy the trees online and choose where they will be planted. Two of the locations are in Scotland.)
You can also check flight emissions. If I fly from Edinburgh, via Amsterdam, to Tokyo return, my emissions will be 2.2 tonnes of CO2, which can be offset by either three trees (or by buying three energy-saving light bulbs for a third world community). (These calculations are offered in association with the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Management (ECCM), now part of the larger ESD group, and based on official DEFRA figures.)
Although simply switching your electricity to a green supplier is probably a simpler and more effective first step in taking responsibility for your impact on the environment, the ideas put forward by Future Forests are well worth considering.
www.futureforests.com/calculators/flightcalculatorshop.asp
www.defra.gov.uk/environment/envrp/gas/05.htm
Posted by Simon Holledge at June 11, 2005 12:01 AM
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