Monthly Archives: May 2008
The Dutch are known to be earthy and sensible people, and thanks to the little boy who stuck his finger in the dyke, resourceful too. All these elements combined may be why the tiny country is, according to today’s featured guest the Climate Neutral Group, ranking second in Europe after the UK, in carbon offsetting.
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The practice of carbon offsetting as a means to lightening the impact of global warming on our earth is picking up steam. From carbon labels on suits and chips, to ways you can offset your wedding – Carbon Catalog hopes that carbon offsetting is well on its way to being a mainstream practice, like recycling [...]
This week saw the release of the 2008 State of the Voluntary Carbon Markets report, subtitled “Forging a Frontier”.
A joint work by Ecosystem Marketplace and New Carbon Finance, the report is based on a survey of 150 players in the carbon offset market. Direct download here [2Mb PDF].
It’s a treasure trove of data on [...]
The first step to making the clothing industry less impacting on the environment is by quantifying carbon emissions first, says Moshe Gadot from Bagir, the tailoring company that outfits 1 in 6 UK men. Think about your favorite suit and how it was made.
Chances are it flew on an airplane from China or Europe and [...]
There has been a slowdown in the global economy, but that’s not what seems to be the limiting factor in the global carbon market growth, which reached $64 billion in 2007, the World Bank reports in this Reuter’s story.
Reuters says that the global carbon market more than doubled in 2007 to $64 billion, but that [...]
The carbon offset market is awash with guides, policy manuals and technical specs, which can put most of us to sleep after the first chapter. While it’s important to offset your carbon emissions – that’s the whole basis of our existence – making your life close to carbon neutral in other ways should come first. [...]
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