Tag Archives: carbon neutral

The Best Laid Plans are Cool: The Democrats on Global Warming

Obama and Clinton are neck-in-neck in a very hot race for presidential candidacy. But who will be the best Democrat for the planet?
According to Salon, the greatest threat to America’s future won’t be terrorist attacks or national security, it will be the effects of global warming and unrestricted greenhouse gas emissions.
So what are the Democrat [...]

UK Report Shows Online Offset Purchasing Confusing and Inconsistent

The Internet makes almost everything easier these days – buying plane tickets, finding your true love, and managing your finances. But tread warily if you go online to reduce your carbon footprint, warns the Scotsman today.
“Carbon offsetting websites are inconsistent and confusing, with costs varying by up to 540 per cent,” says the Scotsman. The [...]

Not to Profit, Part 5: Canada’s Offsetters

Making our way around the globe, today we speak with Canada’s non-profit carbon offset provider Offsetters.
In previous weeks, we’ve met with Goodplanet/Action Carbone from France who does not see “the offsetting environment as a competition.”
There’s been the non-profit take of the Swiss-based myclimate. They believe climate protection should not be done to “increase your own [...]

Not To Profit, Part 3: Switzerland’s MyClimate

Over the past few weeks Carbon Catablog has been talking to providers in the voluntary market, working under the non-profit designation.
We’ve featured Russell from CarbonFund in the US: “Being a nonprofit allows us to focus solely on our mission: reduce greenhouse gases, fighting global warming, hastening the transition to a clean energy future;” and Phil [...]

Going the Green Way on Your Wedding Day

The organic caterer’s been booked, the dress made from recycled lace has been bought, the email invitations are out. Dreaming of starting off your new life, with that special someone, on the right green foot?
It is estimated that a typical wedding generates 50-60 tons of CO2. And much of that comes from travel – [...]

Offsets in the music biz: Is it better to burn out than fade away?

Coldplay is doing it. So is the Dave Matthews Band, Pink Floyd, UB40 and the Dixie Chicks have done it. The Spice Girls are mum, but we suspect they aren’t doing it. The Rolling Stones did it with all of their fans.
If you’ve reached our address, then you know we could only be talking about [...]

It Takes a City, Will San Fran be the First?

Some cities talk about, city planners develop grand plans for making it happen, and governments advocate it, but how real is the goal of making an entire city carbon neutral?
San Francisco’s mayor recently devised a plan that will help make its residents offset their greenhouse gases.

Should Santa Offset His Carbon?

If you haven’t sent your wish list to Santa c/o the (melting) North Pole, now might be the time to revise it. With the glaciers melting at a ferocious pace, we are wondering if the elves’ time might be better spent working on creating environmentally-friendly carbon neutral gifts.
But seriously, the big question among environmentalists this [...]