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A Feeble Pitch: So Why Exactly are Consumer Offsets Failing?

September 10, 2008 – 8:56 am

In the previous post we asked: What if free range eggs were sold like carbon offsets? The answer: Free range eggs would not be found on supermarket shelves. Instead they would be subsidized through a chicken charity, which asked for donations online.
The implication: If free range eggs were packaged like offsets, they wouldn’t get [...]

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Nobody’s Buying It: Rethinking Consumer Carbon Offsets

August 23, 2008 – 1:49 am

Buyers of offsets come in two types – businesses and individual consumers. But the balance between them is far from equal. According to the Ecosystem Marketplace 2008 report, businesses are responsible for around 90% of offset volume, and consumers a measly 10%.
With all the green awareness in the street, why is this? To me, it’s [...]

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