Carbon Footprints for Beginners. How can we help…
May 15th 2007 01:26
It is one thing to watch a documentary and want to change the way we live our lives it is another thing entirely to know how to go about this.
I’ll try not to state the obvious but it is better to start simple, I found this all very confusing in the beginning and I figure I might not be alone so here it is as I see it …apologies if I am going back way too far.
There are many things we can do to help. Put simply we need to reduce our Greenhouse Gas Emissions (commonly called GHG’s) …there are many ways to do this and luckily many companies that will help. There is a lot of information out there and a lot of people running around with solutions.
The most popular schemes at the moment are called Carbon Offsetting schemes, put simply this means you work out the emissions you create..called your (Carbon Footprint) and offset them by buying things called Carbon Credits. Buying these Carbon Credits means your emissions have been neutralized (providing of course they are de-registered or destroyed) and you have therefore erased your Carbon Footprint, erasing your Carbon Footprint is the name of the game.
What is a Carbon Credit? Put very simply a Carbon Credit is a credit generated by a Carbon Offset project. A Carbon offset project is a project registered with a Government or Industry body that reduces/ 'offsets' or compensate for the emissions being produced by an individual or a business. Carbon Credits can be earned or purchased. For example putting in Eco friendly light bulbs earns you a Carbon credit as does planting trees because they consume Co2, you also go hollywood and buy a Hybrid Vehicle such as a Toyota Prius…..you don’t have to formally register or purchase them to know you are doing the right thing.
The first thing we all need to do is conduct an emissions Audit and work out a plan from there.
That’s enough for today…..next Blog will look at all the different ways to make a plan…. buy Carbon Credits/ Offset and the like, then we will look at the Corporate side of emissions, who provides offset schemes then Carbon trading markets etc and where Australia is in the Scheme of things……..as they say it’s not easy being green or cheap but that is another whole story.
Book suggestion: Tim Flannery: The Weather Makers
Check it out
I’ll try not to state the obvious but it is better to start simple, I found this all very confusing in the beginning and I figure I might not be alone so here it is as I see it …apologies if I am going back way too far.
There are many things we can do to help. Put simply we need to reduce our Greenhouse Gas Emissions (commonly called GHG’s) …there are many ways to do this and luckily many companies that will help. There is a lot of information out there and a lot of people running around with solutions.
The most popular schemes at the moment are called Carbon Offsetting schemes, put simply this means you work out the emissions you create..called your (Carbon Footprint) and offset them by buying things called Carbon Credits. Buying these Carbon Credits means your emissions have been neutralized (providing of course they are de-registered or destroyed) and you have therefore erased your Carbon Footprint, erasing your Carbon Footprint is the name of the game.
What is a Carbon Credit? Put very simply a Carbon Credit is a credit generated by a Carbon Offset project. A Carbon offset project is a project registered with a Government or Industry body that reduces/ 'offsets' or compensate for the emissions being produced by an individual or a business. Carbon Credits can be earned or purchased. For example putting in Eco friendly light bulbs earns you a Carbon credit as does planting trees because they consume Co2, you also go hollywood and buy a Hybrid Vehicle such as a Toyota Prius…..you don’t have to formally register or purchase them to know you are doing the right thing.
The first thing we all need to do is conduct an emissions Audit and work out a plan from there.
That’s enough for today…..next Blog will look at all the different ways to make a plan…. buy Carbon Credits/ Offset and the like, then we will look at the Corporate side of emissions, who provides offset schemes then Carbon trading markets etc and where Australia is in the Scheme of things……..as they say it’s not easy being green or cheap but that is another whole story.
Book suggestion: Tim Flannery: The Weather Makers
Check it out
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