Carbon Offsetting Resources

Yau Bing Chong | Image: Marlena Zuber | Published: December 05, 2007

Read about offsetting your carbon emissions, but need more information? Looking for a carbon-credit company?

The following is a list of carbon offsetting resources that will help you get the information you require.

Carbon Counter.org
The Climate Trust is a 501(c)(3) non-profit working towards a more stable climate. Their mission is to provide climate change solutions by purchasing high quality greenhouse gas (GHG) offsets from projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and advancing sound offset policy.

Carbon Neutral Company
The Carbon Neutral Company aims to provide excellent, great value goods and services which help to reduce emissions of ‘greenhouse gases’.

Flygreen.ca
FlyGreen.ca is a travel agency and not a carbon offsetter, but they have partnered with Offsetters Climate Neutral Society (www.offsetters.ca)

Green My Flight
The Green My Flight program is a unique service that allows travelers, corporations and responsible travel service providers to work together to address climate change by offsetting the greenhouse gas emissions from air travel activities.

Offsetters
Offsetters Climate Neutral Society is a not-for-profit organization registered in Canada. Offsetters was established by two professors now at The University of British Columbia. Offestters invests in projects that prevent greenhouse gases from being emitted into the atmosphere through simple, energy-efficient and sustainable projects of renewable energy that would not have taken place without their involvement; projects may include anything from restoring rainforests in Uganda to installing cooking stoves in Bangladesh.

Planetair.ca
Offset your carbon emissions and contribute to slowing global warming by buying carbon credits from Planetair. Calculate your emissions from driving , flying or your home in a few simple steps, and purchase offsets online to neutralize them.

Sustainable Travel
Founded in 2002, Sustainable Travel International (STI) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, dedicated to providing education and outreach services that help travelers, travel providers and related organizations support environmental conservation and protect cultural heritage while promoting cross-cultural understanding and economic development.

Terrapass
TerraPass is the brainchild of Dr. Karl Ulrich at the University of Pennsylvania. Along with 41 of his students, Karl launched TerraPass in October, 2004 as a way to help everyday people reduce the climate impact of their driving. The organization has sold over 85,000 TerraPasses, resulting in the reduction of over 600 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions.

Vancouver Renewable Energy Cooperative
The Vancouver Renewable Energy Coop (VREC) is a registered cooperative installing affordable renewable energy systems. VREC sells and installs solar photovoltaic, solar space heating, and composting sanitation systems. They also provide renewable energy assessment services, facilitate carbon offset financing for housing cooperatives and sell

carbon offsets that benefit local renewable energy projects.

Measure your Eco-footprint
UBC's Sustainability Survey
You can take the sustainability survey or calculate your eco-footprint on this site.

Need More Information?
David Suzuki Foundation
The David Suzuki Foundation finds ways for society to live in balance with the natural world that sustains us. Focusing on four program areas – oceans and sustainable fishing, climate change and clean energy, sustainability, and the Nature Challenge - the Foundation uses science and education to promote solutions that conserve nature and help achieve sustainability within a generation.

Read "Pardon My Emissions" by Myles Murchison.

Don't miss:
The December Editor's Podcast Series: Tracy Tjaden talks with Myles Murchison about his carbon credit buyer's remorse in this month's editor's podcast.