Buy carbon offsets with "additionality"

Problem: You have travel obligations in your personal life or your work.

Solution: Offset the amount of carbon you are contributing to the atmosphere by funding programs that sequester carbon out of the atmosphere. Remember to only fund programs that would have been done without your support which meet the criteria of “additionality”. For more information check out Cleanair – Coolplanet’s consumer’s guide to carbon offset sellers

Benefits: If you only buy carbon offsets for your car travel you can prevent 4.5 tons of CO2 from entering the atmosphere. Moreover by participating in the carbon offset market you are encouraging more companies to compete for ways to sequester carbon more efficiently, saving them and you money.

Costs: Typical Carbon Offsets sell from 5-25 dollars for every ton of carbon dioxide. For a large SUV that means about 1,350 miles of driving, or in terms of a smaller car or airplane travel, 2,000 miles of travel.