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The Great Canadian Carbon Offset 2006: The Offset Program
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In order to make best use of your donations, we had to find a good carbon-offset program to invest in. With so many bad ones. Out there, we had to try to separate the wheat from the chaff. We turned to The David Suzuki Foundation. For guidance. Their website offers the following advice. It was The David Suzuki Foundation. Who turned us on to Offsetters. A project of the James Martin Institute for Science and Civilization. At the University of British Columbia, Offsetters. Offset will be CAD$15.
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The Great Canadian Carbon Offset 2006: FAQ
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Q Why should I pay to offset someone. A Very good question. In a sense, you shouldn't have to! Q Where do the numbers come from? A Please click here. To read about how we calculated our fundraising target. Q Adding one more passenger to a flight with empty seats can't make that much difference in terms of fuel consumption / carbon emission, can it? A While the marginal ecological cost. Of adding one more passenger to a flight is very minimal, the. Q What does it matter if that guy flew or not? An economy...
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The Great Canadian Carbon Offset 2006: What is this all about?
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What is this all about? Upon reaching his goal of accumulating over 1,000,000 mileage points on Air Canada flights in the space of 60 days. We estimate that his project, named "The Great Canadian Mileage Run 2005", has resulted in the emission of approximately 140 Metric Tons of CO. Ndash; a climate-forcing greenhouse gas. It is our goal to restore the balance by investing in a Vancouver based carbon-offset program, thereby preventing the future release of 140 Metric Tons of CO. Posted by Steven Luscher.
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The Great Canadian Carbon Offset 2006: About Donations
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The Great Canadian Carbon Offset has created a Group Action at Fundable. To coordinate donations. Here is how it works:. 1) Individuals join the Fundable Group Action with a contribution via PayPal, or a credit card. 2a) The funds get 'turned on' when we reach our target, by the deadline, and we contribute all of the funds to our carbon-offset program. 2b) Fundable will refund your money in the case that we don't reach our target by our deadline of Midnight PST on January 27th, 2006. Links to this post:.
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The Great Canadian Carbon Offset 2006: WestJet offers CO2 emission offsets for free
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WestJet offers CO2 emission offsets for free. According to our friends at Offsetters, WestJet has agreed to "invest part of your normal ticket costs to offset the climate impacts of your travel," at no extra cost to you, the flier. To take advantage of their offer, fliers are instructed to visit the Offsetters website. And click on the WestJet link. Or, simply click on the WestJet link below:. Posted by Steven Luscher. Links to this post:. The GCCO2006 Has Ended. Thank you to all who participated!
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The Great Canadian Carbon Offset 2006: Condensation trails may threaten astronomy
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Condensation trails may threaten astronomy. From the BBC News, Thursday, 2 March 2006:. Ground-based astronomy could be impossible in 40 years because of pollution from aircraft exhaust trails and climate change, an expert says.". Read the full article here. I wonder how this kind of news is being received; how many are sympathetic to the plight of astronomers? How many feel, like the International Dark-Sky Association. I know I have have you? Posted by Steven Luscher. Links to this post:.
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The Great Canadian Carbon Offset 2006: The Calculation
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The Great Canadian Mileage Run of 2005 clocked over 1 million Aeroplan miles, which represents around 330,000 of actual flight miles. In order to calculate our fundraising target, we started by asking Atmosfair. For a rough estimate of the CO. Likely emitted in 330,000 non-contiguous miles of flight. Based on the following assumptions:. One passenger consumes 4 liters of kerosene per 100 kilometers, a reasonable, conservative estimate for long distance flights (e.g. of British Airways). 1 metric ton of CO.