Compensation of CO2 Emission

Although I like going places, I know traveling from place to place is bad for the environment – especially if you travel by air. In a few days I will go to Rome… by air. I have decided to compensate the CO₂ emission of my flight. I searched the web and found the GreenSeat organization. Their website has a lot of information on compensation of CO₂ emission. GreenSeat plants new trees and invests in renewable energy. I was quite shocked to read that the CO₂ emisson of my flight has the same volume as that of an average European car driver in 4 months! 30 trees need to grow for 1 year to compensate the CO₂ emission I have caused. The compensation cost me about 8 euros.

Rome is not so far from here. Next week, Gerber is flying 15,000 kms (9,300 miles) all the way to Surinam! You can imagine that he has to compensate a lot more CO₂ than I do: his CO₂ emission is equal to that of an average European driver in 20 months and 165 trees are needed during 1 year to compensate it.

It gives me stuff to think about. Do I really need to go by air? Probably, next time I’ll travel, I’ll check if there are any other possibilities. I will also look for eco traveling or slow traveling. Of course I will inform you by writing an article about my discoveries on this blog.

If you’d like to read more on CO₂ emission, or if you’d like to compensate CO₂ emission, you’ll find what you need on www.greenseat.com.

Have a nice (green) flight!

Laura

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