Join the fight against global warming.

Travelling burns fossil fuels. Aircraft use kerosene, buses use diesel, and our cars use petrol. Burning these non-renewable resources releases carbon dioxide, CO2, into the atmosphere.

Organisations are now available to provide offsets for the CO2 we produce. By contributing to their solutions we are funding projects that absorb, reduce, or avoid an equal amount of greenhouse gases - hence the term offsets.

By calculating our CO2 production and purchasing offsets we are in a position to neutralise the greenhouse impact of an activity. Calculators cover areas including travel, around the home, and the car.

In Australia several organisations offer carbon offsets.

Elementree plants trees to offset your carbon use. Calculate your production and buy offsets.

Greenfleet also plants trees to offset carbon emissions. It's calculator is more detailed.

Another useful approach is taken by Climate Care.

By buying an offset we are supporting concrete solutions to the most important issue facing mankind.

India : Greener stoves cook tastier chapatis

Enter Ramesh Nibhoria a local engineer and entrepreneur who solved three problems at once. He has developed the Sanja Chulha - literally, 'combined cookstove' - which is specially designed to run on briquettes made from crop waste left over from the harvest. These cut CO2 emissions (the crop waste is a renewable source of energy), cut schools' fuel bills and give a new income to the farmers, who can now sell their waste to the briquette maker. more…

Uganda : Restoring the rainforest

Climate Care is funding the re-establishment of a rainforest with 30 or so native species of trees, which will, when mature, be home to a number of endangered primates, including chimpanzees. The planting process starts in the nursery, where 30 species of local trees and shrubs are tended until large enough to plant out.

Central to the project is the involvement of the local population and it employs up to 400 people. more…

Kazakhstan : Energy Efficient Lighting

The wider project is delivering workshops in 98 schools to teach children about Climate Change. These are being supported by posters, CDs and a teachers' handbook in the national languages. The aim of the project is that schools will integrate teaching and energy efficient practises into the curriculum and school life.

Climate Care is providing funds to install 9800 energy efficient lamps into schools and students' homes following the workshop. more…

For more information please visit the Australian Federal Government's greenhouse website, at

http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/ .

Thanks for your consideration.

Sven G. M. Puetter
Ozebookings