Well, I have completed my monster road trip and I am happy to be back home. I went to four conferences (and visited three clients) in four weeks, and put 2484 miles on my camper van which gets (gulp!) 13 mpg. According to the carbon calculator at NativeEnergy, I pumped almost two tons of carbon into the atmosphere on this jaunt.
So it’s time for me to be responsible and do my part to make up for this pollution, so that future generations can enjoy clean air, water, and a healthy environment. And given the seemingly limitless number of options that are available, I have made the choice to make a carbon offset donation to the The Nature Conservancy.
Why? Because I know the organization and trust them to make an honest effort to spend the money wisely. Also, they clearly suggest an appropriate donation of $20 per ton of CO2, where other choices I looked at weren’t as explicit about the link. I pumped out almost two tons, so that’s $40.
Don’t spend the windfall all in one place, TNC!
P.S. I can’t put my fingers on the study right this second, but very few people out there have any idea what “carbon neutral” means. Definitely belongs on the “Words That Don’t Work” list.
