Carbon Offsetting
A carbon offset (also called carbon credit) balances your emissions by funding an equivalent amount of carbon dioxide saving elsewhere.
PET recommends that community members offset their carbon emission they have not yet managed to reduce. The recommendation includes guests who come here for educational programmes, guests to Findhorn Bay Holiday Park and all businesses wanting to take climate responsibility.
PET work closely together with Carbon Footprint Ltd, a UK provider of quality carbon offsetting project. On their website they have an easy-to-use carbon calculator were you can measure different kind of emissions, such as from flying, car driving, energy use, IT and household costs.
After calculating you can choose to offset your emissions. Carbon Footprint has many offset projects. They differ by location and price. They also have different purposes: For instance, some sequester carbon, others avoid use of fossil fuel, improve energy efficiency or protect forests.
Offsetting explained
Carbon offsetting is a way to balance your personal or business footprint. Through offsetting you take away carbon emissions now.
Offsetting is part of an international agreement called the Kyoto Protocol and was developed to direct financing to developing countries. At the same time it helps local communities to create jobs, improve health, increase biodiversity and add social benefits.
Some projects are designed to draw down CO2 from the atmosphere and through photosynthesis sequester CO2 in trees and other kind of vegetation. Other projects aim at avoiding carbon emissions by producing renewable energy that replaces burning of fossil fuel.
