Earlier this year, I decided that I wanted to try to get right with nature and become carbon neutral, that is reduce, eliminate or offset the CO2 emissions that I make. After some research, I did two things:
- Switched my electricity supplier to a 100% green energy supplier. I choose Good Energy, a British company that uses only windfarms. Traditional suppliers have ‘green’ tariffs but that doesn’t necessarily guarantee that the electricity is carbon neutral. It costs a little more than coal- and gas-powered electricity but not prohibitively so.
- Bought trees through The CarbonNeutral Company to offset my car, the 100 hours or so I fly in light aircraft each year. I had previously bought an offset for my annual gas consumption through the gas company but I would have done this with CarbonNeutral if I had found them first. Again the cost is pretty modest and, once planted, the trees keep offsetting which is a nice thought.
I’m going to keep investigating to see what options I have for carbon offsetting international jet travel on a flight by flight basis. I heard that some airlines now offer this as a tick box on their online booking.
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