Offset Your Carbon Emissions
Each and every one of us is doing damage to the environment. Australians love to drive, fly, run their air conditioners, and just generally use a lot of energy. All these things produce enormous amount of carbon dioxide emissions, one of the major contributors to global warming.
Planting trees is one way to offset these emissions. You can plant trees in your own garden but to make a real difference you need to plant a lot of trees. To calculate how many trees you need to plant, use the online calculator at Green Fleet. Once you have calculated your emissions you can then make a tax deductible payment and they will plant the trees for you. Many government organisations are involved with this project. It is a good way for businesses to and individuals to do their bit for the environment.
Here is a little more information about Green Fleet:
Climate change and global warming are among today’s most pressing environmental issues, brought about by increased concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Transport is Australia’s fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions.
Greenfleet is a non-profit organisation. Our program provides a simple way to reduce your car’s impact on the environment. For $40 (tax deductible), Greenfleet will plant 17 native trees on your behalf. These trees will help to create a forest, and as they grow will absorb the greenhouse gases that your car produces in one year (based on 4.3 tonnes of CO2 for the average car*).
Science shows that 17 mixed species trees will not only absorb a car’s greenhouse emissions, but will also help to tackle salinity, improve water quality and provide essential habitat for native species.
Since 1997, Greenfleet has planted more than 2 million trees on behalf of Australian motorists and fleets. These forests will not be harvested and will create an investment in rural Australia for future generations.
Greenfleet’s policy is to plant trees to create forests in areas of environnmental concern, putting back the mix of native species that had been there originally. The trees are propagated from seed collected in the local area to provide maximum ecological benefits - reducing salinity and soil erosion, and providing essential habitat for native species. The majority of our plantings occur in winter because the rains help to get the trees off to a good start.
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