If you’re one of our members, or you’ve simply been browsing our website, you’ve probably seen that we carbon offset with Gold Standard. So you may be wondering what Gold Standard is and why we carbon offset with them… The Gold Standard is a standard and certification for non-governmental carbon Read more…
Background Rwanda is a landlocked country in East Africa that shares borders with Burundi and Uganda, and the Gatsibo District is located in the East of the country. This project tackles several health and environmental problems in the region, including waterborne diseases from drinking impure water, and carbon emissions from Read more…
Background This wind power project is managed by Orange Mamatkheda Wind and located in Madhya Pradesh, a large state in central India. The project consists of 67 wind turbine generators, each producing 1.5 MW of clean electricity through wind power. This project significantly reduced CO2 emissions, with 1.23 million tonnes Read more…
Background Sharing borders with Costa Rica and Colombia, Panama is a country located in Central America. Panama’s jungles cover approximately 40% of its total land area, and are home to a rich diversity of plants and animals, some of whom are found nowhere else on the planet. One of the Read more…
Background Since the war in Darfur, hundreds of thousands of civilians, many of them women and children, have crossed into Chad, fleeing the ongoing violence. A large proportion live in refugee camps in Eastern Chad, close to the Sudanese border. In order to collect firewood for cooking, women and children Read more…
Background The Ceará region in Northern Brazil is prone to severe drought and suffers from high levels of poverty. One of the main causes of deforestation is illegal logging, whereby trees are being chopped down to be used as fuel for factories. It is this problem that is tackled by Read more…
Carbon offsetting is talked about a lot these days, and for good reason. But what’s it all about? In this article we’ll be looking at how you can offset your personal carbon emissions and why it matters. Carbon offsetting definition Carbon offsetting means balancing the amount of carbon you are Read more…
Welcome to Treepoints! You might be wondering what on earth Treepoints are and how they could possibly help you reduce your carbon emissions. The good news is that you’re in the right place… So what’s the idea behind Treepoints? Treepoints makes it easy for every individual to make a difference Read more…
Reducing your carbon footprint might sound daunting, but it’s not as hard as you might think. Here’s 12 simple ways to reduce your carbon footprint and have positive impact on the planet in your daily life. Climate change is the biggest crisis facing our planet today, and many people are Read more…