Each month, Treepoints’ challenge gives you an easy way to make your daily living more sustainable. Helping you on your journey to a carbon negative lifestyle. Veganuary for January The festive season is fast fading, and we’re looking at 2021 stretching out ahead of us. You may be feeling, like Read more…
Located just outside Istanbul, this landfill gas extraction project produces 65MW of electricity, providing affordable and clean power for 1.2 million homes. Background Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, home to 14.1 million residents. Currently, the city’s waste is split between two sites, which combined dispose of 19,000 tonnes Read more…
You may have seen in the news that several countries, including the UK, have recently announced their commitments to net zero emissions and cutting carbon. Everyone agrees that meeting these targets is crucial to preventing the climate crisis. What’s more, scientists are increasingly highlighting the role of carbon offsetting in the Read more…
This year, even more than usual, we’re relying on a lot of online shopping to buy our gifts for the festive season. Not only can it be hard to know what to buy, but many of us would prefer to support independent businesses and be mindful of environmental sustainability, rather Read more…
What is carbon offsetting Carbon offsetting allows individuals and companies to balance out their carbon footprints by investing in carbon reduction projects. Put simply, it means compensating for your emissions by reducing emissions elsewhere. What is a carbon footprint? In case you aren’t familiar with the term, your carbon footprint Read more…
Understanding your carbon footprint is the first step in the fight against climate change. Every individual has a carbon footprint, although the size will vary depending on your lifestyle choices. Definition of a carbon footprint Your carbon footprint is the amount of carbon released by the sum total of all Read more…
What is the environmental impact of flying? And should I be offsetting the carbon footprint of my flights? Let’s take a closer look at carbon offsetting the emissions associated with air travel… Carbon offsetting your flights In August 2019, Greta Thunberg famously chose to travel by boat from Sweden to Read more…
Generating clean electricity for local communities in Honduras. Background Colón is a northern region of Honduras that has historically suffered from a lack of access to electrical energy. The Betulia Hydroelectric project harnesses energy from the river to contribute renewable energy to the national grid. This generates 23,000 MWh of Read more…
Generating enough clean energy from wind to power over 70,000 local homes in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Background The Sidrap Wind Farm is located in South Sulawesi, a province on one of the islands that makes up Indonesia.The farm consists of 30 wind farms, which produces over 253,000 MWh of renewable energy Read more…
In this article we take a look at the sectors that are responsible for the largest proportions of CO2 emissions around the world, and steps we can take to reduce them. Sources: World Resources Institute and Environmental Protection Agency 1. Electricity and heat production The burning of fossil fuels (coal, Read more…