Comments on: Carbon-Neutral! http://www.ryptide.com/2007/10/15/carbon-neutral/ Just Another Geek's Completely Useless Blog. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:09:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Eco Interactive http://www.ryptide.com/2007/10/15/carbon-neutral/#comment-90 Eco Interactive Fri, 19 Oct 2007 04:16:04 +0000 http://www.ryptide.com/2007/10/15/carbon-neutral/#comment-90 Eco Interactive in partnership with Kids Saving the Rain forest offers Carbon Neutral Travel Program for travel to Costa Rica. Costa Rica is an incredible destination for your next family vacation. The philosophy behind Eco Interactive Tours extends beyond creating a minimal ecological footprint. The Eco Interactive Tours base philosophy is to leverage revenues from Eco Tourism into positive outcomes. In other words we strive for maximum impact through our reforestation and awareness programs. In partnership with Kids Saving the Rain forest, The Eco Preservation Society and Rainmaker Conservation Project, the Eco Interactive Family Vacation Experience offers a travel experience that your family will never forget. Eco Interactive is a unique Eco Tour company that gives 85% to philanthropic projects in Costa Rica. Our current project is the Saving Mono Titi documentary about the endangered Mono Titi Squirrel monkeys in Manuel Antonio. SavingMonoTiti.com EcoInteractiveTours.com KidsSavingtheRainforest.org EcoPreservationSociety.org Eco Interactive in partnership with Kids Saving the Rain forest offers Carbon Neutral Travel Program for travel to Costa Rica. Costa Rica is an incredible destination for your next family vacation. The philosophy behind Eco Interactive Tours extends beyond creating a minimal ecological footprint. The Eco Interactive Tours base philosophy is to leverage revenues from Eco Tourism into positive outcomes. In other words we strive for maximum impact through our reforestation and awareness programs. In partnership with Kids Saving the Rain forest, The Eco Preservation Society and Rainmaker Conservation Project, the Eco Interactive Family Vacation Experience offers a travel experience that your family will never forget. Eco Interactive is a unique Eco Tour company that gives 85% to philanthropic projects in Costa Rica. Our current project is the Saving Mono Titi documentary about the endangered Mono Titi Squirrel monkeys in Manuel Antonio.

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]]> By: Blog Action Day: Other Carbon-Neutrality Websites at ryptide.com http://www.ryptide.com/2007/10/15/carbon-neutral/#comment-78 Blog Action Day: Other Carbon-Neutrality Websites at ryptide.com Mon, 15 Oct 2007 18:01:04 +0000 http://www.ryptide.com/2007/10/15/carbon-neutral/#comment-78 [...] posted a little while ago about purchasing carbon credits through Make Me Sustainable and Native [...] [...] posted a little while ago about purchasing carbon credits through Make Me Sustainable and Native [...]

]]> By: ryptide http://www.ryptide.com/2007/10/15/carbon-neutral/#comment-76 ryptide Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:57:29 +0000 http://www.ryptide.com/2007/10/15/carbon-neutral/#comment-76 I was going for simplicity. This site makes it easy and lets you track what you are doing to reduct your footprint over time, which I think is nice. The calculations worked for me and were in line with other calculators I've used. I'm not sure how percentages would have benefited me, but I had my electricity usage handy so I could just put it right in. I'm at 7.7 tons a year. I now offset 8 tons a year. The only issue I have with it really is that it doesn't take into consideration all of your consumption. Just your home and transportation expenses. Still, it's beneficial I think. I was going for simplicity. This site makes it easy and lets you track what you are doing to reduct your footprint over time, which I think is nice.

The calculations worked for me and were in line with other calculators I’ve used. I’m not sure how percentages would have benefited me, but I had my electricity usage handy so I could just put it right in.

I’m at 7.7 tons a year. I now offset 8 tons a year.

The only issue I have with it really is that it doesn’t take into consideration all of your consumption. Just your home and transportation expenses.

Still, it’s beneficial I think.

]]> By: maz http://www.ryptide.com/2007/10/15/carbon-neutral/#comment-74 maz Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:30:16 +0000 http://www.ryptide.com/2007/10/15/carbon-neutral/#comment-74 Well I checked out that make me sustainable page you linked to. It's pretty flawed. I can see it working for the average american pretty well though. I can't just choose a number for most of the categories that they offer. I need percentages. It could also use some things like "working at home" in order to reduce carbon foot print on driving. Or the fact that I don't turn on lights until it's absolutely dark for the most part. Hell having big windows and keeping them clean makes it so you use less electricity. It's a great site though. It can help a lot of people lower their carbon foot prints by doing certain things. Another good step in helping global warming slow down. Hell my carbon foot print according to them was only 12 tons a year. I'm sure this is far less than the vast majority of people. That was without starting to go through "what you can do to help" portions of your account. Well I checked out that make me sustainable page you linked to. It’s pretty flawed. I can see it working for the average american pretty well though. I can’t just choose a number for most of the categories that they offer. I need percentages.

It could also use some things like “working at home” in order to reduce carbon foot print on driving. Or the fact that I don’t turn on lights until it’s absolutely dark for the most part.

Hell having big windows and keeping them clean makes it so you use less electricity.

It’s a great site though. It can help a lot of people lower their carbon foot prints by doing certain things. Another good step in helping global warming slow down.

Hell my carbon foot print according to them was only 12 tons a year. I’m sure this is far less than the vast majority of people. That was without starting to go through “what you can do to help” portions of your account.

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