In reply to DEvans:
> how big a carbon footprint does a flight to new zealand leave. can you give me an equivilant. eg a years worth of driving an average 20.000miles a year.
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> thanks
From www.carbonfootprint.com
To offset a direct return flight from Auckland, New Zealand to London, United Kingdom (36679 km) for 1 passenger, which generates 4.222 tonnes of CO2, you have the following options:
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Clean Energy Fund
Your funding supports VCS verified carbon reduction projects around the world which reduce carbon emissions through the displacement of fossil fuels through clean / renewable energy generation.
from £ 31.67 to offset 4.222 tonnes
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Reforestation in Kenya
Your pledge funds the planting of native broad leaved trees in the Great Rift Valley. The project is coordinated by ESCONET, and is also supported by the Red Cross.
from £ 42.00 to pledge 6 trees (about 4.380 tonnes)
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UK Tree Planting
Your pledge funds the planting of trees in the UK county of your choice. The project is managed by Tree Appeal and endorsed by Bill Oddie, the TV wildlife celebrity and conservationist.
from £ 70.50 to pledge 6 trees (about 4.380 tonnes)
Choose county: Bedfordshire Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cleveland Cornwall Cumbria Derbyshire Devon Dorset Durham East Sussex Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Humberside Isle of Wight Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Norfolk Northamptonshire North Yorkshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Rutland Shropshire Somerset South Yorkshire Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Tyne and Wear Warwickshire West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worcestershire Yorkshire Carmarthenshire Caerphilly Ceredigion Clwyd Conwy Denbighshire Dyfed Flintshire Glamorgan Gwent Gwynedd Monmouthshire Pembrokeshire Powys Aberdeenshire Angus Ayrshire Berwickshire Borders Caithness Central Clackmannanshire Dumfries Dunbartonshire Falkirkshire Fife Grampian Hebrides Highland Inverclyde Lanarkshire Lothian Midlothian Morayshire Orkney Isles Perthshire Renfrewshire Shetland Isles Strathclyde Tayside Co. Antrim Co. Armagh Co. Derry Co. Down Co. Fermanagh Co. Tyrone
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