after considering my available options somewhat thoroughly, i decided to offset the CO2 produced by my flights to Zambia and Nevis with TerraPass.

for just over $60US, i purchased a mixture of Renewable Energy Certificates (33.3%) and Carbon Credit Offsets (66.7%) to offset a total of 15,000lbs of CO2. TerraPass has flight offsets from 6,000 miles ($9.95) to 1,000,000 miles ($1499.95).

confronted with a couple of occasions requiring gifts in the next month, i also purchased carbon offset packages for friends on the road and at home. i realize it sounds like i’m on a bit of an “environmental kick” lately. i can only guess it’s a combination of enjoying the freedom of purging crap (in order to make my luggage lighter for school next year) and a genuine increase in awareness of the state of our planet and exactly what we can do.

i hope the people that receive those gifts won’t be annoyed that i decided not to add to their collection of “stuff”.

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