Carbon Emissions : the facts
The burning of fossil fuels
Since the industrial revolution, atmospheric concentrations of
carbon dioxide have increased by 25%
The burning of fossil fuels to run vehicles, heat homes and power
factories now counts for about 70% of all carbon dioxide emissions.
What can I do?
Do
you want to find out how you can reduce, manage, offset and neutralise
the emissions of your department or council?
Carbon management
First there's carbon management. From big corporations to individuals,
we can all try to reduce our carbon dioxide emissions and produce less
carbon dioxide. A simple way of beginning this process is to undergo
Global Action Plan's 'Action
at Work' programme.
Carbon
Offset
Or there's carbon offset. A method by which we can counter-balance some
or neutralise all of our remaining emissions by planting trees through
Future Forests.
For departments, councils and companies, the carbon management section
will provide you with information on how you can offset a proportion
of your carbon dioxide emissions or make your whole operation carbon
neutral. It will also give you an insight into how and why other companies
have done it.
How
can I do it?
It is simple
to neutralize your emissions - Future Forests will plant trees to absorb
the carbon you produce. If you can't do without it, neutralise it.
You can neutralise your car fleet, your travel, your production line,
your computer equipment, your building.
Future Forests
calculate your carbon emissions and plant trees to absorb that carbon.
It is simple, cheap and highly effective.
Future Forests Ltd
Hill House
Castle Cary
BA7 7JL
Tel:
01963 350 465
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Carbon
Calculation for the Organisation
Calculate your organisation's greenhouse gas emissions using best
Foot Forward's CarbonCalc
- an easy way for you to measure and monitor progress.
Carbon Calc covers primary energy, transport and process emissions
and includes many innovative features and functions. For further details
contact Guy Longshaw.
What
is Future Forests?
Future Forests is an environmental task force. The basis is simple
- trees absorb greenhouse gas carbon dioxide and convert it into oxygen
and wood. Future Forests raises money in order to pay for tree planting,
research, monitoring, auditing and management.
Further
information
Council
and company supporters include:
Autecnique, Avis, British Telecom, Akzo Nobel Coatings, SMMT, EMI, Inskip,
Fulham Football Club, NEC Motorshow 1998, Sovereign Rotating Electrics,
Park Avenue, Bristol Community Festival, North Somerset Council, Greenergy,
Really Healthy Co. and Whole Earth Foods.
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