Conservation Projects
Using less energy means less global warming. By supporting projects that invest in ways to burn less, use less, and waste less, your offsetting can help encourage healthier and more sustainable practices around the world.
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Preserving South American Savannas
A small brick and ceramics factory in southeastern Brazil is investing in kiln retrofitting and fuel switching, to stop cutting down their region's native old growth trees. While they previously used up to 3,000 tons of native wood per month, they now use material destined for landfills, such as coconut husks, sugar cane waste, wood chips and bamboo.
- Region:
- Southern Brazil
- Offset:
- $14.00 / Ton
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Brazilian Biofuel
Nobrecel is a mid-sized paper producer in Southeast Brazil that is replacing fuel-oil-fired boilers with biomass, and generates carbon neutral excess power in the region. Biomass is a renewable energy source which can be cleanly burned to generate electricity. The new boiler burns wood residues from the paper making process, and turns Nobrecel from a fossil fuel energy buyer into a producer of renewable energy. The new biomass boiler and turbines have the added benefit of avoiding the disposal of wood residues in landfills, which prevents the release of additional harmful greenhouse gasses as they decompose.
- Region:
- Southern Brazil
- Offset:
- $11.50 / Ton
