What is Carbon Offsetting?

 

“The action or process of compensating for carbon dioxide emissions arising from industrial or other human activity, by participating in schemes designed to make equivalent reductions of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.”

-Oxford Dictionary

Carbon Offsetting Facts

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The average persons carbon footprint is 10 tonnes per year! That’s the same as 2 male African elephants!

 
 
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A tree can absorb 24kg of CO2 a year!

 
 
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An economy-class return flight from London to New York emits an estimated 670kg of CO2 per passenger.

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An acre of new forest can absorb 2.5 tonnes of CO2 annually. At Kisampa that’s 37,065.75 tonnes every year! That’s the same as 195 Blue whales!

 
 
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Forest Conservation

Land use and forestry projects focus on using natural carbon sinks such as forests and soil. Deforestation is a major contributor to the rising greenhouse gas emission, as well as destroying natural habitats for thousands of species.

Forest conservation projects include planting new forests into land that was previously unforested, restoring forests into areas that were once forested and soil management which attempts to maintain or preserve the amount of carbon sequestered in the soil.

As Kisampa Carbon Zero is relatively new, we work towards ‘avoided deforestation’ which is the protection of existing forest.

 
 
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Energy Efficiency

Energy conservation projects seek to reduce overall demand for energy, therefore reducing the amount of non-renewable energy we create.

Co-generation plants will generate heat and electricity from the same source therefore improving their energy efficiency in comparison to most power plants which will waste the energy that is generated as heat.

Energy efficient buildings reduce the amount of energy wasted in buildings through efficient heating, cooling or lighting systems. In particular, the replacement of incandescent light bulbs with LED lamps can have a drastic effect on energy consumption.

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Renewable Energy

Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources, which are naturally replenished on a human timescale, such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves, and geothermal heat.

Renewable energy offsets commonly include wind power, solar power, hydroelectric power and bio fuel. Some examples include wind turbine farms, solar panel farms, hydroelectric dams and bio-diesels made from vegetable oils.

Some of these offsets are used to reduce the cost difference between renewable and conventional energy production, increasing the commercial viability of choosing renewable energy sources.