Carbon offsetting

Carbon dioxide is responsible for 60% of the greenhouse effect and burning fossil fuels releases the carbon dioxide stored millions of years ago. Deforestation releases not only the carbon store in trees but means that less carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere, creating a vicious circle.

Trees help combat the changes by `breathing in’ carbon dioxide in a process called photosynthesis, and `breathing out’ oxygen. The more trees we have, the more carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere, and the more we help to combat the change by compensating for the carbon dioxide we produce. This is called `carbon offsetting’.

Carbon offsetting schemes do have a role to play but remember there is no magic way to buy ourselves out of climate change. Ultimately there is no solution to climate change other than to emit less pollution, which means adopting greener lifestyles. See our green tips section.

Is carbon offsetting a con?



Woodland Friends. Carbon offsetting.

Woodland Friends is dedicated to recreating native woodland in the UK by turning redundant agricultural land into new, thriving woodland. A variety of sponsorship options are available starting from just £7. You can plant a tree to commemorate a birth, marriage, birthday, anniversary or to help offset your carbon footprint. Only native British trees are planted and sponsors are welcome to visit the site to see their tree and the progress of the woodland.



Eco2 Greetings

eCO2 Greetings supplies business greetings ecards and for every single ecard sold, they plant 10 trees. So far the carbon dioxide they have offset by planting trees equals 76,000 tonnes (June 2016), and this figure is always on the rise. For more information on this green business please visit the website at



ecard shack

Ecard Shack provides fully customizable business ecards through their super easy, on-line design tool. You will find an extensive range of high quality images, animation and seasonal music tracks that you choose from to build bespoke electronic Christmas cards for your business. At Ecard Shack, they provide everything you need to wow customers at Christmas.



Tree Twist. Tree planting.

Treetwist – plant a tree. TreeTwist exists to make it easy and fun for you to plant a tree and make a positive contribution towards our environment.



Tree Nation

Tree-Nation is an ecological project with a focused objective: To plant 8 million trees in Niger, Africa to fight desertification! Large-scale plantation of trees will increase the land’s productivity and re-generate the soil.



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