Carbon Offset Companies

I'm using the top 5 carbon-offset Companies as listed in "G Magazine" to establish what my family's emissions are;

CLIMATE FRIENDLY

18.2 tonnes of carbon based on the use of cars, flights and power consumed at home.

CLEANER CLIMATE
A struggle to find the carbon calculator and then, after some redirections, I couldn't get it to work on my computer.... hmm

CLIMATE POSITIVE

24.72 tonnes of carbon. More complicated calculator basing it's figure on location, number of occupants, power consumption, amount of waste produced, car travel, food and flights

SOUTHERN METROPOLITAN REGIONAL COUNCIL
Link to carbon calculator did not work!

CARBON REDUCTION INSTITUTE

26.5 tonnes of carbon based on all travel, car useage, waste and power consumption. Power calculated on amount of energy used (both gas and electricity).

"Climate Code Red" David Spratt & Philip Sutton

Frightening!!!
You need to read it now... went to a talk by the author, David Spratt

A real wake up call!
I've only read 20 or so pages and I can't put it down...

A Worm Farm for Como Children

Having got involved with the Daycare Centre that looks after my daughter, Cate, I offered to help them with some environmental projects, the first being a worm farm.

ok, ok, it's a bit rough around the edges but it's a start!

Looking to make some progress with it this week if Joe, the owners' partner is around to assist.

Will keep you posted!

Worm Farms

What a great way to contribute towards reducing carbon emissions....

- Feed organic waste to your worms (instead of contributing to land fill where it would generate nasty methane!)
- Have the worms produce a great compost for the garden
- There's also something called worm "juice" or "tea" which is a fantastic fertiliser
- and the whole thing can be contained in a box not much bigger than a shoe box.

It's only a small contribution but the kids love it and can learn a lot from it!