Delta, United, and Continental airlines are some of the few airlines that allows you to offset your carbon emissions when flying. This allows customers like you to offset the CO2 emissions associated with your flight by supporting The Nature Conservancy and other nonprofit organizations dedicated to protecting and preserving natural resources.
Carbon offsetting is a process designed to alleviate the impact of greenhouse gas emissions that result from the use of fossil fuels. Through this process,customers have the opportunity to offset the carbon emissions resulting from their travel by making tax-deductible charitable contributions to a variety of independently reviewed and certified environmental projects focused on international reforestation and renewable energy.
To calculate your carbon footprint the airlines have a carbon calculator on there websites to determine the carbon footprint specific to your travel itinerary. The size of your carbon footprint will determine the contribution amount needed to offset your travel. Calculations are based on a comprehensive carbon footprint operations, specific to routes, planes utilized, load factors, assumed passenger weight and actual fuel use. The carbon calculator only assigns the emissions associated with individual passenger travel and does not include other emissions generated by cargo transport, crew travel, etc.
Next time you book a flight, please consider offsetting the emissions from your flight. Also, I’d love to hear your comments about your experience with an airline offset program or further topics you’d like to read about on this topic. You can share your comments below or tweet them @JZGOGREEN
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