GREENING Your Travel

Traveling to WUF3? Contribute to the WUF3 Climate Legacy!

If you are traveling to WUF3, you can reduce your personal contribution to global warming and climate change by offsetting the greenhouse gas emissions generated as a result of your transportation. Whether you�re flying or driving, there are a number of organizations offering carbon neutral programs, including those listed below. We encourage you to visit these web sites, and take steps to neutralize the greenhouse gas emissions resulting from your travel and participation in WUF3.

MyClimate� Website	MyClimate� The MyClimate� carbon offset program supports projects that qualify under the highest international criteria of the Clean Development Mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol and the WWF Gold Standard. This means that when you offset your travel related greenhouse gas emissions with MyClimate�, you not only neutralize your global warming impact, you also directly support clean technologies that double as sustainable development projects for local communities in developing countries. And you do so under the strictest international standards for certification of certified / verified emissions reductions (CERs / VERs). So fly in good conscious and in good company with MyClimate�!
Pembina Website	The Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development The Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development is a non-profit, environmental organization advancing sustainable energy solutions through research, education, consulting and advocacy. Offsetting through Pembina means that you are purchasing GreenLeaf Certified renewable energy certificates that puts more wind energy on the grid, and helps fund the development of wind power in Canada as well as supporting renewable energy workshops for kids. To calculate and offset your emissions, please visit our website http://www.pembina.org/wind/wind_power.php.
Offsetters Website	Offsetters: Climate Neutral Travel and Living Offsetters is a British Columbia based not-for-profit society. Our goal is to provide high quality sustainable offsets to individuals and organisations interested in being climate neutral. Our offsets are currently provided through energy efficiency projects in developing countries, which ensures both that the savings are real and that they bring the greatest sustainability benefits. Please visit our website to calculate and offset your travel related emissions at http://www.offsetters.com.
Tree Canada Website	Tree Canada Tree Canada is a charitable organization that partners with local volunteers to improve our quality of life by planting and caring for trees. In your neighbourhoods, schoolyards, parks and in the countryside, Tree Canada leaves a living, breathing legacy for generations to come. Visit the Tree Canada carbon calculator at www.tcf-fca.ca/calculator/index.htm to measure your CO2 emissions, and see how many trees must be planted to offset your emissions immediately, or over an 80-year period.
Bonneville Environmental Foundation Website	Bonneville Environmental Foundation When you 'green' your travel with BEF, you ensure an equivalent amount of clean, renewable energy is produced to offset the emissions caused by your air or auto travel - so you know your travel to WUF3 will have zero global warming impact. BEF is the largest non-profit provider of Green-e� certified renewable energy products, assuring you a cost effective, green energy solution. Beyond certification, BEF is unique in requiring independent environmental reviews of its energy projects. Click here for more information.
ERA Ecosystem Restoration Associates Inc. (ERA)	ERA develops community-based actions on climate change, engaging local schools, environmental groups, and businesses. ERA's Community Ecosystem Restoration Initiative (CERI) provides atmospheric CO2 removals by restoring long-lived urban forest ecosystems in parklands and other suitable natural areas. ERA management has over 45 years of experience in climate change mitigation and ecosystem restoration, and is responsible for over 100 million trees being planted in Canada. To offset your travel related emissions through ERA, please contact 604-646-0400.
We would like to thank the following organizations for their contributions to the WUF3 Climate Legacy.