Africa Carbon Trading, Heliotubes, Green Roofs & Wonky pedalite.
One good thing about being ill while visiting our house in the Czech Republic (with no running water, inside toilet & a wood burning stove for fuel), was that we both spend several days tucked up in bed (under FOUR quilts!!!) reading the New Scientist (as well as some dippy chick lit such as Olivia Joules). As a result I’ve come across some interesting leads:
There was an item about the difficulty experienced by African schemes wanting to join Carbon Trading initiatives. The point was made that Africa was likely to be first and hardest hit by climate change, and communities could benefit from schemes to plant native forest, rather than mangetout to be flown in to Sainsburys. Therefore I’ve found a carbon neutralising scheme which has an operation in Africa to use to compensate for our flights to the Czech Republic. I’ve also added this as a link to bogblog. It just makes so much sense to plant trees in Africa. I hope they get the carbon trading thing with the EU sorted. Read the rest of this entry »