We bring together the best tips, resources, links and contacts to help individuals, homes and offices calculate, reduce and offset their carbon footprints.
Yahoo: Green Yahoo have brought together a fantastic collection of articles, reviews and guides to advise you on every aspect of green living. Areas covered include: Buying a Fuel-Efficient Car, Commuting, Finding a Green Job, Gardening, Recycling, Recycling Electronics, Researching Global Warming Basics, Researching Your Vote and Reusing Stuff. The site also features a great shopping area where everything from bags made from truck tires to biodegradable golf tees is reviewed under the heading Why It's Green with a link either to subsidiary stores like The Green Loop or to Yahoo's own shopping page.
Grow Clean Air This program promises to pay out 70% of revenue for carbon credits directly to the farmers and empower communities in Africa and Asia to change their world and yours. Can't really complain with those sentiments can you?
BBC News: Carbon Market Clouded by Uncertainty Interesting article explaining the uncertain times facing carbon trading companies. This page also features a snazzy Flash presentation of how cap and trade systems can help curb carbon emissions.
Green Bang The GreenBang site features sections on Technology, Travel and transport, Energy and Fuel, Carbon, Sustainability, Climate Change and Corporate Responsibility. You can also check out their Greenbang TV channel and subscribe to their RSS feed for regular transport and technology-related green news.
TreeHugger: Green Cars and Transportation Articles Treehugger has a great eco Cars and Transportation section bursting with interesting articles on alternative transport innovations and resources. Check out also their How to Go Green Guides section where the TreeHugger team bring us lots of good advice about Cars, Hybrid Cars and Public Transportation. Always worth checking out these guides before making any green purchase.
Neco Great site with sections on Insulation products, Solar equipment, and green products for Water, Transport, Lighting, Home & Garden, Pets, Books & DVDs, Skincare and Haircare as well as a Gadgets section and Baby, Toys and Sport departments.
Low Impact Living One of our favorite eco sites because the layout and advice is so clear and easy to follow. First select the area of your life that you want to 'greenify' (eg composting), then you're give step-by-step advice as well as links that will take you through to various suppliers who offer deals on the products you require. Simple, to-the-point and effective.
eHow: How to Offset Your Pet Ever considered the environmental impact of your pet? Well, according to one eHow contributor a medium-sized dog has “the same environmental impact as a Toyota Land Cruiser driven 6,000 miles a year”. What follows is an 8-step plan to help you 'offset' your pet.
Eco Button™ is an award winning retro-fit computer power saving device that can aims to make a difference to your PC power usage and help you reduce your carbon footprint and save you money on your electricity bills. Site features product demos and videos to explain the concept.
Greener Choices: Alternative-Fuels Comparison This site offers a rundown of the most common alternative fuels, compiled with information from the U.S. Department of Energy. Fuel types covered are biodiesel, electric, ethanol, hybrid electric, natural gas and propane and it gives a theoretical look at how hydrogen fuel will compare if and when it becomes a reality.
Yahoo: Autos: Top 100 Green Cars Yahoo present the top green cars on the market. Each car is given a green rating out of 100, and info is also displayed showing what technology is used (eg. hybrid, natural gas...) as well each car's fuel economy and of course its retail price.
Green Car Having landed the www.greencar.com domain you would hope that this site delivered the goods and wasn't merely a Spam site. Phew, luckily it is actually a useful online resource for green-minded consumers. News and reviews of hybrid and alternative cars as well as the full lowdown on green technologies & alternative fuels.
The Green Car Website Great UK-based site featuring news and reviews of eco cars, info on cleaner, fuel-efficient engines as well as next generation fuel cells. They also offer green car buying guides an road test reports.
cnet News: Mapping the US Carbon Footprint Very interesting article mapping U.S. carbon emissions from fossil fuels. Find out which part of the country is burning up the most with a bird's eye view of the offending areas.
ABC News: Reducing Your Carbon Footprint As this article points out, reducing your carbon footprint does not necessarily entail forking out for carbon credits. There are other much simpler ways to redress the balance.
Bristling Badger: Carbon Offsets Are a Fraud With a title like “Carbon Credits are a Fraud” it's an article which was always going to raise some hackles. The subsequent discussion is worth reading particularly if you're considering investing in some carbon credits yourself.
Carbon Offset Guide Comprehensive guide to offsetting and how to tackle your emissions. From a UK website but valuable information whatever your nationality.
Free Carbon Offsets A cynic's approach to carbon offsetting. These guys offer irreverent advice and outrageous offers of 100% free carbon offsets in what they see as an overly-commercialized industry lacking in integrity and real substance.
Carbon Footprint An alternative interface to calculate your carbon footprint online. Dropdown allows calculation to be made for residents of any country.
Carbon Fund US-produced carbon footprint calculator and carbon offset non-profit which encourages you to calculate your carbon footprint (or select a preset) and offset it.
Carbon Planet Australia-based carbon offsetting service also offering emissions assessments and carbon emission solutions for businesses.
Sustain Lane This 'People-Powered Sustainability Guide' encourages readers to share reviews of eco-products. Learn from others' experience and share your tips with the world too!
