I leave Wednesday for Ft. Lauderdale and while booking my plane ticket on Expedia I made the coolest discovery. You can purchase carbon offsets for every flight you take. In fact, you can purchase carbon offsets for just about everything you do! I actually purchased two flights; one to Florida and one to Kentucky later this month. The carbon offsets for each flight were $6.99 - not bad. Had I flown cross country it would be $10 more - travel transcontinental and it would be $20 more - still very reasonable I think to erase the carbon footprint of your flight. The offsets I purchased do not reduce the CO2 emissions directly from my flight (obviously) but rather it supports emission reduction projects elsewhere. Here are a couple websites where you can purchase carbon offsets:
This might be something you want to consider if you're planning a summer vacation. You can easily buy carbon offsets based on the amount of miles you plan to drive (like to the beach). If you're curious about what your (or your family's) carbon footprint is you can go to carbonfootprint.com and use their easy calculator.
Happy travels!
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