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Carbon farms: Airco during global warming

Cooling the earth is about bringing back the forests of the world. Not just because forests absorb and store huge amounts of carbon dioxide, but because they are a thick living layer on the ground;...

Celebrating Zero Emissions Day

Today, September 21, is Worldwide Zero Emissions Day. As an international day of action, today is focused on raising awareness of the impacts of greenhouse gas emissions on the environment. Every...

Green gold: Why saving forests can save the Earth

People often refer to forests as the ‘lungs of the Earth.’ Trees are able to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and transform it into oxygen through the process of photosynthesis, producing...

Brazil: A Global Priority Area for Ecosystem Restoration

At over 8.5 million square kilometers, Brazil is one of the largest and most ecologically diverse countries in the world. Dense rainforests, arid savannahs, and vast grasslands create a mosaic of...

The Lifecycle of a Carbon Credit

The climate crisis is arguably the most pressing issue of our generation. Excessive amounts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has led to global warming and widespread...

Food Matters: How Eating Green Can Help Save the Earth

Happy World Vegan Day! This day isn’t necessarily about pushing everyone to adopt veganism, but rather to raise awareness about the impact our diets can have on the environment. Cattle grazing...

What is a carbon credit?

In the last 5 years, you’ve probably encountered the term ‘carbon credit’ with increasing frequency. As the climate crisis deepens in severity and the planet reaches its tipping point, carbon...

COP 27 and the VCM market

This Monday marked the beginning of the second week and halfway point of the COP-27 conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Last week in his opening speech, UN Secretary General António Guterres...

Reduction vs Removal carbon credits

While all carbon credits are an important factor in the effort to decarbonize and achieve climate action, not all carbon credits are the same. There are two main types of carbon credits: removal...

Today is World Soil Day!

Did you know that one gram of soil can contain up to 10 billion organisms? Or that the global soils are one of the largest carbon sinks on Earth? World Soil Day was created by the United Nations...

7 Characteristics of a Carbon Credit

While carbon offsets may seem like a relatively simple concept to grasp, there are many factors that go into determining whether or not an offset is high-quality or not. When choosing which carbon...