July

OEC's first ever blog post

Hi there, and thanks for dropping by.

Calculating OEC's Carbon Footprint, Part 1

As part of my volunteer commitment to the Oregon Environmental Council, I had the opportunity to pull together the Council’s first carbon footprint analysis. What seemed to be a straightforward, albeit time consuming, process of gathering data became a mini research project.

Calculating OEC's Carbon Footprint, Part 2

Enter stage left, carbon offsets! Carbon offsets are a market-based mechanism whereby one offset is purchased for each metric ton of CO2 emissions attributable to the activities of an individual or organization.

The voluntary carbon offset market

The voluntary market is evolving rapidly and quickly becoming big business. According to a May ’08 Climate Biz article the global voluntary offset market tripled from 97million in 2006 to $331million in 2007.