Aleya does everything she can to avoid emissions, and when she absolutely has no choice to use polluting technologies, she offsets it. We think that's a pretty great approach to being carbon neutral/negative - and so Christina and I are pretty pleased to announce that we're making a monthly donation to https://trees.org/ to do what we can to walk the walk besides just talking the talk.

We like trees.org because in addition to planting a variety of fruit trees, the organization works with their partners in farming communities to upskill in agroecology and sustainable methods for thoughtful land management. Our donation has an impact on creating a sustainable future, not just through planting trees, but by helping people actively build that future in their present.

By joining our Patreon, you are helping us contribute to this positive world-making project - we're starting small at first, as we want our donation to be sustainable for years to come, and we'll be revising it pretty much monthly based on our numbers. It's not much, but it's doing what we can with what we have.

#trees.org #CarbonOffsets #Donation #Podcast #Solarpunk

Here is a thoroughly depressing article pre-print. It supports my growing unease with the idea that planting more trees, any old trees, is a one-stop shop for sequestering carbon and supporting biodiversity.

Turns out it’s neither, according to these models.

#Biodiversity #ClimateCrisis #TreesAndForests #CarbonOffsets https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kl4hnooefcqzweb6gep7bkqk/post/3mdfxzaospk2l

✔️ Chevron Carbon Credit Marketplace

✨Specialized carbon credit trading platform focused on #EnergySector emissions, offering verified #CarbonOffsets, #RenewableEnergy credits, and environmental impact trading for companies and individuals committed to #Sustainability.

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A review of 25 years of carbon offsets find they fail to cut emissions and #climatechange due to deep-seated systemic problems that incremental change will not solve. COP29 raised hopes of change, but this did not solve the problem. We must stop expecting carbon offsetting to work at scale.

Guardian coverage: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/06/carbon-offsets-fail-cut-global-heating-intractable-systemic-problems-study

Paper by Romm, Lezak and Alshamsi: https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-environ-112823-064813

#carbonoffsets

Food Banks Are Getting Into the Controversial Carbon Credit Business

Eight to 10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions come from food wasted somewhere along its journey from farm to table. When that organic waste ends up in a landfill, it emits methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, as it slowly decomposes. Food banks can help prevent food waste from occurring by rescuing unsold food from grocers and retailers and redistributing it to families and…

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🌳 Seed bombs, shady audits & ghost trees—forest news that hits harder than a falling pine. #CarbonOffsets #Reforestation 🌍📡

https://groundtruth.app/offset-audits-mossy-comebacks-digital-forest-maps/

Carbon offsets: not a great idea in the first place, hypes greenwashing, and gets more expensive over time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLJyvq-FxMk

#GreenWashing #CarbonOffsets