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<\/a><\/p>\nFlight Centre:<\/p>\n
Carbon offsets are simply credits for emission reductions achieved elsewhere by projects such as wind farms or solar installations. Flight Centre aims to be “carbon neutral”, which involves making all reductions currently possible, and then using carbon offsets to address remaining emissions. Although the best thing for the environment is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions instead of offsetting them, at present it is impossible to reduce emissions to zero. Purchasing offsets is a practical and inexpensive way to compensate for emissions that otherwise wouldn\u2019t be addressed.<\/p>\n
Offsetting a short haul flight (up to five hours) costs approximately CAD$5-$7. For longer haul flights the offset cost ranges from approximately $15-$25 dollars depending on the length of your flight.<\/p>\n
Flight Centre has teamed up with Cleaner Climate Ltd. to provide a link to a \u201ccarbon calculator\u201d. This adds a simple procedure at the time of booking your travel arrangements that allows you to determine the carbon emitted from your flight and voluntarily fund a renewable energy project in a developing country to offset it.<\/p>\n
Carbon offsets are also available with Air Canada. When you purchase the offset through Air Canada, the money goes towards three projects: the Forest Restoration Project, the Landfill Gas Recovery Project, and the Tire Recycling Project. You have the option to allocate your “donation” between the\u00a0 three projects as you like. For example, you could allocate your entire offset to the Tire Recycling Project.<\/p>\n