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SFO Carbon Offset Kiosks

SFO Sighting

10.19.2009

Submitted by hsnavely on Sun, 10/18/2009 - 11:01pm.

The Bite:

Looking for encounters of the eco kind? SFO's new Climate Passport program makes on-the-go offsetting easy for earthlings. At the airport, track down one of three kiosks (big, blue billboards postsecurity), enter your flight info, and it'll calculate the fee to counteract your travel impact (example: SF to Seattle round-trip costs $3.50). Then, the local firm 3Degrees directs your money to projects like Mendocino's Garcia River Forest Project and SF's own Carbon Fund, reducing greenhouse gasses by planting trees and protecting delicate ecosystems. Far out.

Why Care?:

A 4-hour flight produces 1,869 pounds of CO2, more than the carbon emissions the average car creates in a month; carbon offsets balance these emissions without making you give up any creature comforts.

Keep it local: SFO's Climate Passport gives $1.50 per ton to the SF Carbon Fund (the folks behind Dogpatch Biofuels), which invests in local projects like increasing the number of Bay Area green-collar jobs.

Wanna Try:

San Francisco International Airport (SFO); offsetting available online and at three kiosks located on both sides of the International Terminal and in domestic Terminal 3. SFO to LAX round-trip offset, $3.51.

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Cocktail Fact

In a 1952 study, the CIA called UFOs a threat to national security, stating "the reports of [sightings] convince us that there is something going on that must have immediate attention."

Small Changes Add Up

If 10,000 SF Biters offset our round-trip holiday flights, it'll have the same carbon reducing effect as preserving 35 acres of rain forests for a year.

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