Carbon Neutral Blogs is an initiative that has been set up by the guys at Stock Displays with the aim of helping to make as many blogs carbon neutral as possible. The idea basically is that for every blog which mentions the initiative and adds one of these buttons to their sidebar or footer, Stock Displays will plant a tree for them – making their blog carbon neutral. It’s simple really, you do something for us and we do something for you!
Every blog that attracts 15,000 hits per month generates on average around 3.5kg of carbon every year – this figure is worked out according to a study conducted by Alexander Wissner-Gross, PhD, physicist at Harvard University and environmental activist, who has worked out that an average website causes about 0.02g of carbon dioxide for each visit – so a blog attracting 15,000 visits per month contributes around 3.5kgs of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere per year. His study took into account the power consumed by computer usage, electricity hours and server cooler systems. Although 3.5kg’s a year doesn’t sound like a lot, when you consider that last February The Sunday Times reported that there was around 200m blogs in the world, it means that with an average readership of 15,000 hits per month blogs alone contribute around 700,000 tonnes of carbon to the atmosphere every year.
Now Stock Displays have set up an initiative to try and do something about it, and it couldn’t be easier to join in. All you have to do is add one of the ‘Carbon Neutral Blog’ buttons to your blog, and they will plant a tree for you. That’s it! You don’t have to make a donation or pay a penny, just add the button, tell us about it, and we will plant your tree!
The UNFCC calculates that each tree helps to remove around 10kg of carbon from the atmosphere every year. This means that by adding the button, and having a tree planted, your blog will become carbon neutral, moreover, it will actually be carbon positive! In fact, if all 200m blogs in the world signed up to the initiative, rather than contributing 700,000 tonnes of carbon, the blogosphere would actually help remove 2.1m tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere each year!!
If you want to do your bit for the environment by making your blog carbon neutral, click here to find out how!
Where are the Trees Planted?
When you add one of the buttons to join the initiative, Stock Displays make a contribution to the National Forest Foundation to plant trees in U.S. National Forests.
The National Forest Foundation are currently planting trees in four forests, where there is the need for reforstation as a result of global climate change, drought and forest fires. The four forests where we are currently planting your trees are:
* San Bernardino National Forest, the Butler II burn.
* Plumas National Forest, the Moonlight fire.
* Huron-Manistee National Forest, Kirtland Warbler nesting habitat restoration.
* Ocala National Forest, longleaf pine restoration.
For more information on the National Forest Foundation please visit their website at www.nationalforests.org.
