Retailing Kyoto-Style Carbon Offsets
Looking for a holiday gift that is bound to be unforgettable? Maybe you should try individualized “carbon offsets,” purchasing pieces of “green projects” (such as forest reclamation in Ecuador or wind farms in Oregon) in an amount that corresponds to your own carbon emissions. While corporations have been purchasing carbon-offsets for years, social entrepreneurs (e.g., Carbonfund, Climate Care,...