Carbon offsetting is widely agreed to have many problems, and so we have been working closely together to bring travellers a muchbetter alternative. Finally, it is ready.

With the innovative carbon calculator you can accurately calculate the carbon footprint of your last journey, be it by plane, train, car, bus, boat, or even a combination of all of them. If you want to take action to counter balance your emissions, it will suggest a donation that you can make to The Converging World.

Donating to TCW brings carbon savings and social benefits above and beyond the traditional offsetting schemes available. Quite simply, your money goes further and works harder.

The Converging World (TCW) are a UK charity building wind turbines in the developing world, and using the sales of electricity and its gold standard carbon credits (yes, they provide offsets too!) to reinvest in renewable energy projects, put money into local social development projects, and work with communities back home to reduce their carbon footprint. What really sets TCW apart from commercial offsetting schemes however is the way in which they reinvest surplus revenue generated from the sales of their clean energy.

These profits are used to:

•     fund further wind turbine projects - generate more clean energy and long term funding for projects.
•     tackle inequalities through international social change and sustainable development projects.
•     provide carbon reduction initiatives in the UK to help communities reduce their carbon footprint and explore the potential of renewable energy in their area.

You can use the carbon calculator and find out more here. TCW are looking to build more partnerships with travel organisations interested in offering a stronger solution that carbon offsetting. You can contact Tim (timbarker@theconvergingworld.org) to discuss this.

We also created a basic Guide to Carbon Offsetting for Travellers and tried to introduce some of the Problems with Carbon Offsets.