How Much to Offset Your Carbon?

How much would it cost to offset the carbon emissions for your transportation and travel? Here are a few suggested numbers for you to pinpoint a donation amount.

Bosnia: Biodiesel from Recycled Cooking Oil

Mercy Corps will help local producers turn used cooking oil into clean-burning biodiesel fuel for vehicles.

Bosnia: Solar Water Heaters

The Solar Water Heaters project will encourage entrepreneurialism and income generation through promoting and producing solar water collectors.

Colombia: Biogas Latrines for Internally Displaced People

The project will build low-cost biogas digester latrines in participant households, resulting in better sanitation and less greenhouse gases.

Colombia: Micro-Hydroelectric Energy

A small hydroelectric project will enhance educational opportunities, improve food security, ensure better health and help provide more economic opportunities to indigenous families in rural Colombia.

Colombia: Community Forestry Project

This project will focus on planting and managing trees in public areas and private backyards, providing the greatest potential for improving the local environment and helping curb pollution.

Congo: Fuel Efficient Stoves

Mercy Corps is demonstrating that daily firewood consumption can be reduced by constructing inexpensive fuel-efficient stoves and teaching families improved food preparation techniques.

Mongolia: Yak Tallow Bio-diesel

This product will convert yak tallow, a waste product, into bio-diesel to help to reduce air pollution, generate extra income for poor herders and contribute to a reduction in worldwide CO2 levels.