Give an After-Christmas Gift -- The Gift of Carbon Neutrality

Have you heard of "Brighter Planet"?  They are a relatively new organization and their cause is to help us all have less of an impact on our planet.

I can't remember how I stumbled upon their website, but I'm glad that I did because it is quite informative.  According to their site:

The average American emits 136 pounds of carbon dioxide each day. About 36 pounds come from driving, flying, and other travel. Another 22 pounds come from heating, cooling, and powering our homes. The final 78 pounds come from producing, transporting, and disposing of all the stuff we buy, and from shared services like schools and street lights. 136 pounds would fill 5,000 balloons - imagine releasing that every day.

Facts like that just blow my mind.  It's amazing and sad at the same time just how much we take for granted.  And I'm guilty, too.

So the whole premise of their website is to get out the word that they are giving away free gifts of carbon-neutrality.  They want you to give the gift of carbon neutrality for a day - it's free, and as a bonus, they will make you carbon neutral too! 

Sounds pretty harmless on our part, right?  I signed up Jim and had no problems.  So we both became carbon-neutral for a day. 

The best part is that they want as many people to sign up as possible.  I'm not entirely sure how they are making this happen, but I'm going on faith that they are doing what they are claiming and helping out our Mother Earth.

As of today, their site claims that they have given away 5437 One Day Gifts so far, which is the equivalent of taking 22,305 cars off the road for a day!  Sounds like a huge impact for very little work.

If you want to check them out, or even sign up, check out their website.  Every little bit helps, right?