OFFSET YOUR TRAVEL BY PLANTING TREES
Deforestation in Kenya is gathering global attention due to decreases in forest-cover from 10% to 6% over the last decade. The long-term effects of deforestation have a critically negative impact on the environment, affecting not only plant and animal life, but also the wellbeing of human communities who rely on the fertility of land for their own prosperity. For this reason, the ZEITZ foundation has embarked on an important reforestation initiative. Our goal is to plant over 3 million indigenous trees by 2030.
To offset the Carbon Footprint of your return flights to Kenya, please see our guidelines below:
It takes 40 years for 1 tree to offset 1 tonne of carbon emitted (CO2e), so given the planet’s current state of environmental crisis, we recommend planting 40 trees per 1 tonne of CO2e (in order to offset your flight footprint within the same year). Here are some CO2e calculations for various return flights:
If you flew in from: |
Per person, you generated: |
| Dubai (8,200 km) | 1.5 tonnes of CO2e |
| Mediterranean (9,500km) | 1.6 tonnes of CO2e |
| Western Europe (14,600 km) | 2.7 tonnes of CO2e |
| Singapore (14,900km) | 2.8 tonnes of CO2e |
| Hong Kong (17,600 km) | 3.3 tonnes of CO2e |
| Rio de Janeiro (17,900 km) | 3.4 tonnes of CO2e |
| Tokyo (22,600 km) | 4.4 tonnes of CO2e |
| New York (23,700 km) | 4.6 tonnes of CO2e |
| Sydney (24,300 km) | 4.8 tonnes of CO2e |
| Dallas (28,100 km) | 5.7 tonnes of CO2e |
| Los Angeles (31,200 km) | 6.4 tonnes of CO2e |
| If you flew Business Class… | Double the CO2e |
| If you flew First Class… | Triple the CO2e |
1 Tonne CO2e = 40 Trees
1 Tree = $1*
* In addition to offsetting carbon, if there are any surplus funds from a tree-planting donation (beyond planting your requested number of trees), these will be allocated towards another ZEITZ foundation conservation project. So, through more ways than one, each dollar goes a long way towards Kenya’s reforestation, land regeneration and biodiversity survival.
