You can easily embrace an Ocean+Positive lifestyle by choosing to "wipe out" (or compensate) for your climate impact and carbon footprint through SeaTrees. Check out all our options to wipe out your annual, driving, and flight footprints below.
Taking an #OceanPositive action by supporting SeaTrees to "wipe out" your climate impact goes above and beyond the typical compensation and leaves a positive legacy.
By wiping out your climate impact, you're:
Sequestering carbon dioxide by planting trees and protecting intact ecosystems.
Creating sustainable, long-term employment for local communities.
Protecting endangered species and preserving biodiversity.
Make your year #OceanPositive by wiping out the climate impact (carbon footprint and more) of your lifestyle.
Take this #OceanPositive action and we'll plant mangrove trees in Mida Creek, Kenya, and protect a REDD+, VERRA and CCBA certified, "ridge to reef" watershed project in the Southern Cardamom Mountains in Cambodia.
For the USA, the estimated carbon footprint is based on direct energy use (electricity, natural gas), transportation (auto, air, public) and the embodied emissions from goods and services purchased throughout the year.
More info on the USA footprint calculations can be foundhere.
For other countries, the estimated carbon footprint is based on theannual per-capita footprintof each country (compiled by the International Energy Agency).
If you want to geek out on calculating your exact carbon footprint, and then purchasing the corresponding amount of SeaTrees Tokens. The following resources will help:
To be clear, we're 100% OK if you just want to use the average numbers, which are in the right ballpark, and then spend that saved time gardening, hanging out with your family, or going surfing. But if you're stoked to examine your footprint in detail, drop us a note because we're always here to talk to you about it.
Tax Deductible: SeaTrees is a program of 501c3 non-profit Sustainable Surf - meaning that Planting and Restoring SeaTrees is tax-deductible in the USA. Keep your donation receipt.
Wipe Out Your Driving Carbon Footprint
Precio habitual
$22.00
Make your driving #OceanPositive by wiping out the climate impact of your mileage - better yet, skip the car and walk or ride a bike whenever you can!
Take this #OceanPositive action and we'll plant mangrove trees in Mida Creek, Kenya, and protect a REDD+, VERRA and CCBA certified, "ridge to reef" watershed project in the Southern Cardamom Mountains in Cambodia or along the Pacific coast of Colombia.
Plant three mangrove trees in Mida Creek, Kenya for every tonne wiped out. Every three trees planted has the potential to sequester an additional 1.2 metric tons of CO2
Create tree planting and management jobs for the villages of the Mida Creek region, and forest protection and ecotourism jobs for people living in the Southern Cardamom forest.
Protect biodiversity and threatened species such as dugongs (sea cows) and Irrawaddy dolphins in the Southern Cardamom Watershed, and protects critical habitat and nesting areas for sea turtles, Humpback Whales, and Indo-pacific Bottlenose Dolphin.
What's the carbon footprint of your driving?:
Average Surfer (USA): In a 2011 survey conducted by Surf First and the Surfrider Foundation, the median distance traveled by surfers to go surfing was 10 miles one way, and the median number of times they surfed per year was 97 = 1,940 miles per year to surf.
Average American (USA): The average American drives approximately 15,000 miles per year according to the U.S Department of Transportation.
Tax Deductible: SeaTrees is a program of 501c3 non-profit Sustainable Surf - meaning that Planting and Restoring SeaTrees is tax-deductible in the USA. Keep your donation receipt.
Wipe Out Your Flight Impact
Precio habitual
$22.00
Make your next trip #OceanPositive and wipe out your carbon footprint from flying.
Take this #OceanPositive action and we'll plant mangrove trees in Mida Creek, Kenya, and protect a REDD+, VERRA and CCBA certified, "ridge to reef" watershed project in the Southern Cardamom Mountains in Cambodia or along the Pacific coast of Colombia.
For each ton of CO2 created by your flight, your purchase:
Plant three mangrove trees in Mida Creek, Kenya which has the potential to sequester an additional 1.2 metric tons of CO2
Creates tree planting and management jobs for the villages of the Mida Creek region, and forest protection and ecotourism jobs for people living in the Southern Cardamom forest.
Protects biodiversity and threatened species such as dugongs (sea cows) and Irrawaddy dolphins in the Southern Cardamom Watershed, and protects critical habitat and nesting areas for sea turtles, Humpback Whales, and Indo-pacific Bottlenose Dolphin.
How much climate impact did your flight create?:
Short-haul flight (< 3 hours = 1 ton CO2)
Medium-haul flight (< 6 hours = 2 tons CO2)
Long-haul trips flight (< 12 hours = 4 tons CO2)
Ultra long-haul flight (18+ hours = 6 tons CO2)
Flight times listed as 1-way travel time. CO2 footprint counted as a round-trip.
Tax Deductible: SeaTrees is a program of 501c3 non-profit Sustainable Surf - meaning that Planting and Restoring SeaTrees is tax-deductible in the USA. Keep your donation receipt.
Gift an Ocean Positive Year
Precio habitual
$440.00
Gift someone an #oceanpositive year by wiping out their carbon footprint! The perfect gift for the ocean lover in your life.
To do this, we'll plant mangrove trees in Mida Creek, Kenya, and protect a REDD+, VERRA and CCBA certified, "ridge to reef" watershed project in the Southern Cardamom Mountains in Cambodia - in order to wipe out the carbon footprint of your giftee.
For the USA, the estimated carbon footprint is based on direct energy use (electricity, natural gas), transportation (auto, air, public) and the embodied emissions from goods and services purchased throughout the year.
More info on the USA footprint calculations can be found here.
For other countries, the estimated carbon footprint is based on theannual per-capita footprintof each country (compiled by the International Energy Agency).
Instead of using an overly complex carbon calculator, we use the average footprint of your country/region as the best representation of someone's climate impact. This method is a more realistic estimate because it also includes indirect energy consumption of infrastructure and services.
If you feel that footprint of the person you are buying this gift for is significantly higher than average, then please use a reputable carbon calculator,such as this one from theUnited Nations, and then buy SeaTrees Tokens to wipe out the specific number of tons that you require.
Note: If your recipient doesn't receive a gift email, please have them check their "promotions" section.
Tax Deductible: SeaTrees is a program of 501c3 non-profit Sustainable Surf - meaning that Planting and Restoring SeaTrees is tax-deductible in the USA. Keep your donation receipt.
Whether it’s your personal footprint or the carbon emissions from your entire company, we believe that simply being carbon neutral isn’t enough to help us solve climate change. In order toreverseclimate change, we need to sequester the carbon dioxide we’ve emitted for decades in parallel with reducing our current CO2 emissions.
Our solution:The SeaTrees Token, which restores multiple ecosystems to sequester more CO2 than you emit. The result: a positive impact on the ocean and the life it supports. For every ton of carbon dioxide you’re looking to wipeout or balance, we:
Plant three mangrove trees inMida Creek, Kenya which has the potential to sequester an additional ton of CO2.
So if your carbon footprint is 10 tons of CO2, 10 SeaTrees Tokens will make you “carbon neutral” with 10 certified carbon credits from one of the best REDD+ projects we’ve ever seen. Then you become “ocean positive” by the additional support of restoring mangrove forests.
Add one SeaTrees Token to your cart for each ton of CO2 to be "wiped out".
REDD+ = Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation
VERRA = Verified Carbon Standard Program
CCBA = The Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance
