How can I offset my annual carbon footprint?

I want to plant trees to cancel it out for the next ten years.


Using various online caluclators I have calucuated my annual C02 usage to be 24tonnes.


How many broadleaf trees will I have to plant to sequester an equivalent amount of C02 over the next 10 years.


A mixture of oak/ask/birch/pine and other trees native to the UK.


If you want to get really into the nuts and bolts of it you can assume the woodland would be managed and thinned, so the answer might be in terms of hectarage of young saplings.


But I'll take numbers of young trees too if you want to assume woodland would be unthinned.


Any views/wisdom/weblinks appreciated.

How can I offset my annual carbon footprint?
you would have to plant a lot to try to cancel that out. try reducing the amount you drive or simply recycling. every little bit helps!
Reply:the best answer is not how many trees you can plant to offset what you use. think of how much you can decrease your output by conserving. what you are really saying it if i use a bunch of energy, how many trees do i need to plant? conserve and also plant the trees.
Reply:Hey, check out The Climate Trust. They've got a website and it's a great organization. You could buy a few carbon credits from them (my friend gave me a couple for my birthday). You could also reduce your automobile use if possible (and thus bring down your footprint). Good luck with your project! Rock on
Reply:You would probably need to plant about 250 trees to offset your carbon footprint. You could plat 25 per year if that would be easier.





Another way for you to offset your carbon footprint is to buy carbon credits. There are quite a few web sites that will sell carbon credits and they range in price from about $5-10 per ton.





It is actually much easier to buy credits, or plant trees than to try to cut your output. You can do your best by buying a Prius and the most efficient appliances, but it will not cut down your footprint that much. If you travel by air very much, it really jacks up your carbon output.
Reply:My favorite website for living in a concious manner is


journeytoforever.org. Sustainable agriculture, silvaculture (trees)


renewable fuels and much more is there free of charge.


It is a veritable goldmine of information.


Interested in biodiesel? Dont buy a book. Everything is there - oils - climate requirements- yield per acre - processing and so on.


An amazing website