Travel thoughts

As our thoughts turn to a holiday break, be it at home or abroad, travelling by car, bus, train or aeroplane you may worry about your carbon footprint, well look no further. Visit www.travelcare.co.uk where you, the traveller, can make a contribution to the renewable energy and reforestation projects around the world. Go to the picture on the left hand side of the screen with caption carbon offset to see how much to donate to the co-operative banks charity that invests in overseas projects such as reforestation of areas in Uganda. There is another way of help and that is by using the Co-operative Bank Think credit card and the bank with contribute to the purchase of a piece of Brazilian rainforest under the watchful eye of Cool Earth. What is frightening is that every 24hours 100 acres of rainforest is cleared for Soya or palm oil plantations as these are quick profit cash crops. The soil is so thin that the plantations are only productive for five years after which the area is abandoned as scrubland. By donating an extra £35GBP half an acre can be saved from deforestation. Put another way, for every 100 acres of rain forest cut down there is enough CO2 released equal to eight million people travelling from London to New York. So get those cheque books out and visit www.coolearth.org

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