Carbon Neutralize Your Blog

I've never really thought about the carbon footprint of a blog.

I'm going to bet, neither did you.

Theoretically it's environmentally friendly – after all, there's no paper involved.

But there are the mainframes it lives on to be considered.

While I was cruising blogs, I came across an initiative in Germany, which aims to plant trees to neutralize the carbon footprint of a blog.

Any blog.

Anywhere.

For free.

Yes, for free.

I think that's such a phantastic idea, I'll join in.

Kaufda.de is a shopping site, but frankly, I honestly don't mind promoting it a little, as they are doing something good.

The more people join in, the more trees are planted.

Kaufda are aiming for 1 million trees planted – so what are you waiting for?

Now, theoretically my blog is already carbon neutral — I'm growing an oak tree in my window basket. (Courtesy of a forgetful squirrel.)

My oak is currently about 7 years old, about 20cm tall, with more leaves every year. I like my oak tree. If we move, it'll come with me, until it's too big to live in a window box. Then I'll plant it properly.

However, you can never have too many trees, right?

However, if you aren't plagued by acorn-burying squirrels, and would like a tree planted – why not join this initiative?

Go for it!

Click the logo to find out more, read about what you can do, and to join in.

(The site is in English and German.)