Sunday, 15 August 2010

Oz Trip Part 1


We've just returned from a 3 week holiday in Australia. It was great. We managed to cram in a lot of sightseeing and even got to meet several of our relatives. We loved it....except for those interminable plane flights there and back! Urghh!! Why do people think of air travel as quick and convenient?! Hours spent driving to the airport, sitting around waiting for the flight, the flight itself, and all that mucking about with baggage, passports and security. Door-to-door from our Sydney motel to our home was 32 boring, sleep deprived, hours. Hoorah for modern living...

Anyway, to the point of this posting: What am I going to do about our carbon footprint? 4 people on a return trip to Oz equals a 23.5 tonne footprint. Or, about 3 times our normal annual footprint.

So I've decided to 'offset' the flights i.e. Pay to have the footprint balanced out by stuff like tree planting. It'll cost about £180 but that's just a fraction of the total cost of the holiday. So why not?

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