| Website | zerofootprint.net |
| Category | Consumer Web |
| Phone | (416) 365-7557 |
| Employees | |
| Founded | 1/05 |
Zerofootprint’s mission is to empower individuals and communities to fight climate change in measurable and practical ways. The site develops applications and initiatives to measure and manage carbon and ecological footprint for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. These are made available over the Web with social networks to help every person, organization, city and community know where they stand in the climate crisis and how they can make a difference in the aggregate.
The chief goal of the company is to raise awareness among individuals and groups that everything we consume has some impact on the environment. The company is fighting global warming in two ways: encourage carbon reduction, and sell offsets for the remainder.
The site allows individuals and firms to see how much how much carbon they are emitting into the atmosphere through consumption by using their Zerofootprint Calculator. They also offer individuals and entities the ability to purchase carbon offsets directly at their “Carbon Shop.”
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Added: 6/4/08| Website | zerofootprint.myshopify.com |
| Tags | cleantech |
Once individuals calculate their emissions by using Zerofootprint’s calculator, they can purchase carbon offsets to offset the amount they release into the environment. They use funding received from the purchase of offsets to run operations of a forestation project in British Columbia, Canada.
| Website | zerofootprint.net |
| Launch Date | January 1, 2008 |
| Tags | 3d-imaging |
The company’s calculator allows individuals to calculate how much carbon they release into the environment through consumption (cars, heating, food, etc.), and encourages them to find ways to reduce those emissions.
