Do you know your carbon footprint?

It’s a logical place to start. You may have a pretty good idea of how much your household costs in dollars and cents, but do you know how much it costs in carbon usage? TerraPass makes it easy to calculate, and you may be surprised by what you see.

We learned long ago that knowing is half the battle, but the other half is action. In 3 months, your car puts about 4,000 lbs of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, but with today’s offer you can buy those nasty gases right back for about the price of a car wash (hey, did you really want to use all that water anyway?).

Buying balance with TerraPass.

You can’t take back what you put out there, but you can keep greenhouse gases out in other ways, courtesy of TerraPass. Offset your car, your home, your business or even your wedding by buying carbon offsets from the most reliable and serious source for emissions reduction programs. [Unsure how offsets work? Find a super explanation here].

If you buy something intangible, you want to be sure you’re not being sold a bill of goods. TerraPass is unique and unmatched in their commitment to: 

• Accountability Every project is independently verified and monitored on an ongoing basis. You get a good picture of your dollars at work, and depending on the detail you want, you can have all the info you need to rest easy knowing you got what you paid for.
• Transparency You can read the reports going years back on each and every TerraPass project. They even make upcoming projects open for public commentary so you can have more input on where funding goes before a project goes live.
• Value The projects funded by TerraPass are “premium projects” that are thoroughly vetted so you’re set up to maximize carbon offset success. TerraPass projects prevent harmful emissions right now, not "maybe possibly" many years down the road.

TerraPass is not a donation.

It’s a social enterprise business that strives to be self-sustaining and profitable. While their sales pitch appeals to your do-good instincts, their mission does not depend on charitable giving. When you purchase carbon offsets, you should shop for the best, and when you buy TerraPass you get it; they invest, monitor, and verify that an actual amount of carbon is kept out of our atmosphere by your money. While that’s not something you can touch and feel, TerraPass does show you that your carbon credits are as real as the lightbulbs you’ve swapped, the plastics you’ve recycled and the miles you’ve saved by combining errands.

And if you want something to hold in your hand (or show off to your friends) that you're doing your part to offset your carbon footprint, TerraPass offers bumper stickers, window decals and luggage tags that tell the world that you're carbon balanced.