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Wind Power
The wind is a vast resource for clean, renewable energy. When electricity is generated using wind power, fossil fuels are being avoided. Part of the greenhouse reductions of the ClimateSafe program come from the United States, where Midwest Renewable Energy Projects, LLC, operates a number of wind farms in Iowa, Wisconsin and the Dakota’s.

Water Energy
Water flowing in rivers, lakes and the ocean can be used to generate emissions-free electricity, offsetting the use of carbon based fuels such as coal. Some of the greenhouse reductions used to neutralize your travel activities come from Canada, and are generated by Summit Power on the Soo River Micro Hydro facility near Whistler, in British Columbia.

Energy Efficiency
Energy efficiency is often the most cost effective way to achieve greenhouse gas reductions. Energy efficiency also reduces energy bills, and improves the ability of participants to spend money on basic needs such as food or medicine. Part of the carbon offsets used for ClimateSafe come from changing out traditional light bulbs with Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFL’s) in projects in Costa Rica and other Holbrook destinations.

Green Buildings
The portfolio of investments that generate ClimateSafe reductions also supports low-energy sustainable building practices, including LEED buildings, Net Zero Energy Home development (NZEH), and off-grid homes. These green building projects are located in Boston and Florida.

Recycled Building Materials
Another way ClimateSafe travel promotes sustainability and reduces greenhouse reductions is by supporting the use of recycled building materials. Together with The Reuser and Bearded Brothers, ClimateSafe is harvesting early 20th century wooden floors, doors, cabinetry, bricks, and other re-usable materials that keeps waste out of land-fills, and lowers greenhouse emissions by reducing the need for manufacturing new products.

Projects under consideration
There are several reforestation projects now being evaluated in the US and Holbrook travel destination areas. We are currently in discussions with the Organization for Tropical Studies in Costa Rica. Planting trees is a fantastic way to remove excess CO2 from the atmosphere while improving the watershed, enhancing wildlife habitat and increasing forest based revenue from nuts, fruits and tourism activities. All forest projects are judged for their contribution to bio-diversity, enhancement to the local economy and effectiveness in harvesting carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Additional benefits
ClimateSafe travel has partnered with a leading national environmental research organization to find out the negative impacts of renewable energy. Of particular concern is the often deadly interaction between birds, bats and windmills. The Avian Impact Fund is designed as a multi-stakeholder research effort to better understand the causes for avian death, raise awareness and disseminate impact reduction strategies in this section of the renewable industry.


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