In 2012, with the leadership of student government, the Environmental Center started purchasing carbon offsets to mitigate the greenhouse gasses and climate footprint of energy used by the student-owned buildings on campus. For our previous school year, that means 11,670 metric tonnes of CO2. While we continuously work to reduce our energy use and consumption, we use carbon offsets to counteract the greenhouse gas emissions that we were not able to avoid causing.
We’ve been happy to work with Native Energy that often partners with Native American tribes to initiate carbon offsets and renewable energy projects. We chose a project in Colorado that is close enough to CU Boulder for students to visit. The project captures methane that would otherwise leak out into the environment in La Plata County on the Southern Ute tribal land.
To purchase offsets for your CU department, office or for student/staff travel, go to: colorado.edu/ecenter/buyoffsets
- For more information about the project, check out Native Energy’s website.
CU Student Government 2019 Carbon Offset Purchase
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