original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRznlm22Iy8&feature=youtu.be
Summer time! Travel time! Time for a trip! A nice long vacation! You deserve it!
Unfortunately, your big fun trip comes with a big ol’ carbon impact — even bigger than we previously thought, according to a new study. UGH, I know. I guess that means you’re in the market for a carbon offset, which ostensibly neutralizes that impact.
But what does a carbon offset actually do? Sometimes it grows a tree. Sometimes it lights a fire over a garbage dump. Life is full of mysteries, and we investigate all the ones pertinent to carbon offsets in the video above.
This story was originally published by Grist with the headline So you want to carbon offset that vacation. Here’s what you need to know on May 29, 2018.