Breathe Easy is a premium carbon offset product from Greening Australia.
〈 Breathe Easy provides an inspiring 3-in-1 solution to global warming. More effective than monoculture planting schemes, where only one species is planted, Breathe Easy focuses on mass planting of a mix of native species to offer a combination of Carbon Offsets, Landscape Transformation and Nurtured Biodiversity.
〈 Through Breathe Easy, Greening Australia is tackling climate change by carrying out large scale tree planting in strategic areas to restore the Australian bush – an outcome that not only sequesters, or locks up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, but helps our degraded landscapes to recover from years of abuse, and become more resilient in the face of climate change. It also helps to link together isolated areas of native vegetation to ensure our unique biodiversity has the best chance of survival.
〈 Naturally, the first logical step is to live more environmentally responsibly. It's always possible to reduce carbon emissions by changing the way we live. See the Breathe Easy website for some tips to help you reduce your impact on the planet: http://www.breatheeasynow.com.au/html/reduce/
〈 Some short-term tree planting solutions to sequestering carbon focus only on planting fast-growing, single species trees. While a cheap way to capture CO2, this method ignores many of the other environmental pressures our landscapes are facing. In fact, it may even cause more harm in the long-term by absorbing the runoff from rain before it enters nearby streams and creeks. Breathe Easy goes further than other monoculture planting schemes, by focusing on large-scale planting of a broad mix of local tree and shrub species. We use a combination of direct seed sowing and seedling planting in strategic areas chosen for their need for environmental repair. For maximum success our trees are only planted in the right season to ensure the best results.
〈 Greening Australia is the largest non-government environment organisation in Australia and is committed to providing practical solutions to Australia's environmental problems. It was established in 1982 to mark the Year of the Tree and since then has been using tree planting as a solution for critical issues like global climate change, salinity, declining water quality, soil degradation, and biodiversity loss. Over the last five years, no other organisation in the country has planted more trees for environmental repair.
〈 Greening Australia is an Australian Government approved Greenhouse Friendly abatement provider. Our methodology to establish and maintain biodiverse forest sinks for in excess of 100 years has been approved under Greenhouse Friendly by the Australian Government Department of Climate Change.
