Klima - Fight climate change 4+

There is a lot of transparency about where your money goes. The carbon ledger helps that sense of transparency. They also show that these projects are independently certified for effectiveness. I admit to being worried about giving money to something I cannot see in person. However, it is a compelling case to give money though Klima: to pool money towards a common cause and use a fraction of that money to attract others to the cause. If I could ask for more: 1) Can we see and hear more stories about the most recent carbon purchases by Klima members? 2) I would love to be able to fine-tune my carbon calculation based on monthly consumption (home energy bill; gas purchases; pounds of meat; and anything else we have control over in our daily lives.)

This is exactly what we need-a streamlined approach to estimate your carbon footprint that allows regular people to get involved without having to be high powered control freaks.

I was a bit worried about how they would deal with offset payments. After looking around though, I feel pretty comfortable with their strategy: most $ (70%) goes directly to offsetting projects while 20% goes to funding “impact marketing” and the final 10% is for a service fee. Initially weird but now I does make sense to me as if done well, engaging outreach/marketing really will help get more and more people involved. Makes sense, is sorely needed (ain’t nuthin’ gonna happen on its own). I’ll hover in undecided land for a while, but I like the idea of offsetting my (and my family’s) carbon footprint via Klima!

I like the idea as someone a few years into my sustainability journey, but I think Ecologi is better (even though they don’t have an app yet) because they let you choose where you plant your trees, there’s different projects every month, and you can offset your pets and family members’ emissions. You can also add additional trees/C02 offsets mid-month and they have gift packages as well. Ecologi also has business plans (because while the consumers can help, at the end of the day 100 corporations are responsible for 70% of emissions.)

Not sponsored, just some thoughts for improvement. Ecologi is Uk based and doesn’t have an app, so for some people this might work better.