Beyond Carbon Offsetting
Let´s go beyond offsetting carbon emissions, and let’s contribute to reducing our global footprint instead.


AND WHAT DOES 1 TONNE OF CO2 EQUAL?
6,060 km by car (Citroen Picasso type)
250 trips between
Paris - Marseille by high-speed (215,750 km)
Paris - Marseille by high-speed (215,750 km)
2 return trip
Paris - Berlin by airplane (economy class)
Paris - Berlin by airplane (economy class)
BEYOND LOWERING CO2 EMISSIONS

In addition to the environmental impacts generated, Microsol's projects have profound social and economic impacts on the lives of rural communities in Latin America.

Our energy efficient projects benefit these communities by giving them access to sustainable energy. In turn, it reduces the wood consumption and keeps hundreds of thousands of tonnes of CO2 emissions from being released every year.

Thus, we implement projects that provide added benefits for rural communities in Latin America and contribute to multiple of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
CONSIDER THIS...
The purchase of 10 carbon credits represents:
The installation or maintenance of 1* improved cookstove.
5** community members benefited, 2** of which are children.
7.3* tonnes of firewood saved.
Additionally, installing or maintaining 1 improved cookstove helps families save on average $8.14 USD on fuel a month and having to collect less firewood saves them 63.22 hours a year.
*An improved cookstove lasts up to 5 years
**These averages are taken from the last verification period (2015-2017) of the Qori Q’oncha programme.
WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO?
After your contribution through the purchase of carbon credits, what happens to your money, and how does it make a difference?
Your contribution will help fund energy efficiency projects that avoid the emission of CO2 and other greenhouse gases.
Of the carbon funds, approximately:

covers the costs of equipment, deployment of teams on site for the installation, maintenance, and training of the families.
covers the costs related to monitoring, certifying, following-up and promoting the project.
is used for administrative support and management of the projects.
READY TO CONTRIBUTE?
If you don´t wish to contribute based on a volume of CO2 equivalent, you can donate directly to our community projects. Your donations will go towards supporting existing projects that need assistance or developing new innovations in communities we work with.