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Old 22nd Oct 2009, 13:38
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If you fly more often, you can buy two trees!!!
How do we know you aren't planting these anyway ? For the unaware, this is issue is termed additionality. I like the idea of the photography, others also address the issue of verification/auditing:

Making woodland carbon your next step with the Woodland Trust's carbon offset scheme.

Good recent programme on Radio 4 about aviation - Costing the Earth: Guilt-Free Flying
- mainly about high altitude travel. Includes a bit of celebrity and a possible return to the old:

BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - Costing the Earth, Guilt-Free Flying

And interested piece on charcoal (Biochar - Wikipedia) making a possible comeback:

Economist.com
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