Comments on: Dole goes bananas for offsets http://climateprogress.org/2007/08/21/dole-goes-bananas-for-offsets/ The Latest on Climate Science, Solutions, and Politics Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:39:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Eco Interactive http://climateprogress.org/2007/08/21/dole-goes-bananas-for-offsets/#comment-6251 Eco Interactive Fri, 19 Oct 2007 06:12:02 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/08/21/dole-goes-bananas-for-offsets/#comment-6251 Eco Interactive in partnership with Kids Saving the Rain forest offers Carbon Neutral Travel Program for travel to Costa Rica. Costa Rica is an incredible destination for your next family vacation. The philosophy behind Eco Interactive Tours extends beyond creating a minimal ecological footprint. The Eco Interactive Tours base philosophy is to leverage revenues from Eco Tourism into positive outcomes. In other words we strive for maximum impact through our reforestation and awareness programs. In partnership with Kids Saving the Rain forest, The Eco Preservation Society and Rainmaker Conservation Project, the Eco Interactive Family Vacation Experience offers a travel experience that your family will never forget. Eco Interactive is a unique Eco Tour company that gives 85% to philanthropic projects in Costa Rica. Our current project is the Saving Mono Titi documentary about the endangered Mono Titi Squirrel monkeys in Manuel Antonio. SavingMonoTiti.com EcoInteractiveTours.com KidsSavingtheRainforest.org EcoPreservationSociety.org Eco Interactive in partnership with Kids Saving the Rain forest offers Carbon Neutral Travel Program for travel to Costa Rica. Costa Rica is an incredible destination for your next family vacation. The philosophy behind Eco Interactive Tours extends beyond creating a minimal ecological footprint. The Eco Interactive Tours base philosophy is to leverage revenues from Eco Tourism into positive outcomes. In other words we strive for maximum impact through our reforestation and awareness programs. In partnership with Kids Saving the Rain forest, The Eco Preservation Society and Rainmaker Conservation Project, the Eco Interactive Family Vacation Experience offers a travel experience that your family will never forget. Eco Interactive is a unique Eco Tour company that gives 85% to philanthropic projects in Costa Rica. Our current project is the Saving Mono Titi documentary about the endangered Mono Titi Squirrel monkeys in Manuel Antonio.

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]]> By: Howie http://climateprogress.org/2007/08/21/dole-goes-bananas-for-offsets/#comment-5278 Howie Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:28:13 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/08/21/dole-goes-bananas-for-offsets/#comment-5278 I thought it was really nice that they had the two coldest highs jsut since 1999. I'm sure it's no reflection on AGW, even if the highs you quote are ... I thought it was really nice that they had the two coldest highs jsut since 1999. I’m sure it’s no reflection on AGW, even if the highs you quote are …

]]> By: Joe http://climateprogress.org/2007/08/21/dole-goes-bananas-for-offsets/#comment-5275 Joe Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:12:50 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/08/21/dole-goes-bananas-for-offsets/#comment-5275 I think you da man, Ron! We've got a couple more years of regularly hot global temperatures, and then it's going to get really hot, so we really need to appreciate these rare cold spells. I think you da man, Ron!
We’ve got a couple more years of regularly hot global temperatures, and then it’s going to get really hot, so we really need to appreciate these rare cold spells.

]]> By: Ron http://climateprogress.org/2007/08/21/dole-goes-bananas-for-offsets/#comment-5269 Ron Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:50:13 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/08/21/dole-goes-bananas-for-offsets/#comment-5269 I know this is off topic for this thread, but i need to slip it in. If it's relevant to quote local high temps, then I thought I'd throw in this record low -- http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_233143509.html Tuesday's high temperature in Central Park was just 59 degrees. The normal high for today is 82 degrees. The normal low is 67. "This unusual blast of cold air smashed our previous record for the coldest high temperature on August 21, which is 64 degrees, set back in 1999," CBS 2 meteorologist Jason Cali told wcbstv.com. Whaddya think? I know this is off topic for this thread, but i need to slip it in.

If it’s relevant to quote local high temps, then I thought I’d throw in this record low –

http://wcbstv.com/ topstories/ local_story_233143509.html

Tuesday’s high temperature in Central Park was just 59 degrees. The normal high for today is 82 degrees. The normal low is 67.

“This unusual blast of cold air smashed our previous record for the coldest high temperature on August 21, which is 64 degrees, set back in 1999,” CBS 2 meteorologist Jason Cali told wcbstv.com.

Whaddya think?

]]> By: Joe http://climateprogress.org/2007/08/21/dole-goes-bananas-for-offsets/#comment-5263 Joe Tue, 21 Aug 2007 20:57:11 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/08/21/dole-goes-bananas-for-offsets/#comment-5263 I am not negative on tree planting per se -- only on selling individual tree planting projects as carbon offsets -- for reasons I detail in the posts I linked to. That said, in a small, climate-smart tropical country like Costa Rica, you can probably do better national forestry accounting and ensure that whatever is planted is a net increase in carbon uptake. Yes, it would be good to figure out how to save top soil. A conversion to no-till agriculture is widely thought to save significant amounts of soil carbon. I am not negative on tree planting per se — only on selling individual tree planting projects as carbon offsets — for reasons I detail in the posts I linked to. That said, in a small, climate-smart tropical country like Costa Rica, you can probably do better national forestry accounting and ensure that whatever is planted is a net increase in carbon uptake.

Yes, it would be good to figure out how to save top soil. A conversion to no-till agriculture is widely thought to save significant amounts of soil carbon.

]]> By: Paul K http://climateprogress.org/2007/08/21/dole-goes-bananas-for-offsets/#comment-5262 Paul K Tue, 21 Aug 2007 19:58:11 +0000 http://climateprogress.org/2007/08/21/dole-goes-bananas-for-offsets/#comment-5262 I read in another thread that deforestation accounts for 20% of global warming. If this is correct, why are you so negative on tree planting? Also, part of your recent criticism of Prof. Dyson's unusual proposal to capture carbon in topsoil, you noted the current worldwide topsoil loss. Could this loss, like deforestation, be a contributing factor in atmospheric CO2 levels? A holistic approach should encourage these "land management" solutions as well as the efficiency, renewable and technological ones that you highlight. I am still digesting last week's excellent post and discussion on offsets and RECs. I read in another thread that deforestation accounts for 20% of global warming. If this is correct, why are you so negative on tree planting? Also, part of your recent criticism of Prof. Dyson’s unusual proposal to capture carbon in topsoil, you noted the current worldwide topsoil loss. Could this loss, like deforestation, be a contributing factor in atmospheric CO2 levels? A holistic approach should encourage these “land management” solutions as well as the efficiency, renewable and technological ones that you highlight. I am still digesting last week’s excellent post and discussion on offsets and RECs.

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