Itacaré is CO2-neutral! Help us protect paradise!
Besides monitoring and neutralizing the carbon gas produced through our operations, EasyDrop offers you the opportunity to neutralize your own CO2 emissions produced during your trip to through the local program "Carbono Neutro" from the NGO "Mecenas da Vida".
About the CO2 compensation program
About the CO2 compensation program
- Atlantic Rain forest in Itacaré
- Mecenas da Vida
- Exuberant flora
he CO2 emissions produced by EasyDrop are systematically monitored and compensated through re-forestation of the rain forest in the region of Itacaré.
The underlying program is mentored by the NGO "Movimento Mecenas da Vida" (www.mecenasdavida.org.br). They created a "Social Carbon Fund" that is financially supported by local companies that joined the project in order to neutralize their emissions. The monthly contribution is calculated based on garbage production and consumption of electric energy, natural gas, and fuel.
The funds raised by the "Carbon Social Fund" are used in a project with traditional agricultural families in the Itacaré/Serra Grande APA (Environmental Protection Area). Besides technical support, the families also receive a "Conservation Stipend" so they can take care of their forests and produce/plant tree saplings in degraded areas of their properties.
Better yet, the activities of this program not only guarantee that the quantities of carbon sequestered by the growth of planted saplings corresponds to the carbon emission of the participating companies, but guarantees sustainability in the long-run helping the farmers involved to reach economic independence from commercialization of trees cut in the forest (today's main factor of deforestation in the region).
The program aims to transform the Itacaré/Serra Grande Environmental Protection Area into a model destination, where all CO2 emissions are neutralized, while environmental conservation includes social-economic development.
How to compensate your CO2
How to compensate your CO2
- Saplings ready to be planted
If you'd like to get a quote on how much to invest in order to compensate for your CO2 emissions through this program, just click the box under “Delete your carbon footprint” on the online form when submitting your surf course inquiry. We'll pass on your data to "Mecenas da Vida" for calculation of the estimated emission caused by your travel to/from Itacaré, as well as the amount of saplings and labor necessary to compensate for those emissions.
Once you book and pay, your contribution is reverted in full to the "Carbon Social Fund", and as contributor you'll receive a t-shirt that identifies you as a conscious tourist.
