A cool job, saving the planet Thursday, 1st November, 2007
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I’ve started working at one of the coolest companies in Australia, Carbon Planet. And that’s official – they’re finalists in the ‘Social Capitalist’ category of the 2007 ‘Cool Company Awards’.
It’s a great place to work, and we’re helping to save the planet at the same time. The Carbon Planet mission is
“to enable every individual and organisation on the planet to eliminate their global warming impact.”
and you can do it straight away by offsetting your own personal emissions by buying carbon credits direct from Carbon Planet.
Within a couple of weeks of starting I was already being asked to lend a hand at various different things, including staging a video-conference via iChat to illustrate how much friendlier to the environment it is than flying to meetings. The photo ended up on the front of the latest newsletter!
So, now all you Europeans can feel better about coming all the way to Australia to visit us!
UPDATE: Carbon Planet has made the finals again for 2008 of the ‘Cool Company Awards’ in the ‘Social Capitalist’ category. And the Carbon Planet schools education program has also just gone live. Check out Operation:Coolenation and become a Planet Saving Super Hero!
Image credit: Lawrence Mullins for Carbon Planet
Wow, that sounds really interesting. Is it for individuals only?
Not at all. In fact – my job is doing audits of other business’s greenhouse gas emissions, so we can recommend ways to reduce their footprint. Anything that’s left they can buy carbon credits to offset to go CO2 free™. All kinds of organisations have done it already – like film festivals, football teams, and software developers.