As part of our ongoing commitment to the planet and our customers, we publish a report every month to update our readers on our sustainability progress. In December, we planted over 5,600 trees and funded two Gold Standard projects.
Over 5,600 trees planted for our customers
For each web hosting, Managed WordPress, and VPS package our customers hold, we plant trees through Eden Reforestation Projects. This month, we planted 5,577 trees in three locations.
In Haiti, they plant fruit trees to help build up food security and the local economy, as well as rebuilding mangrove forests along the coastline. In Indonesia, they are planting mangroves to rebuild shoreline forests damaged by clear-cutting and storms. In Nepal, they are creating a buffer zone around the Chitwan National Park to provide further protection for wildlife as well as planting trees in both the mountains and grasslands to help reduce erosion.
Over 50 trees planted for our employees
Each month, we also offset our employees’ carbon footprints by funding tree-planting and sustainability projects through Ecologi.
This month, Ecologi planted 21 mangroves in their second Madagascan project, and 10 trees in Kenya across their projects protecting the Kakamega rainforest, restoring the Dundori forest, and helping the people in the Mau region. They also planted nine more trees in the Iringa region of Tanzania, two trees to help restore the Andean forest in Bolivia, a mangrove in Irregele Milato, Mozambique, and a downy birch in Scotland. Ecologi also brought in two new countries — planting a tree to help restore land in Tambacounda, Senegal and planting six trees in the Gewocha Forest of Ethiopia.
Helping Brazil use landfill methane to generate electricity
Ecologi is also helping Brazil to collect methane gas from two landfills and use it to generate electricity for the area. The Uberlândia Landfill I and II projects will collect methane gas from one landfill that has been full since 2010 and another landfill that is currently in use, and use it to power turbines that will generate electricity for the area. This will cut down on the fossil fuels used to power the area, as well as provide jobs in the area.
Restoring peatland in Borneo, Indonesia
We also helped fund the Katingan Restoration and Conservation Project in Borneo, Indonesia. Located in the Katingan and Kotawaringin Timur districts, this project sets out to protect and restore nearly 150,000 hectares of peatland. Along with fire management and peatland rewetting, they are also monitoring to stop illegal logging and protecting critically endangered wildlife, including Bornean orangutans.
Through our tree planting and project funding, we have reduced our carbon footprint by another 227 tonnes, making it over 7,180 tonnes since we started. This is the equivalent of over 9,100 tonnes of rubbish being recycled instead of going to landfill, over 13,200 metric tonnes of coal not being burned, over 11,220,000 litres of petrol not being used, and over 21 kilometres squared of sea ice being saved.
We’ll keep you updated every month with our latest statistics on our blog and on our Green Credentials page. We hope you’re happy to see the work we’ve done.
