As part of our ongoing commitment to our customers and the planet, we publish reports that update our readers on our sustainability progress each month. In November, we planted over 6,800 trees and funded two more Gold Standard projects.
Over 6,650 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 5,557 trees in three locations.
In Haiti, they are rebuilding mangrove forests along the coastline, as well as planting fruit trees in towns and villages to build up food security and the local economy. In Indonesia, they are planting mangroves on Biak Island and rebuilding shoreline forests severely damaged by clear-cutting, storms, and tsunamis. And in Nepal, they are planting trees in the mountains and the grasslands to help reduce erosion, and also creating a buffer zone around the Chitwan National Park, providing further protection for wildlife.
We also purchased another 1,100 trees as part of our Green Friday sale, as we promised 25 trees for each offer code used during the sale.
Over 150 trees planted for our employees
Each month, we also offset our employees’ carbon footprints by funding tree-planting and sustainability projects through Ecologi as well as adding an extra 100 trees with Eden Reforestation Projects.
This month, Ecologi planted 25 mangroves in their Madagascar project, 10 new trees in their Zambezia project, 9 trees as part of their forest restoration projects in the Mau region of Kenya, 5 trees in Tanzania, a tree in Bolivia and a birch tree in Scotland.
Protecting rainforest in central Brazil
Ecologi also funds Gold Standard Projects for us, and this month, they’re helping to protect over 70,000 hectares of rainforest in the Mato Grosso region of Brazil. As well as protecting rainforests in an area known for deforestation, the project is also helping to benefit the local community of Perseverança Pacutinga.
Creating biogas from methane in India
Ecologi is also helping India build a new methane biogas plant to convert refuse from maize production into methane biogas, which is then used to generate electricity. This refuse would normally just be disposed of in lagoons, letting methane leak out into the atmosphere. By using it instead to create biogas, it reduces India’s dependency on coal to power its national grid.
Through our tree planting and project funding, we have reduced our carbon footprint by another 274 tonnes, making it nearly 6,960 tonnes since we started. This is the equivalent of over 8,800 tonnes of rubbish being recycled instead of going to landfill, over 12,800 metric tonnes of coal not being burned, nearly 10,900,000 litres of petrol not being used, and nearly 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.
