Wipe out your climate impact - #OceanPositive

Make your next trip #OceanPositive by wiping out the climate impact of your round-trip flight.

Take this #OceanPositive action and we'll plant mangrove trees on Biak Island, Indonesia and protect a REDD+, VCS and CCBA certified, "ridge to reef" watershed project in the Southern Cardamom Mountains, Cambodia.

• Sequesters carbon dioxide
• Creates tree planting and management jobs for the village of Korem on Biak Island and forest protection and eco-tourism jobs for people living in the Southern Cardamom forest.
• Protects biodiversity and threatened species such as dugongs (sea cows) and Irrawaddy dolphins

How much climate impact did your flight create?:

• Short-haul flight (< 3 hours = 1 ton CO2)
• Medium-haul flight (< 6 hours = 2 tons CO2)
• Long-haul trips flight (< 12 hours = 4 tons CO2)
• Ultra long-haul flight (18+ hours = 6 tons CO2)

Flight times listed as 1-way travel time.  CO2 footprint counted as a round-trip.

Uses latest CO2 emission factors according to DEFRA-2018, and a radiative forcing factor of 2.0 according to Jungbluth & Meili 2018. "What the heck is radiative forcing?"

Tax Deductible: Wiping out your impact is tax deductible in the USA. Keep your receipt!

Is this a gift? Use our Gift Card Impact Wipeout certificate.

Make your year #OceanPositive by wiping out the climate impact (carbon footprint and more) of your lifestyle.

The estimated carbon footprint is based on the annual per-capita footprint of each country (compiled by the International Energy Agency). 

Instead of using an overly complex carbon calculator, we use the average footprint of your country/region as the best representation of your climate impact. This method is a more realistic estimate of your climate impact, because it also includes indirect energy consumption of infrastructure and services.

If you feel that your personal footprint is significantly higher than average, then please use a reputable carbon calculator, such as this one from the United Nations, and then buy SeaTrees Tokens to wipe out the specific number of tons that you require. 

Tax Deductible: Wiping out your impact is tax deductible in the USA. Keep your receipt!

Tax Deductible: Wiping out your impact is tax deductible in the USA. Keep your receipt!

Wipe out the climate impact (carbon footprint and more) of up to five of your beloved wave riding sleds (aka surfboards, SUPs, Kite-boards, etc). 

In 2017 Sustainable Surf worked with lifecycle assessment experts, Pure Strategies, to calculate the carbon footprint of surfboards made from several different materials. The results of that lifecycle study inform the number of trees being planted to make your quiver #OceanPositive. 

We will plant seven mangrove trees on Biak Island when you buy this product.

Read more about that study and why your next board should be an ECOBOARD right here.

Thank you for wiping out your impacts!

Is this a gift? Use our Gift Card Tree Planting certificate.

With your support - we work with local communities on Biak Island, Indonesia to plant mangrove SeaTrees to restore coastal ecosystems.

Every mangrove you help to plant:

• Provides sustainable employment for two villages on Biak Island, Indonesia
• Helps to protect Biak Island from storm-surges and sea-level rise
• Creates critical habitat for threatened species
• Sequesters carbon in one of the most efficient ways possible. In fact, mangrove forests are 5x more effective at storing carbon than tropical forests.

Tax Deductible: Planting SeaTrees is tax-deductible in the USA. Keep your receipt.