Great idea.
Solarcoin is a nice suggestion.
Or perhaps GRC can follow the same way as NANO does for off setting their CO2 footprint.
Here's the link: https://isnanogreenyet.com/
They work with https://reforestum.com/
I don't posses any nano but it came up when researching low emmision currencies.
RE: Multi-Currency Economy and Gridcoin as the World's Largest, Decentralized, Green-Energy Powered Supercomputer