Whether we like it or not, our everyday activities are causing carbon emissions, and in turn, contributing to global warming. Everything from ordering a cup of coffee or cooking a meal to driving a car or taking a train journey. They all have an impact. But if we’re causing the problem together, maybe we can also solve it together… Introducing LivingOffset.
What is LivingOffset?
LivingOffset could be described as a global marketplace solution that enables people to offset all of the small actions that contribute to their carbon footprint. Or you could call LivingOffset the start of a movement, the trigger for change; what happens when we hear the world’s wake-up call, and can no longer ignore it.
We have developed a simple to use mobile app, built on blockchain technology that enables people to understand the impact their everyday actions cause to their own carbon footprint and gives them the opportunity to offset it — at an affordable cost. We have harnessed the power of collaboration to help solve the global issue of temperature increases.
Why now?
The environmental clock is ticking. We’re at a crucial point in time. And we know it. What we, as the world’s inhabitants and its caretakers, do or don’t do to halt climate change right now will have widespread impact how we live and on future generations.
A lesson for all of us
We have a simple message for the world: small changes to our habits can bring big changes. Positive changes. Education is a huge part of the solution. The more people know about the damage their lifestyles are causing, the more they are likely to change them. By making the climate-conscious aware that they can effectively offset their carbon usage against greenhouse gas reduction programmes, and proving that it works, we can encourage them to shift their concern up a gear — turning those who are passive into enthusiasts, who will spread the word.
Why choose LivingOffset?
We are on a mission to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by encouraging the world to move away from fossil fuels to renewable sources. To do so, we are creating a forum where greenhouse gas reducing actions can be commercialised — by everyone.
A large portion of the LivingOffset revenue is set aside to fund or part-fund greenhouse gas reduction projects. Contributors will see exactly where their money is going, with all transactions recorded through blockchain.
So, for the first time ever, offsetting has real power. As well as contributing to greenhouse gas reduction in your own community, LivingOffset will support several of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Participating in LivingOffset at any level is an investment in humanity.
It’s up to you
Not surprisingly, there’s growing disquiet amongst those who are looking to governments to take meaningful action. Around the world, however, bureaucrats appear to be dragging their heels, ignoring what’s right in front of them, turning a blind eye to the greatest environmental crisis our planet has ever faced. Their lip service and catchy soundbites solve nothing. Being well-meaning is no longer enough.
LivingOffset is giving power to people who want to make things happen, with an easy-to-use mobile app, the support of businesses and verifiable blockchain-based transactions.
Okay, so how does it work?
From a consumer point of view there are two ways to participate. Firstly, there’s the LivingOffset mobile app.
It’s free to download and easy to use. The app will allow users to log each of their actions (such as buying a coffee or taking a shower) and to offset the carbon these activities create with a small voluntary contribution to an approved carbon-reduction project. When we say a small contribution, we really do mean small. For example, the suggested contribution when you purchase a take away coffee is just 5c.
Secondly, when shopping online, and you get to the checkout page, you may notice a LivingOffset button. The idea of this is to prompt you to make a carbon offsetting contribution, and to facilitate you doing so.
And there’s more…
Whether it’s through the app or the shopping website button, your monetary contribution is matched cent for cent by a company as part of its CSR programme. So your 5c contribution immediately becomes 10c, your 20c becomes 40c, effectively doubling the impact of your action. Not bad for a couple of taps on your phone or computer!
CSR Potential
Around the globe, companies of all sizes, from SMEs to multi-nationals, struggle to meet their commitments to Corporate Social Responsibility. LivingOffset can help.
In fact, as it is a ready-made and easy to apply solution, LivingOffset is just what they’ve been crying out for.
As well as doing the right thing, it’s more important than ever before for companies to be seen to be doing it; to show societal purpose; their willingness to participate and to be part of the collaborative effort.
Additionally, LivingOffset gives these companies real reasons to engage with customers and to present themselves in a positive light. As it becomes higher profile, there’s an opportunity for LivingOffset to be the go-to for provider of
CSR worldwide.
With LivingOffset, trust is built-in.
We’ve all been burned. We’ve witnessed the shameful ‘green-washing’. We’ve been peddled phony dreams.
We’ve invested in false hope. We’re perfectly entitled to be cynical and questioning. So what’s different about LivingOffset? And why should we trust it?
The answer is blockchain. Using blockchain technology guarantees that LivingOffset is trustworthy, immutable and transparent. Every transaction is permanently recorded, with every cent accounted for. You, and the world, will know exactly where contributions are going, and how much carbon is being offset by your own efforts and by all LivingOffset participants. Our collective efforts will be measured and recorded like never before; the truth of what we achieve together will be apparent.
The World Has Been Waiting
LivingOffset is uniquely positioned to manage all aspects of carbon that is offset in exchange for human activity, including the synchronisation of wallet functionality, updating participants’ balances, recording of transactions onto the distributed ledger providing the essential infrastructure and information for this socially responsible new economy.
The ability to offset their carbon footprint is the call to action that so many environmentally-concerned people have been waiting for. It will rapidly become a global movement, galvanising millions of similarly-minded people to affect real change and to reduce the rate of global warming. It will be welcomed by all who feel disempowered by passive government and a renewable energy agenda that is constantly suppressed.
A good investment.
An investment for good.
Living Offset represents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the environment — and for investors. The stakes are high. There has never been so much on the line — the planet, life as we know it, a future for mankind… Sure, you can put your money into gold or oil or airline shares.
But what will those investments truly yield? Alternatively, you can choose to be part of something of real significance; something with the power to halt the damage caused by carbon emissions; that will change the world for good.