Making our 2025 retreat more climate friendly
We’ve taken measured and meaningful climate action through Offset Climate Certified™ for events, making our experience together better for people and our planet
Partnering with Offset Alliance
We collaborated with Offset Alliance to measure the most relevant carbon footprint caused by our retreat, and offset 150% of this measurement through Offset Alliance’s portfolio of global carbon reduction projects.
Land travel
Emissions from attendees driving to the retreat, and airport transfers to the hotel property. Did you know? Each gallon of gasoline bought and burned adds about 25 pounds of CO2 to our atmosphere? DEFRA
Hotel use & food
Nightly reserved rooms for attendees, retreat venue space, and food & beverage supplied throughout the retreat. Did you know? Across the U.S. the average nightly hotel stay adds about 70 pounds of CO2 to our atmosphere? HCMI
Air travel
Flights taken by attendees to get here. Did you know? This is typically the biggest source of emissions for travelers–each seat on a r/t flight from NYC to LAX adds about 2,350 pounds of CO2 to our atmosphere. ICAO
To put this in perspective, it would take 777 trees TEN YEARS to draw down this much CO2 (US EPA). Calculations represented in metric tonnes (mT) of CO2, and based on published emission factors from US EPA, UK DEFRA, EIA, UN ICAO and HCMI.
How verified carbon offsets help lower global CO2 emissions
Projects around the world are being privately funded to lower CO2 levels in our atmosphere–like rebuilding forests, conserving wild lands and installing renewable energy to replace the burning of fossil fuels. When a project is developed to, and verified against rigorous, publicly available standards–it can generate and sell verified carbon offsets to fund ongoing operations and to help ensure the project’s continued success. When you purchase verified carbon offsets, you financially support the reduction of CO2 emissions at scale .
See a visual.
Where we made verified CO2 reductions to offset our retreat’s carbon footprint
FLORIDA
The Ascend Performance Phlogiston project uses proprietary technology to enhance voluntary and verified control of super pollutant N2O (nitrous oxide) emissions in Florida.
Why it’s important: N2O is a byproduct of manufacturing things like first responder uniforms and airbags for cars, and has a global warming potential 265X higher than carbon dioxide.
Standard: Climate Action Reserve UN SDGs: 9, 12, 13
COLORADO
SPLT is an accredited land trust leveraging carbon finance to acquire and preserve shortgrass prairie ecosystems in Colorado.
Why it’s important: avoids land conversion to agriculture / commercial development and provides refuge for native wildlife including the swift fox, ferruginous hawk, burrowing owl, and mountain plover.
Standard: Climate Action Reserve UN SDGs: 13, 15
COLOMBIA
Escuela de Minas is a run-of-river hydroelectric plant lowering the carbon intensity of increasing electricity production in southern Marinilla, Colombia.
Why it’s important: avoids the addition of fossil fuel intensive energy production, and increases the share of renewables as energy demand rises due to economic growth in the region.
Standard: Verra UN SDGs: 4, 7, 8, 13
The following 2025 retreat attendees helped us track our event emissions, by reporting their travel activities in order for a relevant CO2 measurement to be completed. Thank you!
12 Point Five | Ana Melikian | Artful Pathways | Athena Advisory Collective | B Corp US Canada | Being and Living | Beneficial State Bank | Beyond Inclusion Group | Blackbird Benefits Collective | Clear Blue Commercial | CultureWonk | Dixon Consulting | Djimi Djama | Falling Colors | Firefly Partners | GadellNet | Gathering Elan | Giv Local | Habitus Incorporated | Her Many Voices | Integrated Work | Judy Schenk Coaching | Mangrove Web | Marea Alta | Motivf | Open Lines | Rising Financial | Scream Agency | Sea Change | The Alliance For Collective Action | Thinkshift Communications | Three Beats Consulting | Trois Noix Wine | Two Octobers | Wild Path Consulting
