Keeling Curve

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The project formed as a result of over ten years of working in the business sustainability sector. Consulting for individuals, SME's and corporate companies, discovering that they all needed a faster, simpler and cheaper way to not only reduce their carbon footprint but to also offset it.

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Each forest garden is 1 acre in size. One farmer, or one farming family, cares for each forest garden on their own land. The average forest garden has 2,500 trees. Most of these trees are planted in the first and second year in the parameter of the forest garden (we call this the living fence ). In the third and fourth years, the rest of the trees are strategically planned and placed where it will be most beneficial to the farmer‚ forest garden. Trees and plants take in carbon dioxide (CO2) and use it during photosynthesis to store carbon (C) and release oxygen (O2). In this way, trees are able to store carbon (C) over a long period of time while producing oxygen (O2) for us to breathe. The scientific community talks about this process in terms of carbon‚Äã stored ‚Äãin the tree or ecosystem. Also, our carbon calculators empower our users to discover an annual estimate of what their carbon footprint is, showing ways that they can reduce it.

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