Why should I offset my carbon footprint?
We all contribute to global warming. Individuals, households and businesses need to take responsibility for their carbon dioxide emissions and make efforts to reduce them whenever possible. Purchasing carbon offsets reduces your global warming contribution and also funds verifiable environmental and renewable energy projects.
Why should I trust ZeroHero?
ZeroHero is part of BlueStar Energy - the fastest-growing energy supplier in the nation. BlueStar has been providing electric supply, green power and energy efficiency services to business and residential customers since 2002. We practice corporate stewardship daily and truly believe that we can make the works - and our environment - a better place.
Where does my money actually go?
ZeroHero offsets are purchased on the Chicago Climate Exchange, where funds are used to support verifiable renewable energy projects as well as agricultural, forestry and carbon management/destruction projects. Independent verification guarantees transparency and integrity, so you know that you truly are making a difference.
What is Climate Change?
Climate change refers to any significant change in measures of climate (such as temperature, precipitation, or wind) lasting for an extended period (decades or longer).
What is Global Warming?
Global warming is an average increase in the temperature of the atmosphere near the Earth's surface and in the troposphere, which can contribute to changes in global climate patterns. In common usage, "global warming" often refers to the warming that can occur as a result of increased emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities.
What is Greenhouse Gas (GHG)?
Any gas that absorbs infrared radiation in the atmosphere. Greenhouse gases include, but are not limited to, water vapor, carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), ozone (O3 ), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6).
What is Methane?
A hydrocarbon that is a greenhouse gas with a global warming potential most recently estimated at 23 times that of carbon dioxide (CO2). Methane is produced through anaerobic (without oxygen) decomposition of waste in landfills, animal digestion, decomposition of animal wastes, production and distribution of natural gas and petroleum, coal production, and incomplete fossil fuel combustion.
What is Ozone?
Ozone, the triatomic form of oxygen (O3), is a gaseous atmospheric constituent. In the troposphere, it is created both naturally and by photochemical reactions involving gases resulting from human activities (photochemical smog). In high concentrations, tropospheric ozone can be harmful to a wide range of living organisms. Tropospheric ozone acts as a greenhouse gas. In the stratosphere, ozone is created by the interaction between solar ultraviolet radiation and molecular oxygen (O2). Stratospheric ozone plays a decisive role in the stratospheric radiative balance. Depletion of stratospheric ozone, due to chemical reactions that may be enhanced by climate change, results in an increased ground-level flux of ultraviolet (UV-) B radiation.
