Have an eco friendly wedding, offset your wedding day carbon emissions and have a more sustainable start to your marriage.
At I Do Drive Thru we are passionate about the environment and are aware we need to do our bit for the climate. We are committed to doing what we can to create a more sustainable future.
When you think about your wedding there are many creative ways to make for a more eco-friendly wedding; online invitations, environmentally friendly confetti, locally sourced produce.. In fact, sustainable wedding ideas are something we’ve spent some time thinking about as do our best to move forward to a healthier planet.
And at I Do Drive Thru in Victoria, we’ve made it one step easier to offset your wedding, by offsetting our own carbon emissions. We have partnered with Greenfleet, using their easily, accessible carbon offset offerings.
The biggest environmental footprint of our business is our cars & the hours of travel we put in to creating magic little elopements across the country! So, we felt it was important to offset the unavoidable carbon emissions these trips create.
What is carbon offsetting?
Offsetting is a way to counteract the emissions that you can’t avoid creating and have no other way to reduce. Any activity can be offset, whether it be driving your car, taking a flight, household consumption, business resources such as paper and printing or your fishing trip out on a boat!
Offsetting emissions isn’t just about mitigating climate change. The process can have other positive impacts on the environment as well.
How does Greenfleet offset my emissions?
Greenfleet offsets our carbon emissions, by planting a range of biodiverse, native trees that will capture emissions in the atmosphere.
These forests don’t just capture carbon, they also increase biodiversity, create habitat for wildlife and restore water and land quality.
In the past 25 years Greenfleet has planted more than 9.6 million native trees in 500 forests across Australia and New Zealand.
The Greenfleet forestry team do extensive research and choose seeds and seedlings from carefully selected local nurseries to ensure they always plant native trees that are endemic to the area they will be planted in.
The areas that are planted are then monitored for the first five years to make sure they grow successfully. After that, the forests are monitored remotely but will be visited after events such as drought or bushfire to check in on their progress.
Greenfleet ensure that all trees planted in their reforestation program are protected for 100 years. This enables them to continue to grow, have a positive impact on the land quality in the area and enables the trees to create homes for native wildlife.
As the trees grow, they also sequester carbon thus protecting them long term also ensures long term, critical climate support.
What can I offset?
Greenfleet, recommend reducing your emissions as best you can in everyday life. This is a critical step, we all need to contribute to, to help our climate!
For those emissions that cannot be avoided, like travel, vehicles, household costs & running a business, work with a carbon offsetting business like Greenfleet to neutralise your impact. Every small step helps!
To find out more jump on over to Greenfleet’s website. The team are so helpful & make offsetting easy, fast & affordable.
The investment to offset a car starts at $25 and goes up to $97.50 per year.
If you would like to offset your wedding, Greenfleet enable you to offset your event over here at only $2 per guest or alternatively pay your $2 per head on our booking page at the checkout.
There are so many different ways we can support the planet and take climate action. Offsetting your emissions is an easy and effective way that each of us can contribute to a more sustainable and greener future.
If you wanna join us, get on board and then tag @idodrivethruweddings on your socials so we can celebrate that we are ALL being apart of the solution together!
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