WHAT DOES ORIGINAL TRAVEL DO TO COUNTER THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF AIR TRAVEL ON THE ENVIRONMENT?
Air travel is a major source of atmospheric pollution. Carbon dioxide emissions from aircraft are one of the fastest growing contributors to rising levels of the greenhouse gases which cause global warming. Aircraft emissions cause particular damage because they are pumped directly into the upper atmosphere where they have nearly three times the environmental impact of equivalent emissions released at ground level. As passenger numbers around the world increase rapidly from year to year, so too does the environmental impact of aviation. Original Travel is committed to reducing this negative impact as much as possible. We have teamed up with Climate Care to help our clients offset the environmental cost of their trips. Original Travel clients will be offered the choice of paying a small surcharge in order to offset the CO2 emissions of their air travel. (We have worked out the ‘climate cost’ of each of our destinations – long haul obviously costs more than short haul). The money raised
Air travel is a major source of atmospheric pollution. Original Travel is committed to reducing this negative impact as much as possible. We have teamed up with Climate Care to help our clients offset the environmental cost of their trips. Original Travel clients will be offered the choice of paying a small surcharge in order to offset the CO2 emissions of their air travel. (We have worked out the ‘climate cost’ of each of our destinations – long haul obviously costs more than short haul). The money raised is then passed to Climate Care, which works as a repair service for the climate – it runs a variety of projects that reduce the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, thus making your trip ‘climate neutral’. The charge will be on an ‘opt-out’ basis, i.e. the Climate Care surcharge will appear on your invoice, but you have the option not to pay – rather like the service charge in a restaurant. We are delighted to say that since we introduced the scheme in 2006 only three clients have asked
