What is a Carbon Offset trip? What has been assessed and offset?
A Carbon Offset trip means that the assessed emissions for each of these trips have been offset through the purchase of carbon credits representing reductions in greenhouse gases of an equivalent volume. If a Carbon Offset Trip emits 1.3 kg of CO2 per passenger per trip, Intrepid purchases and surrenders 1.3 kg worth of carbon credits. Of course, with so many components potentially emitting greenhouse gases throughout the course of one trip, we had to define a boundary determining what we would assess and subsequently offset. Given the experience with and expert knowledge about the precise activities, locations and transport modes of these trips, we asked our trip leaders to provide us with detailed information regarding the emissions activities of each trip describing the types of accommodation we stayed in, the distances and modes of travel and any other possible carbon-producing activities Intrepid operates as part of the trip. We then sent this data to an independent assessor to de
