Individuals and Families

Everyone can make a difference

We urgently need to reduce global carbon emissions to help stop damaging climate change. There are too many excuses to sit back and leave it up to someone else. People want to do something but do not know what to do. Now through Climakind everyone can make a difference.

By participating in Climakind you reduce the supply of carbon emissions credits. It's simple, by being Climakind you removing the rights of industry to emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The carbon emissions represented by the credits you cancel will never occur.

Climakind empowers you to help stop damaging climate change. Your efforts encourage investment in low-carbon solutions - the only way to a sustainable future. Joining is simple and affordable (price table).

Reasons to be Climakind

It is all about doing the right thing.  Everyone needs to help make deep cuts in global carbon emissions to avoid the consequences of damaging climate change.  The longer we wait the worse the consequences. As Bill McKibben said at the Sydney Writer's Festival, when it comes to global warming there are 'different layers of hell', a two Degree rise in global average temperatures will be bad, a three degree rise will be much worse.

A big difference between reducing carbon emission credits with Climakind are the features of the member lounge. You are recognised today for helping save the future as we know it.  As well as receiving a Climakind Cancelled Carbon Emissions Certificate, you can use the member lounge to make and monitor multiple purchases of carbon credits over time to account for your carbon emissions from activities such as driving, flying, burning gas or using electricity. 

What makes a tonne of carbon emissions?

To help you understand how your everyday activities add to the changing climate we have created a table showing what makes a tonne of carbon emissions.

Each of these activities results in 1 tonne of carbon emissions on average.

• Travelling in a plane for 5000 kms / 3100 miles (about 3.5 return trips Sydney/Melbourne; 3 return trips New York/Chicago; 11 trips London/Paris)*
• Driving a car with petrol/[US gas] about 4100 kms / 2500 miles
• Using a clothes dryer for 15 hours
• Turning on 10 light globes (100 Watts) for 68 days
• Using a window air conditioner for 75 days
• Staying 34 nights in a hotel

* for more detail on the carbon emissions from flying visit Travel Math

A simple yet powerful way to act now

We created fixed levels of participation because we believe action is more important than the accurate calculation of an individual's annual emissions.  However, it is still critical to first reduce carbon emissions by using our tips on being EmissionsAware™.

Climakind Gold approximates one year of carbon emissions

Climakind provides three levels of participation to easily identify and recognise your efforts to reduce carbon emissions - Bronze, the entry level, Silver and Gold.

Climakind participation levels are based on an approximation of household controllable carbon emissions. A Climakind Gold Membership approximates your annual carbon footprint.

The following table indicates the minimum tonnes of carbon emissions credits to cancel for each level.  For more information on calculating the minimum tonnes per level see "What are the Climakind levels" in the FAQ.