dfE CARBON FOOTPRINT REPORT

This May, we inaugurate a regular carbon footprint report, intended to be updated every 6 months, as part our target emissions monitoring, which is to reduce our consumption to no more than 2 tons of carbon per year per person (CO2 = 2 t / y / p).

The picture below summarizes the report, as follow:

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For this report we tried to use a didactic form of presentation; a pictorial pattern of how our consumption was, how it has being reduced and how it should actually be. However, if someone is interested in details of how to perform the calculations, we are happy to share.

Analyzing our results, we believe that a great progress has being achieved since we began planning our slowdown in consumer spending. It has been reduced from over 30 tons per year, in 2007, to present 3 tons. A reduction of 10 times! However, we have not yet reached our goal of two tons per year. It means we still have 50% reduction ahead.

Nevertheless, we figured out that the reduction achieved so far is mainly resulted from drastic cuts in flights, bars, restaurants, non use of cars, housing sharing, the purchase of local and seasoning food, banning of every packaging possible, acquiring of secondhand clothing only and purchase of strictly needed electric/electronic equipment.

We have also calculated that we haven’t yet achieved our goal due to a high Infinity Diesel consuming in the last months. We’ve been force to use the Diesel propellant when ran out of wind or when approaching land or port. For safety reasons, the vessel shall not sail toward a port, for instance, nor stay drifting closed to land. Also, the Infinity Expeditions have had some scheduled commitments and, occasuonally, have to run the engine to reach to a place while wind isn’t blowing in the right direction.

Due to some of this facts alone, we have generated, in recent months, emissions around 0.95 ton / year / person. Therefore, for the next months we have an optimistic prediction of consuming much less Diesel as we stay in Fiji, without need for as much displacements.

Still, we need to further reduce the consumption of foods and beverages imported, the use of taxis. In the case of beer, we have started brewing in the boat. Our first batch was produced in the last month, and the first bottle should be open this weekend. The type of beer that we chose for this first attempt is Chocolate Mahogany Porter. We have great expectations to experience our first production! If it works, will greatly reduce our demand for this type of industrial product.

Thus, through this Footprint Report, we wish to share with you all our achievements in order to minimize Earth Climate Changes and, if worth, bring peoples awareness about every one’s consumption impacts on this issue.

To improve all this, we are willing to receive any comment, criticism, idea or contribution such as your own related stories!

Our best greetings!

dfE team