3rd Footprint Downshifting Report

The graphic report.

3^rd Footprint Downshifting Report

Well, at this stage, the dfE's Footprint Downshifting Report doesn't look like we expected when our project begun. During the first three half we had indeed a great reduction on our carbon emissions towards the target of 2 tons/year/person. However, we couldn't actually reach and maintain such level mainly due to non-sailing displacements, which happens when we travelled in land, by air or sail without wind. Sincerely, we are not pleased with our current emissions but this is the true we have to face.

That reality incited our conscience that, even trying hard to avoid flights and unnecessary movements, whenever we travel using transportation based on fossil fuel systems, our emissions will be a way higher than accepted.

Since we have decided that traveling should be an important aspect of our quest towards simple and sustainable life, we now have to face and coop with this reality. One alternative we truly consider is to compensate our emissions when we would eventually settle, somewhere.

Another way to cooperate with our societies is actively participate in education.
For seven weeks we've been sharing knowledge on Ecology, Cultural and
 Natural World Heritage with over 250 young students in China,
in cooperation with UNESCO World Heritage and
CSETC (Chinese Society of Education Training Center)

The compensation shall ensure carbon sequestration in quantities at least equivalent to our overrun emissions. Thus, we are indeed committed to plan and achieve all the necessary counterbalance in our next settlement and, on the top of that, perhaps to offset all our emissions caused by ourselves since our birth. Why not?

Before we settle somewhere, we are volunteering in many different places with the aim of helping sustainable communities to flourish. Here we work in the construction of a green house, for winter food growing and nursery,  in the area of Lasio, Italy

The green house ready! Built with 100% recycled material,

found within the farm premisses.

Some people might now have the question “why so much concern regarding carbon emissions?”

Well, having that question or not, this debate leads to the very next post: “Is climate-change a fallacy”.

Thanks for reading!

Comments, criticism and feedback are always welcome!

DfE team