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Climeworks

Climeworks

Climeworks develops and operates Direct Air Capture (DAC) plants to remove CO₂ from the atmosphere on a gigaton scale by 2050. It runs the world’s two largest operational Direct Air...

Climeworks

Climeworks develops and operates Direct Air Capture (DAC) plants to remove CO₂ from the atmosphere on a gigaton scale by 2050. It runs the world’s two largest operational Direct Air Capture plants in Iceland, powered exclusively by renewable energy. By partnering with storage specialists such as Carbfix, Climeworks ensures the permanent removal of captured CO₂ safely stored underground for thousands of years. Its carbon removal via Direct Air Capture is verified and certified by independent third parties DNV and Puro.earth, ensuring utmost transparency and trust.

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Planboo

Planboo

Planboo specializes in biochar carbon removal across the tropics, combining innovative technology with ancient agriculture to achieve simple, honest carbon removal. Their platform provides farmers and landowners with essential tools,...

Planboo

Planboo specializes in biochar carbon removal across the tropics, combining innovative technology with ancient agriculture to achieve simple, honest carbon removal. Their platform provides farmers and landowners with essential tools, technology, and training to turn waste biomass into high quality biochar. Through their growing network of projects, Planboo is not only scaling carbon removal but also promotes soil restoration and equitable distribution of carbon finance where it’s most needed.

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Seaweed Generation Seaweed Sinking

SeaGen

SeaGen's mission is to mitigate and remove carbon emissions using seaweed. They believe that the wonders of seaweed can be coupled with technology for ocean rehabilitation of biodiversity, removal of pollution,...

SeaGen

SeaGen's mission is to mitigate and remove carbon emissions using seaweed. They believe that the wonders of seaweed can be coupled with technology for ocean rehabilitation of biodiversity, removal of pollution, and deacidification, that will also create a fantastic base biomass for food, fertilizer, plastics, fuel, carbon removal, and much much more.

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Charm Industrial

Charm Industrial

Charm Industrial is a group of smart, integrity-rich Bay Area engineers, on a mission to get atmospheric carbon concentrations down to 280 ppm (pre industrial levels). If you’ve ever looked...

Charm Industrial

Charm Industrial is a group of smart, integrity-rich Bay Area engineers, on a mission to get atmospheric carbon concentrations down to 280 ppm (pre industrial levels). If you’ve ever looked at the stars and said “what if I could just put the oil back in the ground?” Well, now you can. They create injectable bio-oil from waste products and store it safely underground.

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CarbonCure Concrete Mineralization

CarbonCure

Carbon XPRIZE Grand Prize Winner CarbonCure is a Canadian-based company focused on mineralizing captured CO₂ in concrete. With more than 650 systems sold across the global concrete industry and a...

CarbonCure

Carbon XPRIZE Grand Prize Winner CarbonCure is a Canadian-based company focused on mineralizing captured CO₂ in concrete. With more than 650 systems sold across the global concrete industry and a methodology verified by Verra, CarbonCure’s technologies currently save from the atmosphere thousands of metric tons of CO₂ each month – with significant growth and impact, year-over-year. Did you know the concrete you build your home with can be part of solving climate change?

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CarbonBuilt

CarbonBuilt

CarbonBuilt's Carbon XPRIZE-winning technology reduces concrete’s embodied carbon by 70% to over 100% — enabling immediate impact in thousands of existing plants without compromising price, performance, or operations. First, they...

CarbonBuilt

CarbonBuilt's Carbon XPRIZE-winning technology reduces concrete’s embodied carbon by 70% to over 100% — enabling immediate impact in thousands of existing plants without compromising price, performance, or operations. First, they remove carbon-intensive cement from the mix and replace it with local industrial waste materials. Then they trap atmospheric CO₂ inside the blocks while curing.

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Patch

Patch

Patch is the platform that powers climate action. With an API and a marketplace that enables companies to seamlessly purchase as little as a gram to thousands of tonnes of carbon...

Patch

Patch is the platform that powers climate action. With an API and a marketplace that enables companies to seamlessly purchase as little as a gram to thousands of tonnes of carbon removal from reputable and trusted carbon removal projects, Patch enables people and business to take action against climate change.

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What are the best carbon offset programs?

We know that the majority of carbon offset programs
aren't doing anything to reverse climate change.

That's why we focus on the 3% that are making an impact
in the form of pure carbon dioxide removal.

In 2022, only 3% of projects resulted in pure carbon removal.

What are the best carbon offset programs?

Let's address the seven tonne elephant in the room: most carbon credits, which are used to counteract or "offset" carbon emissions, don't actually offset anything. Traditional carbon offsets such as renewable energy credits (RECs), energy efficiency offsets, and REDD+ offsets focus on avoiding new emissions rather than removing existing ones.

So how can the casual buyer know what the best carbon offset programs are? Here are some key criteria we look for when vetting new partners:

Gift CO₂ Removal today:

When first looking at the many collections we have here at Thanks a Ton, you might be thinking, in what ways do these gifts for sustainability actually translate into actions to save the planet?  And how do they help improve the current global climate situation? These are not just the best eco-friendly gift ideas because they look amazing; these cards actually depict the methods that are being used to remove the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. There are, in fact, many different CO₂ removal methods that can positively improve our climate. The cards in this collection show many of the solutions being utilized to stop global warming.

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