ISPS-US realizes that travel to our annual conference makes up the bulk of the conference carbon footprint. To reduce emissions, we are asking conference attendees to consider personal measures to reduce emissions or purchase carbon offsets for their travel to Pittsburgh, PA.
Some ideas for personal action can be found at
https://sustainabletravel.org/travel-better/.
To purchase offsets, please use the calculator here
https://sustainabletravel.org/our-work/carbon-offsets/calculate-footprint/ to calculate your travel emissions.
The organization ISPS-US selected to donate the offsets is Carbon180. Carbon180 is a nonprofit, nonpartisan environmental organization advocating for carbon dioxide removal solutions, including direct air capture, forest carbon removal and agricultural soil carbon. Carbon180 engages with lawmakers, academic and science-based institutions, and businesses to fund and deploy carbon removal technologies and methods. You can donate at
https://carbon180.org/donate