Re: [talk-au] GHG mitigation and FOSS4G SotM Oceania
hey folks waking this conversation up again - there’s some interest from Parks Victoria around applying funding from a GHG offset scheme to restore yellow box woodland - which is direct, local and observable. I started making some calculations here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DGcpUCO6pHhKutoCh8qh1FcIrnXjyYQ_kOEIf5nCnGw/edit?usp=sharing …using the ICAO flight emissions calculator. So far we’re up to about 48t CO2 based on my assumptions around who comes from where - and no additions from south pacific islands yet. If you have any input on those numbers please add comments. Next step is to work more on how much money is appropriate for a programme to sequester 48t of CO2 based on existing offset programmes. Then, have a chat with Parks Victoria around how far that amount goes. I’ll add those estimates in the same sheet. Regards Adam ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] GHG mitigation and FOSS4G SotM Oceania
Hi, while I won't be attending I wanted to say that this is a great initiative. Thanks for initiating it. On 17 June 2019 7:13:31 pm AEST, adam steer wrote: >Hi folks > >Following from an earlier discussion [1] on osgeo-oceania about >offsetting >emissions which are incurred by getting to FOSS4G SotM Oceania, there’s >been a long chat in the Maptime Australia slack channel about creating >a >low-carbon conference. > >This has also been raised as an issue for the global FOSS4G [2]. > >The upshot of the conversation is that we’re looking at ways to >mitigate >our impact on the planet using something other than throwing money at >offsetters [3]. > >With that in mind, I’ve sent enquiries to Bush Heritage Australia [4] >and >the NZ Native Forest Regeneration Trust [5] about donating an amount to >work toward landscape-scale forest and biodiversity restoration - since >buying acres of maybe-never-planted monoculture is really not a >solution >(see [3]). > >The idea is that the conference uses some of its budget (amount TBA) to >‘offset’ the event. Since the event is in NZ, the main carbon source is >air >travel - so I’ll do some modelling work to estimate travel GHG >emissions, >based initially on 2018 attendees and refining as we go. > >If you have any useful tools to hand for that task to hand, I’d >appreciate >hearing about them (or better! collaboration!). John Bryant already >suggested this one: >https://www.icao.int/environmental-protection/CarbonOffset/Pages/default.aspx > >If you know any other ‘boots on ground’ organisations we should >consider, >also please let us know. > >Regards > >Adam > >[1] >https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/foss4g-oceania/2019-April/001348.html >[2] >https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2019-June/005222.html >(end >of a discussion) >[3] >https://features.propublica.org/brazil-carbon-offsets/inconvenient-truth-carbon-credits-dont-work-deforestation-redd-acre-cambodia/#162201 >[4] https://www.bushheritage.org.au >[5] https://www.nfrt.org.nz > > >-- >Dr. Adam Steer >http://spatialised.net >https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adam_Steer >http://au.linkedin.com/in/adamsteer >http://orcid.org/-0003-0046-7236 >+61 427 091 712 :: @adamdsteer > >Suits are bad for business: >http://www.spatialised.net/business-penguins/ ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] GHG mitigation and FOSS4G SotM Oceania
The upshot of the conversation is that we?re looking at ways to mitigate our impact on the planet using something other than throwing money at offsetters Hi I made contact with Parks Victoria (Australia). They are not in the business of providing carbon offsets but they would consider accepting money in return for agreeing to revegetate an area of land, resulting in carbon sequestration. The revegetation species mix would be carefully chosen to restore biodiverse bushland. Contact me if you want to follow this idea up. Tony ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
Re: [talk-au] GHG mitigation and FOSS4G SotM Oceania
On Mon, 17 Jun 2019 at 19:17, adam steer wrote: > Hi folks > > Following from an earlier discussion [1] on osgeo-oceania about offsetting > emissions which are incurred by getting to FOSS4G SotM Oceania, there’s > been a long chat in the Maptime Australia slack channel about creating a > low-carbon conference. > > This has also been raised as an issue for the global FOSS4G [2]. > > The upshot of the conversation is that we’re looking at ways to mitigate > our impact on the planet using something other than throwing money at > offsetters [3]. > > With that in mind, I’ve sent enquiries to Bush Heritage Australia [4] and > the NZ Native Forest Regeneration Trust [5] about donating an amount to > work toward landscape-scale forest and biodiversity restoration - since > buying acres of maybe-never-planted monoculture is really not a solution > (see [3]). > > The idea is that the conference uses some of its budget (amount TBA) to > ‘offset’ the event. Since the event is in NZ, the main carbon source is air > travel - so I’ll do some modelling work to estimate travel GHG emissions, > based initially on 2018 attendees and refining as we go. > > If you have any useful tools to hand for that task to hand, I’d appreciate > hearing about them (or better! collaboration!). John Bryant already > suggested this one: > https://www.icao.int/environmental-protection/CarbonOffset/Pages/default.aspx > > If you know any other ‘boots on ground’ organisations we should consider, > also please let us know. > G'day Adam By sheer coincidence, I just got this through from a caravan parts supplier! https://www.caravansplus.com.au/guides/carbon-neutral-shipping-a-111.html?c=115431 Which linked to: https://cncf.com.au/our-work/current-projects/ & https://cncf.com.au/carbon-calculator/#air-travel If the figures don't come through, it showed "average" cabin class, for a medium haul return flight eg Sydney - Perth or 6554k return (which would probably cover most of Oceania to NZ?) = 1.17t of CO2! So, there's some figures & info for you to work with. Thanks Graeme ___ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
