We've been trying to do things to reduce our impact on the environment. Andrew (crazy guy from Virginia...in the States, but probably also the Free State) was tasked with researching carbon footprints sent us an email with some helpful information:

The term 'carbon offset' is used to describe the various actions we can take to counteract the CO2 pollution we create in daily life. Producing all that CO2 does things like rip  holes in the ozone layer - that special atmospheric blanket which filters UV radiation. And radiation as you know cooks our DNA for breakfast and shits terminal cancer everywhere it goes.

SO. please think about what you can do to offset this environmental damage. In trying to average a seemingly endless supply of online websites, it looks something like this: americans (sorry jode canadians are worse) produce about 12,000 kgs of CO2 a year. A return flight from washington DC to joburg produces about 3000 kgs. per passenger. yowser.

Here's the links:

Carbon offsets Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_offsets

Options to offset: http://www.carbonfootprint.com

Going carbon neutral (co2 credits):

http://www.pe-international.com/index.php?id=6085
http://www.liveneutral.org/co2_reduction_tips