Your stay in one of our Cotswold holiday cottages, in the protected landscape of the Cotswolds AONB has a carbon footprint – the quantity of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other climate changing greenhouse gases which are emitted in the burning of fossil fuels for electricity, heating and other activities.
You can reduce the footprint of your stay by simply turning off lights and appliances when not in use, fill the kettle with only as much water as you need and by turning off heating when you are not in the room or cottage.
In conjunction with Carbon Footprint, our guests have the opportunity to carbon offset their stay with us by purchasing carbon offsets that support Verified Carbon Standard projects (VCS aims to be the global bench mark standard for project based voluntary emission reductions).
Our guests have the choice of: ‘Pledge a Tree’ in the West Midlands area through a UK Tree Planting Scheme (in conjunction with ‘Tree Appeal’), or reforestation projects in the Great Rift Valley, Kenya.
UK Tree Planting Project
Planting trees is a great way to offset your carbon footprint and become carbon neutral. Through photosynthesis trees absorb carbon dioxide to produce oxygen and wood. By helping to plant a UK tree our guests are helping to:
- offset carbon dioxide emissions
- provide valuable wildlife habitats
- plant native broad-leaved trees
- enhance the natural UK landscape.
Pledge a Tree in the Great Rift Valley, Kenya
The reforestation activities in the Great Rift Valley are being lead by a small community based project team called Escarpment Environment Conservation Network. All trees that are planted are native to the Great Rift Valley and will be carefully planted and managed so as to live their natural lifespan and meet their biodiversity targets. Each tree planted helps:
- disadvantaged communities
- reduce poverty
- create a brighter future for orphans and people living with HIV/AIDS
- provide habitats for wildlife
- offset carbon emissions
If you have any questions or would like further information about carbon offsetting your stay with Broadway Manor Cottages please do not hesitate to contact us. Details of our Cotswold holiday cottages can be found on our website at www.broadwaymanor.co.uk.