Climate with Intention
CO₂ Footprint & Climate Responsibility
Climate with Intention
🌍 CO₂ Footprint & Climate Responsibility
Hosting an international gathering is a beautiful thing. It brings people together across borders, culture and language, but it also carries an environmental footprint.
We believe in taking responsibility for a rather big part of the emissions our event generates — not as a badge of moral purity, but as a simple, measurable act of care.
Our calculation
None of us are experts in calculating an estimated carbon impact of the event. So we have used ChatGPT as a start, and asked for assistance at EcoTree (ecotree.green) where we buy trees to compensate on emissions from travel, accommodation, meals, energy use and material waste.
Emission Source Estimate:
- Meals 0.5 CO₂e
- Energy 0.02 CO₂e
- Materials & Waste 0.06 CO₂e
- Travel 11.5 CO₂e
- Overnight Stays 3.2 CO₂e
Total estimated footprint: 15,3 tons CO₂e
It is not our intention to be completely CO₂e neutral, because of our budgets. We invest 400 euro in planting trees equals app. 3,5 euros pr person.
What we are doing about it
We are compensating for these emissions by investing in permanent, managed forest projects through EcoTree, a Nordic organisation that plants and maintains biodiverse forests and guarantees long-term carbon storage.
Trees grow slowly, but they store carbon for decades. It is a patient form of repair — the opposite of instant gratification.
Why trees and not standard offset credits?
Carbon markets vary wildly in quality, traceability and permanence.
Some credits represent reductions that may or may not last, or would have happened anyway. Forests, when managed transparently and with biodiversity in mind, offer something more tangible and long-term:
- Carbon storage you can track and visit
- A living ecosystem rather end-of-pipe compensation
- Co-benefits such as soil health, habitat creation and water retention
- The emotional honesty of putting something into the world, not just balancing numbers
We believe that responsibility should feel real — like bark under fingertips, roots in soil and crown stretching toward sky. Trees do that.