Introducing the TiCO2e carbon calculator
Our carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gases we generate through regular activities such as driving or flying or using electricity. Do you know what your carbon footprint is? Now you can find out by using the new TiCO2e Carbon Calculator. It’s quick and easy to determine how your travel affects the environment, and to do your part to help offset the impact. Developed by the National Indian Carbon Coalition, the TiCO2e calculator generates donations that help support tribal carbon mitigation projects, protect the environment and preserve Indian land for future generations. Here’s how it works:
In takes only a couple of minutes to enter a little information about your travel after which you’ll receive an instant calculation of your carbon footprint. Then you’ll be offered an opportunity to make a small contribution to offset your environmental impact. It’s that simple! All donations received from the TiCO2e carbon calculator are used to support small-scale carbon mitigation projects on Indian land that may not otherwise be economically viable on the large scale cap-and-trade markets. NICC is working with several tribes and individual Indian landowners on new projects, and you’ll soon be able to choose a specific project to support.
CALCULATE YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT by using the TiCO2e carbon calculator
Fond Du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (Minnesota) approved a forest-based carbon sequestration project in July of 2020. The project, which is being developed as part of the Tribal Land Conservation Initiative, will be implemented under the American Carbon Registry’s Improved Forest Management Methodology, which quantifies greenhouse gas emission reductions that exceed current forest management practices. The project covers 8,197 acres of tribal forest land and will protect 5.3 million trees.
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
Located in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community of Lake Superior Chippewa approved a forest-based carbon sequestration project in August of 2020. The project covers 16,500 acres of tribal forestland while working to protect and preserve 9.8 million trees. The project will be implemented under the American Carbon Registry’s Improved Forest Management Methodology, which quantifies greenhouse gas emission reductions that exceed current forest management practices.
Click the video link below to learn more about the Keweenaw Bay carbon project.
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Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (MBCI) is working with NICC to increase carbon sequestration and forest health for over two-thirds of their tribal lands. They use the enrolled woodlands as conservation and carbon sequestration forest, with light annual harvest. MBCI’s management style promotes low-impact recreation use and habitat restoration. Management decisions of the forest focus on sustainable, natural forest growth, control of invasive species, and diversification of age classes. The forest carbon project is on 25,261 acres of forestland located largely in east central Mississippi, protecting over 12.6 million trees.
Blackfeet Nation
The Blackfeet Nation is working with NICC to increase forest resiliency, promote a diversity of tree age classes in their woodlands, improve wildlife habitat, and maintain important watershed features. The Blackfeet Nation Forest Carbon Project is located on 69,010 acres of forested lands, protecting 34 million trees, in Montana on the eastern slope of Glacier National Park. Land management decisions are defined by the objectives of the Blackfeet Nation, including harvest revenue, responsiveness to socio-economic conditions, employment opportunities, preservation of significant cultural sites, and enhancement of aesthetic values and recreational uses.
Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
With the reacquisition of 28,000 acres of historically-owned lands, the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa is growing healthy ecosystems and generating high-integrity carbon credits. Developed using Verra’s VM0045 Methodology, the Band’s carbon project will be the first North American project working with an Indigenous community to achieve Verra’s Climate, Community, and Biodiversity Certification. By expanding the cultural aspects of our projects, tribal nations take ownership in stewarding the lands and maintaining a relationship with the ecosystem.