Green Fleet Tree Planting
Green Energy Watch donates money to Green Fleet every time some one requests 2 FREE Energy Saving Light Globes! This money goes to planting trees to absorb Co2 and restore damaged habitat around Australia.
Green Fleet Program
Climate change and global warming are among today's most pressing environmental issues, brought about by increased concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Transport is Australia's fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions.
Greenfleet is a not-for-profit organisation. Our program provides a simple way to reduce your car's impact on the environment. For $40 (tax deductible), Greenfleet will plant 17 native trees on your behalf. These trees will help to create a forest, and as they grow will absorb the greenhouse gases that your car produces in one year (based on 4.36 tonnes of CO2 for the average car*).
Science shows that 17 mixed species trees will not only absorb a car's greenhouse emissions, but will also help to tackle salinity, improve water quality and provide essential habitat for native species.
Since 1997, Greenfleet has planted almost three million trees on behalf of Australian motorists and businesses. These trees will form permanent forests and will create an investment in rural Australia for future generations.
Greenfleet's policy is to plant trees to create forests in areas of environmental concern, putting back the mix of native species that had been there originally. The trees are propagated from seed collected in the local area to provide maximum ecological benefits - reducing salinity and soil erosion, and providing essential habitat for native species. The majority of our plantings occur in the wetter seasons because the rains help to get the trees off to a good start.
It is expected that Greenfleet will continue to grow quickly over the next few years. We have been evaluating our processes and operations to ensure we are ‘Kyoto compliant', so that we have the ability to measure the carbon uptake from our trees to emerging international standards.
Currently we plant trees in Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia (we are currently seeking sites in Tasmania for 2008). We have also planted in the ACT in the past, however current drought conditions have prevented planting in the ACT for the past few years.
